Stelis Lindleyana Cogniauxv var. carnosior C. 
Schweinfurth var. nov. 
Herba foliis non supra angustatis et floribus carnosis 
a specie differt. 
Very similar to the type but differing in the following 
particulars. Leaves generally not conspicuously narrowed 
above, up to 18.4 cm. long. Inflorescence up to 21 cm. 
long. Flowers fleshy in texture, with the dorsal sepal in- 
distinctly 5-nerved and the lateral sepals 3- or indistinctly 
4-nerved. 
Junin: San Ramén, at 900-1300 meters altitude, epiphyte in dry 
woods, perianth segments greenish yellow, June 9, 12, 1929, FE. P. 
Killip & A. C. Smith 24753 (Type in Herb. Ames No. 60273; Dupti- 
cATE TYPE in Herb. Field Mus. No. 622172). 
Stelis minuta C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba minuta, caespitosa. Caules breves, tenues, a 
basi decumbenti patentes, vaginis arctis tubulatis obtec- 
ti. Folium unicum, crasse coriaceum et conduplicatum, 
expansum lineari-oblanceolatum, apice minute tridentic- 
ulatum. Inflorescentia unica, racemosa, folio brevior, 
densius pauci-vel multiflora. Flores minuti. Sepala basi 
connata, trinervia, acuta. Sepalum dorsale rotundato- 
ovatum. Sepala lateralia similia, paulo minora, leviter 
obliqua. Petala minutissima, rhombico-obovata, apice 
lato incrassato. Labellum petalis subaequale, subquad- 
rato-ovatum, parte inferiore valde incrassata, parte an- 
teriore excavata et minute triangulari-acuta. Columna 
generis. 
Plant minute, caespitose, up to 7.5 cm. tall. Roots 
numerous, fibrous, glabrous. Stems short, slender, erect- 
spreading from a decumbent base, up to 3.7 cm. long, 
concealed by about three close tubular evanescent sheaths 
of which the uppermost is the longest and nearly reaches 
the summit of the stem. Leaf solitary and terminal, 
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