ly arcuate, much exceeding the clusters of leaves, appar- 
ently 2.5-8.5 cm. long, near the apex with several as- 
cending to strict 1- to few-flowered branches (and thus 
paniculate). Floral bracts minute, ovate, concave. Flow- 
ers small, thinly membranaceous, light lilac and dark 
violet, with widely spreading segments. Sepals and pet- 
als 1-nerved. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, acute, deeply 
concave, dorsally carinate except at the apex, about 3.6 
mm. or less long, about 2 mm. or less wide. Lateral 
sepals connate at the very base, obliquely elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, carinate near the base, about 4 mm. or 
less long and 1.1 mm. wide. Petals lanceolate, lightly 
oblique, narrowed to an acute apex, about 4 mm. or less 
long and 1.8 mm. or less wide. Lip about equaling the 
lateral sepals, unguiculate; claw relatively long and slen- 
der, fleshy, subterete, somewhat dilated above, about 1.3 
mm. or less long; lamina concave, simple, obovate when 
expanded, broadly rounded in front with a prominent 
apicule, auriculate at the base, about 2.8 mm. long and 
2 mm. wide, with slightly irregular margins. Column 
slender below, very abruptly dilated at the apex (espe- 
cially at the back), about 2 mm. long. Anther dorsal; 
pollinia two. 
This little species is apparently allied to the Brazilian 
Notylia rosea (Rodr.) Cogn., but differs in having much 
smaller leaves and flowers, broader sepals, and a dissim- 
ilar lip and column. 
Loreto: vicinity of Iquitos, at 100 meters altitude, on dead tree, 
July 1987, G. Klug 10112 (Tver in Herb. Ames No. 62158). 
Notylia parvilabia C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba parvula, caespitosa. Pseudobulbi parvi, aggre- 
gati, complanato-cylindracei, unifoliati, vaginis pluribus 
distichis valde imbricatis vestiti. Folia oblonga vel ob- 
lanceolato-oblonga, apice rotundata, infra plusminusve 
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