NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
A very distinct species without any near allies in the 
Central American flora. The elongated spur and ab¬ 
breviated stems are characteristic. [Fig. 6.] 
Spanish Honduras, Lancetilla Farm near Tela, Ames 
II 210, March 16, 1923. On small tree overhanging the 
Tela River. 250 feet altitude. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 
25261.) 
Sarcochilus zamboangensis Ames sp. nov. Caules 
validi, abbreviati, e radicibus fibratis orientes. Folia 
ligulata, congesta, coriacea, oblique ascendentia, apice in- 
aequaliter bilobulata. Pedunculus elongatus, infra race- 
mum gracilis. Racemus multiflorus, incrassatus. Pedicelli 
abbreviati. Sepala lateralia inaequaliter elliptica, obtusa. 
Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ellipticum, subacutum, valde con- 
cavum. Petala oblonga vel spathulata, obtusa. Labellum 
trilobatum, in calcar curvatum productum; lobis lateralibus 
subquadratis, rotundato-obtusis, erectis; lobo medio trans¬ 
verse oblongo-elliptico, infra apicem breviter carinato, cal- 
cari infra apicem tubulato, apice valde inflato. Columna 
arcuata, antice concaviuscula. 
Stems 3M cm. long, stout, rigid, concealed by the bases 
of the distichous leaves. Leaves 20-30 cm. long, up to 4.5 
cm. wide, ligulate, coriaceous, obliquely ascending, unequally 
bilobed at the obtuse apex. Peduncle with the raceme 
10-18 cm. or more long, slender below the raceme, about 
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