LIPARIS CARDIOPHYLLA 



Liparis cardiophylla sp. nov. AfF. L. neuroglossce Reichb. f. 

 et L. 7'amosce Poepp. & Endl. Rhizoma repens. Pseudohulbi cy- 

 lindrati, 8 mm. longi. Folium erectum; lamina ovato-cordata 

 vel suborbiculata, apiculata, membranacea, 2.5-3.9 cm. longa, 

 2.3-3.3 cm. lata, multinervia; petiolus ad basim vaginans, 

 2-2.5 cm. longus. Pedunculus alatus, ±5 cm. longus, cum 

 racemo folia excedens. Bractece lanceolate, acutse, ±2.5 mm. 

 longee. Racemus pauciflorus, laxifiorus. Sepala lateralia mem- 

 branacea, 4 mm. longa, oblonga, uninervia. Sepalum dorsale 

 simile. Petala linearia, membranacea, 4-5 mm. longa. Lahellum 

 3.5 mm. longum, 3.5 mm. latum ad apicem, membranaceum, 

 cuneato-flabellatum, retuso-apiculatum vel bilobatum; lobi 

 truncati marginibus irregulariter dentatis; ad basim prope co- 

 lumnam callus incrassatus, cucuUatus. Columna 2.5 mm. longa, 

 ex comparatione crassa. 



Plant small, monophyllous. Pseudohulb minute, sheathed by 

 the petiole of the ovate-cordate or suborbicular apiculate leaf. 

 Peduncle strongly winged, comparatively stout, bearing about 

 ten flowers. Theflowers appear to have been greenish when fresh, 

 with five purple nerves in the lahellum. Liparis cardiophylla 

 is closely allied to L. neuroglossa Reichb. f., a Bolivian species, 

 to L. ramosa Poepp. & Endl. as indicated above, and to L. ele- 

 gantula KranzL, a bifoliate species, native of Peru. 



Jamaica : John Crow Peak, at 6000 ft. alt., January 12, 1907, Wm. Har- 

 ris (no. 9784). Type in herb. Ames (no. 10529). 



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