Flowors: March - June. 
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Known throughout the West Indies. 
TRINIDAD: Entrance of Aripo Caves, March 25, 1934, Bruins-Lieh s.n. (Herb. 
Trin. 12991, Herb. Anas 68182;; Mt. Aripo, March 24, 1937, Dean at 
Swabey s.n. (Herb. Trin. 13136;; Mt. Aripo, by River Crossing, 
June 18, 1947, Sdiamonds 110 (Herb. Trin. 13805;; Sieber 323 (cited 
by Cogniaux); Crueger s.n. (cited by Cogniaux;. 
3. ^^rthxades Anes OrchJBtt. 7 (1922; 76. 
Plants more or less 9 cm. tall, glabrous. Rhizome decumbent, caulifom. 
Leaves variegated, approximate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 cm. long, up 
to 11 mm. wide; petiole about 1 cm. long, below middle loosely sheathing, above 
middle contracted. Inflorescence more or less 2 cm. long, glabrous, densely 
flowered. Flowers white, small, about 4 mm. long. Bracts scarious, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, up to 6 mm. long. Dorsal sepal slightly keeled without, 
minutely papillose near the apex, 4 mm. long. Lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, 
slightly cucullate near the apex, sub-obtuse, 4 mm. long, 1.75 mm. wide. Petals 
unequally spathulate, obtuse, 3.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide. Lip saccate, 3-lobed, 
3.5 mm. long; mid-lobe trilobulate, 2 mm. long, 2 mm. wide at base, with mid¬ 
lobule triangular; disk of terminal lobe with transverse keel. Spur glabrous 
within, 2 mm. long. 
Flowers: ? 
Apparently endemic to 
TRINIDAD: St. Anne's, 1888 
Trinidad. 
, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Ames 68183, drawings of type;. 
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