(450) 
1.75-2.5 in. long, 6-8 lin. broad. Scapes 3-5 in. long, about 
8—10-flowered. Bracts 2 lin. long, tubular, with a short acuminate 
apex. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, somewhat 
attenuate towards apex, and subobtuse, 5-6 lin. long. Petals sub- 
spathulate-oblong, obtuse, 2.5 lin. long, 1-nerved. Lip elliptical- 
where the nerves anastomose. Column clavate, 1.5 lin. long. 
(WVo. 1878.) 
A species belonging to the section Acuminatae allied to the 
Venezuelan ?. aurea Lindl., but smaller in all its parts, and the 
lip with a distinct median nerve in addition to the lateral pair. 
STELIS sp. nov. (?) (No data.) 
STELIS sp. (Vo. 27974.) 
STELIS sp. (Vo. 17976.) 
Stelis macrantha pee sp. nov. 
Stems stout, 6-8 in. lon Leaves oblong or elliptical- yee 
oblong or minutely bidentate petiolate, about 6 in. long, 1-1. 
broad ; Sr I-1.5 in. long. Flowering sheaths oblong, acc: 
late, .75 lin. long, usually producing two racemes. acemes 7-12 
in. long, many-flowered. Bracts broadly ovate-triangular, acute, 
apex into a broadly ovate, concave body, shorter and much broader 
than the dorsal sepal, shortly bifid at the apex. Petals short, 1 lin. 
broad, rounded at the apex. Lip smaller than the petals, truncate, 
apiculate at each angle. Column broad, slightly longer than the 
Mixed with Pleurothalizs trialata in both the Columbia College 
and Kew collections. 
This species belongs to the section D¢adzssa, and is allied to the 
Peruvian S. acutisstma Lindl., though the flowers are considerably 
larger. 
Stelis boliviensis aes se nov. 
ms slender, 2.5-4 in . eae oblong-lanceolate, suba- 
cute, distinctly pee 2. pe ong, 7-10 lin. broad; petioles 
-5--75 in. long. Flowering eae oblong, apiculate, 4-5 lin. 
long, eno two racemes, or sometimes only one. acemes 
slender, 3-4.5 long, many-flowered. Bracts broadly triangu- 
lar, and eae from a funnel- Ser ia base, 1 lin. long. Pedi- 
cels 1 lin. long. Sepals sub-equal, broadly elliptical, phere 
1.25 lin. long, glabrous. Petals aay orbicular, ird as 
long as the sepals. Lip broadly a subapiculate, concave, 
channeled along the centre, and with a pair of lateral tubercles 
near the base. oe very broad, about as long as the lip and 
e I7.) 
tals. (Vo. 7 
