ovate-oblong, obtuse to acute at the apex and is common- 
ly 7mm. long and 5.5 mm. wide, Although plants inter- 
mediate between var. Galeottiana and L. vevillifera are 
occasionally found, the above characters are rather con- 
stant in the two entities. 
Variety Galeottianais apparently confined to the main- 
land of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Bo- 
livia and Argentina. 
Nageliella angustifolia (Booth ex Lindl.) Ames & 
Correll comb. nov. 
Hartwegia purpurea Lindl. var. angustifoha Booth 
ex Lindley in Bot. Reg. 29 (1848) Mise. p. 45. 
Vegetatively, Nageliella angustifolia and N.purpurea 
(Lindl.) L. O. Wms. are strikingly similar, the only 
difference being that the leaves of N. angustifolia are 
commonly narrower and thicker than those of N. pur- 
purea. However, florally, the two plants are quite dis- 
tinct and are here considered to be specifically different. 
The lip of N. angustifolia does not have a protruding 
saccate base as does the lip of NM. purpurea. The lip is 
also only slightly adnate to the column instead of being 
conspicuously adnate as in N. purpurea, and the apical 
portion of the lip is much larger and of a form different 
from that of NM. purpurea. 
This species is apparently endemic to Guatemala 
where it is very rare. 
Epidendrum alticola Ames & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba erecto-adscendens, ramosa, magna, epiphytica. 
Caulis teres, vaginis tubulatis evanidis omnino celatus. 
Folia duo, caulis primarii et ramorum apice subopposita, 
oblongo-elliptica, obtusa vel subacuta. Inflorescentia 
racemosa, inter folia exoriens, pendula. Florum bracteae 
lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae. Flores pro genere medio- 
cres, incrassati. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-oblanceolatum, 
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