386 A. CoGNiAUx: 



4. Racemi folio brevioies; sepala Y-t ^^^- lo^g^^ 3-nervia, nervis 

 brevibus, liberis, distantibus . . . 108. S. pyr/nioea Cogn. 

 B. Sepala oblonga; labellum apice retusura, antice trilubulatum. 



109. S. Toepfferiana Rchb.f. 



102. Stelis perpiisilliflora Cogn. ^n. sp.) dense caespitosa; cauli- 

 biis erectis, infra medium uniarticulatis, robustiusculis, elongatis, vix 

 compressis; folio coriaceo, oblonge -ligulato, apice obtuso vel subrotun- 

 dato vix emarginato, basi lato cuncato et in petioliini robustiusculum 

 longe angustato; racemis 1 — 4, fere iisque ad basiu dense miütifloris, 

 basi spatha satis parva inclusis, folio multo brevioribus; bracteis 

 ochreatis, acutis, ovario paulo longioribus; alabastris obscure hexa- 

 gonis; sepalis satis concavis, aequilongis, basi breviter connatis, ovatis, 

 acutis, dorso leviter cariuatis, trinervulosis, nervulis lateralibus liberis; 

 petalis late obtuseque quadrangularibus, apice truncatis non incrassatis; 

 labello carnoso, petalis aequilongo, ambitu late ovato. distincte trilo- 

 bato, lobis lateralibus subrotundatis, lobo terminali auguste tiiangulari, 

 obtusiusculo. 



Radices numerosissimae, dense fasciculatae. Gaules leviter arcuati 

 vel paulo flexuosi, G — 11 cm. longi, ly, "i"!- crassi; vaginae arcte adpressae, 

 scariosae, dorso acute subearinatae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, 3 — 5 cm. 

 longae. Folium erectum, planum, intense viride, cum petiolo l^/^ — 2cm. 

 longo 6 — 11cm. longum, 12—23 mm. latura, nervo mediane supra tenuiter 

 canaliculato, subtus valde prominente. Racemi erecti, stricti vel paulo 

 flexuosi, 2 — 4 cm. longi; spatha noriacea, adpressa, acuminata, 4 — G mm. 

 longa. Pedicelli filiformes, 1 mm. longi. Bracteae scariosae, pallidae, 

 IV2 — 2 mm. longae Sepala membranacea, erecta vel erecto-patula, 

 tenuiter marginata, I1/2 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Petala erecta, tenuiter 

 membranacea, obscure trinervulosa, ^/^ mm. longa, superne ^/^ mm. lata. 

 Labellum erectum, leviter concavum, longitudinaliter canaliculatum, 2/3 mm. 

 longum, V, mm. latum. Columna lata, '^/g mm. longa. Capsula erecto- 

 patula, obovoideo- oblonga, ci^assiuscule 6-costata, 5 — G nun. longa, 3 mm. 

 crassa. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe supra arbores in sylvis ad Matouba: 

 Duchassaing, Duss n. 875G; Dominica prope Laudat: Eggers; ? Por- 

 torico in sylvis supra arbores in Sierra de Luquillo, alt. 650 m.: 

 Eggers (sine flor. in herb. Haun.). 



103. Stelis micrantlia S\v. dense caespitosa; caulibus erectis, 

 1-articulatis, angulato-sulcatis, 8 — 13 cm. longis, P/g — 3 mm. crassis; 

 folio coriaceo, oblonge -ligulato, apice subrotundato vel abrupte acuto 

 et minute 2 — 3-deutato, basi in petiolum robustum longiusculum 

 angustato, 6—15 cm. longo, IY2— 2V2 cm. lato; racemis solitariis vel 

 rarius geminatis, fere usque ad basin densiuscule multifloris, basi 

 spatha I — IY2 cm. longa inclusis, 15 — 22 cm. longis; bracteis ochreatis, 

 acuminatis vel longiuseule apicnlatis, ovario paulo longioribus; ala- 



