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vel dentata, 2 mm. longa, circa 2 mm. lata. Flores flavido-virides, 

 maculis irregularibus fuscopurpureis liueisque in sepalis, petalis, 

 labello et columna dispositis. 



Type in hb. Ames (no. 6296), collected in 1904 by C. G. Prin- 

 gle, who sent living specimens from Mexico to North Easton, 

 where they flowered. 



P. (§ Elongatse) HIRSUTA sp. nov. Herba ad 7.5 cm. alta. 

 C aides secundarii graciles, 2-5 cm. longi, ad basim teretes, prope 



apicem triangulares. Folia elliptico-ob- 

 longa, 3-5.5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, 

 crassa, coriacea, rigida, ad apicem tri- 

 dentata. Pedunculi 1-3, capillares, foliis 

 longiores. Bractem injiorescentiw pedi- 

 cellis breviores, tubulares, dilatatae, in 

 mucrones acutos acuminatos productae. 

 Pacemus laxus. Flores 4-10, hirsuti, 

 opaco-purpurei, maculis flavis. Sepala 

 lateralia elliptica, acuta, circa 4 mm. 

 longa, 2.5 mm. lata, prope ad medium 

 connata ; margines et pars dimidia super- 

 ficiei superioris hirsutae. Sepalum dor- 

 sale 6 mm. longum, valde concavum, 

 supra reflexum, obtusum, margine hir- 

 suto. Petala spathulata, obtusa, circa 3 

 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata prope apicem, 

 3-nervia. Labellum oblongum, ad api- 

 cem rotundatum, ad basim abrupte con- 

 tractual in unguem linearem elongatum, 

 limbo 2 mm. longo, 1.5 mm. lato; utroque 

 Pleukothallis hirsuta prope marginem lamella linearia 1.5 mm. 



1, 2, lateral sepala ; 3, dorsal sepal ; 4, l on <™ Collimiia akta, 3 mm. lon^a, ad 

 petal ; 5, column ; 6, labellum. <-> ' O ' 



apicem 3-lobata vel 3-dentata, lobis vel 

 dentibus irres'ulariter et acute dentatis. 



