NEW OK NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
keels somewhat crenulate. Column 9 mm. long, slender, 
curved forward, dilated upward. 
Philippines, Mindoro, Calapan Province, Mount Hal- 
con, M. Ramos & G. Edano s. n., March 16, 1922. Terres¬ 
trial. Flower bluish purple and white. 3000 feet altitude. 
(Type in Herb. Ames No. 26234.) 
Stenorrhynchus orchioides {Sw.) L. C. Rich. De 
Orch. Europ. Annot. (1817) 37 et in Mem. Mus. Par. 4 
(1818) 59. 
Among specimens recently collected in Panama this 
common tropical American species is represented. Stenor¬ 
rhynchus is an addition to the genera known to occur in 
Panama. 
Panama, Savannas near Pacora, C. W. J^owell 300, May 
1923. Terrestrial. Grows in full sun. Flowers green and 
white. Sea-level. 
Erythrodes Boettcher! Ames sp. nov. Herba ter- 
restris, erecta, e rhizomate subterraneo. Caules foliosi, 
folds prope basim plantae confertis, supra medium albido- 
glandulosi. Folia ovala, basi rotundata, apice acuta, in 
petiohim contracta, petiolis basi caulem breviter vaginan- 
tibus. Bracteae caulinae ascendentes, alternae. Racemus 
laxillorus. Bracteae racemi anguste lanceolatae, ovarium 
aequantes vel breviter superantes, extus glandulosac. Sepala 
lateralia lanceolata, obtusa, apice leviter cucullata, extus 
sparse glandulosa, nervo medio prominenti. Sepalum dor- 
sale simile, valde concavum. Petala spathulata, obtusa, 
glabra. Labellum basi saccato-ventricosum, sacco bilobato, 
supra basim marginibus involutis, parte terminali in laminam 
suborbicularem expansa. Saccus glabcr, quinquencrvius. 
Columna elongata. 
Terrestrial herb up to 30 cm. tall, arising from a creep¬ 
ing rhizome. Leaves more or less crowded near the base of 
the plant, 2-6 cm. long, up to 2.7 cm. wide, ovate, rounded 
at the base, acute, membranaceous, contracted into wide 
petioles which sheath the stem. Leafless portion of the plant 
16-24 cm. long, provided with closely oppressed, ascending 
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