260 ORCHIDACEM 



Lindl. Herba 20-26 cm. alta, sericeo-pubescens supra folia. Rhi- 

 zoma repens. Folia approximata, ad partem tertiam infimam re- 

 stricta, lanceolata, acuta, 2.5-4 cm. longa, 1.5-1.9 cm. lata; color 

 non in specimine sicco apparens. Petiolus ad basim dilatatus, 

 vaginalis. Braciece lineari-lanceolatae. Racemus 5.5-6.5 cm. 

 longus, laxiflorus. Flores circa 20, cum calcare 7 mm. longi. Se- 

 pala lateralia 4 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, oblonga, ad apicem rotun- 

 data, aliquid ad basim dilatata, sparsim longi-pilosa. Sepalum 

 dorsale oblongum, sparsim pilosum. Petala sepalis lateralibus 

 similia, ad basim angustata, 4 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Labellum 

 ab apice calcaris ad extremum discum 7 mm. longum ; limbus 

 labelli lunatus, retusus, mucronatus, 4 mm. latus ; inter calcar et 

 limbum isthmus lineari-oblongus, 2-5 mm. longus; calcar longum, 

 conicum, acutum, 3.5 mm. longitudine. 



The collector's note describes the leaves as being " dark red 

 violet." 



Type in lib. Ames from Cubilquitz, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guate- 

 mala, alt. 350 m., June, 1904, H. von Tuerckheim (no. 8759). — 

 July, 1901, H. von Tuerckheim (no. 8000). 



P. SECUNDUS sp. nov. Folia 5, basilaria, a rhizomate repente 

 orta, breviter petiolata, laminis ovato-subcordatis, acutis, maximis 4 

 cm. longis, 1.5 cm. latis. Pedunculus 1 dm. longus, minute pu- 

 berulo-pilosus, bracteis 4, tenuibus, acutis vel acuminatis, infimis 

 vaginantibus, supremis sessilibus. Spica 6 cm. longa, puberula. 

 Flores 16, secundi, bracteis inflorescentia? glabris acuminatis 

 ovarium glabrum sequantibus. Ovarium 6 mm. longum. Peri- 

 anthium album ? Sepala lateralia aliquid insequaliter lanceolata, 

 5 mm. longa, 1-nervia. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, obtusum, 

 5.5 mm. longum. Petala 5 mm. longa, spathulata, margine ex- 

 teriore supra medium crispato. Labellum urceolatum, integrum, 

 apice brevi crispato et disco incrassato ; lamina 4 mm. longa ; calcar 

 2.5 mm. longum, intus ad basim pilis paucis distantibus crassis. 

 Columna gracilis, 3.5 mm. longa. 



