Loreto: Pumayacu, between Balsapuerto and Moyobamba, at 600- 
1200 meters altitude, epiphyte in forest, August-September, 1933, 
flowers cream-color, yellow and dark red, G. Klug 0.15. (Typr in 
Herb. Ames No. 60986; Dupticare tyre in Herb. Field Mus. No. 
736349). San Martin: Zepelacio near Moyobamba, at about 1100 
meters altitude, in mountain forest, May 1934, flowers cream-color 
and violet, G. Klug 3637. (Some of the plants of this collection show 
even smaller stems and leaves than the species, and the flowers are 
slightly smaller than those described above). 
Octomeria complanata C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba parva, caespitosa. Caules numerosi, graciles, 
complanati, vaginis tubulatis imbricantibus basi ornati. 
Folium arcuatum, triquetro-subulatum, parvum. Inflo- 
rescentiae abbreviatae, plures, uniflorae ut videtur. Se- 
palum dorsale lanceolato-oblongum vel elliptico-lanceo- 
latum, acutum. Sepala lateralia anguste oblonga vel 
oblongo-lanceolata, navicularia, subacuta, paulo longiora. 
Petala oblique oblongo- vel elliptico-lanceolata, sepalis 
breviora. Labellum arcuatum, parte inferiore lateribus 
incurvis, prope basim profunde trilobatum, apice rotun- 
datum, basi late rotundatum; lobi laterales parvi, falcati, 
anguste triangulari-lanceolati; lobus medius multo ma- 
Jor, ovatus; discus breviter bicarinatus. Columna generis. 
Plant small, with an abbreviated rhizome. Stems caes- 
pitose, numerous, slender, complanate, longitudinally 
striate, up to 8.5 cm. long, monophyllous, provided in 
the lower portion with three or four imbricating tubular 
evanescent sheaths which become progressively larger 
upward. Leaf seemingly a continuation of the stem, tri- 
quetrous-subulate, acute, more or less arcuate, up to 4 
cm. long. Inflorescences abbreviated, apparently 1-flow- 
ered, several in a fascicle. Flowers small, membranace- 
ous, brown-red. Dorsal sepal lanceolate-oblong to ellip- 
tic-lanceolate, acute, concave, up to 5.3 mm. long and 
1.6 mm. wide, 3-nerved. Lateral sepals narrowly oblong 
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