ORCHIDACEAE QUAEDAM AMERICANAE 
nervose, much exceeding the flowers. Pedicel with the ovary 
about 8 mm. long, rigid, stout, densely furfuraceous. Flowers 
pink-purple. Lateral sepals about 7 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, 
oblong, tapering to an acute tip, carinate dorsally, fur¬ 
furaceous on the exterior surface. Dorsal sepal similar. 
Petals 6 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, oblong, rounded at the tip, 
irregularly and minutely crenulate on the apical margin, 
submembranaceous. Labellum 6.5 mm. long, about 7 mm. 
wide, suborbicular, margin irregularly dentate, bicallose 
near the base. Calli about 1.5 mm. long, narrowly ellipsoi¬ 
dal. Column 3.5 mm. long, fleshy. 
Similar in habit to Elleanthus furfuraceus Lindl., from 
which it is distinguishable by the suborbicular labellum. 
Venezuela, State of Aragua, Colonia Tovar and 
vicinity, H. Pittier 10010, December 26, 1921. Epiphyte. 
Flowers pinkish purple. 2150-2200 meters altitude. (Type 
in Herb. Ames No. 22495.) 
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