reflexed near the apex, 3.1-3.9 mm. long at the back. 
Anther dorsal, pyriform-concave. Pollinia two, com- 
planate-obovoid with a linear-cuneate stipe. 
This species is closely allied to Notylia Amesti Smith 
& Harris from British Guiana, with which it was form- 
erly confused, but is distinct in having differently colored 
more membranaceous flowers, a larger lip and a slightly 
longer column. 
Loreto: Mishuyacu, near Iquitos, at 100 meters altitude, in forest, 
February to March, 1939, G. Klug 999; vicinity of Iquitos, at 100 
meters altitude, epiphyte in dense forest, November to December 
1936, Klug 10031 (Tyrer in Herb. Ames No. 62135). 
Notylia mirabilis C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba pro genere minima, epiphytica. Caules abbre- 
viati, foliorum circulo omnino celati. Folia equitantia, 
parva, profunde imbricantia, pauca, lineari-oblonga vel 
elliptico-linearia, plusminusve falcato-recurva, exarticu- 
lata. Scapus filiformis, supra cum ramulis strictis uni-vel 
paucifloris. Flores parvi, membranacei. Sepalum dorsale 
ovato-oblongum, acutum, valde concavum. Sepala lat- 
eralia fere omnino libera, oblique elliptico-lanceolata, 
acuminata, Petala lanceolata, supra angustata. Labellum 
unguiculatum; unguis perangustus, carnosus; lamina 
concava, obovata, antice late rotundata et apiculata, pos- 
tice auriculata. Columna tenuis, apice abrupte dilatata. 
Plant very small, caespitose, epiphytic, 2.5-4.5 cm. 
high. Roots numerous, fibrous, glabrous, flexuous. Rhi- 
zome abbreviated. Stems abbreviated, entirely concealed 
by the flabelliform clusters of leaves. Leaves equitant, 
closely imbricated, four to six (two or three on each side), 
obliquely linear-oblong, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lin- 
ear, commonly strongly falcate-recurved, acute to sub- 
obtuse, unjointed to sheaths at base, about 1.4 cm. or 
less long from the apex to the base on the lower side, 
1.5-3.5 mm. wide. Inflorescence filiform, erect to slight- 
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