NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Malaxis aurea Ames sp. nov. Herba terrestris, mono- 
phylla, floribus subumbellatis. Caulis basi tumidus, vaginis 
amplis mox in fibras solutis vestitus. Folium ellipticum, sub- 
obtusum, basi amplexicaule, membranaceum, viride. Pe- 
dunculus elongatus, bialatus, infra racemum nudus. Flores 
congest!, subumbellati, in racemum valde abbreviatum dis- 
positi. Pedicelli bracteas subtendentes multo excedentes, 
graciles. Sepala lateralia lineari-oblonga, margine valde 
revoluta, explanata oblongo-elliptica, uninervia. Sepalum 
dorsale simile. Petala linearia, subcircinnata. Labellum 
valde concavum, intus lineis incrassatis instructum, a latere 
complanatum, in rostrum hamatum terminans, apice a 
latere visum caput elephantinum subjiciens, explanatum 
orbiculari-cordatum, longe apiculatum. Columna generis. 
Terrestrial herb found in pastures, 16 cm. tall in the 
single specimen which constitutes the type, monophyllous. 
Stem about 4 cm. long including the tumid rooting base. 
Leaf 5.8 cm. -long, about 3 cm. wide, elliptical, rounded at 
the base where it clasps the peduncle, tapering rather 
abruptly from above the middle to the subacute tip. Petiole 
about 1.5 cm. long, ample, conduplicate. Peduncle including 
the subumbellate raceme 11.5 cm. long, naked, conspicu¬ 
ously bialate, scarcely 2 mm. thick in greatest diameter. 
Raceme 5 mm. long, many-flowered, subumbellate. Flowers 
apricot-yellow when alive. Floral bracts about 1 mm. long, 
green, much shorter than the slender pedicels, apparently 
deflexed. Pedicels up to 7 mm. long, obliquely ascending. 
Lateral sepals 2.5 mm. long, linear-oblong (oblong-elliptical 
obtuse when forcibly spread out), margins strongly revolute, 
1-nerved. Dorsal sepal similar. Petals 2 mm. long, linear, 
obtuse, somewhat coiled. Labellum fleshy, about 2 mm. 
long, laterally compressed, strongly complanate-concave, 
margins more or less indexed, apex thickened, apiculate- 
rostrate from beneath the tip, when spread out orbicular- 
cordate in front of the rostrate appendage, inside with three 
thickened ridges, the central one broader than the laterals. 
Column minute. 
The floral structure suggests Malaxis Tonduzii (Schltr.) 
Ames, but the petals and sepals are different, and the solitary 
