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flowers which are about three times larger. Flowers preserved 
in alcohol indicate that the labellum is orange-yellow in 
living material. 
Nicaragua, Mombacho Volcano, Maxon, Harvei/ 
Valentine 7770, July 5, 1923. Terrestrial. Flowers green¬ 
ish. 960 meters altitude. (Type in U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 
1180026.) 
Liparis bontocensis Ames sp. nov. Radices libratae, 
in sicco longitudinaliter sulcatae. Pseudobulbi verisimilitei' 
aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, semifusiformes, e basi 
usque ad apicem leviter angustati, bifoliati. Folia ap- 
proximata, anguste lanceolata, acuta, articulata, in sicco 
valde nervosa, vix petiolata, pedunculo cum racemo breviora. 
Pedunculus e spatha conduplicata oriens, infra racemum 
paucibracteatus, bracteis anguste lanceolatis, in sicco 
scariosis. Racemus terminalis, laxus, elongatus, mulliflorus 
floribus quaquaversis. Rracteae racemi anguste lineares, 
quam ovarium pedicellatum paulum breviores, acutae. Se- 
pala lateralia oblonga, obtusa, basi et apicc leviter angustata, 
trinervia. Sepalum dorsale simile sed angustius. Petala 
linearia, sepalis lateralibus vix breviora. Labellum e ba.si 
cuneata et obscure cordata oblique ascendens, prope medium 
valde deflexum, supra medium profunde bilobatum; lobis 
truncato-obtusis margine inaeciualiter denticulata. Discus 
prope basim labelli bicarinatus. Columna gracilis. 
Roots whitish. Pseudobulbs 3.5-4 cm. long, aliout 
1 cm. in diameter at the base, tapering upwards, terminated 
by two alternate or subopposite leaves, much wrinkled 
longitudinally when dry'. Leaves about 5 mm. apart, 
articulated, 17-18.5 cm. long, 18-21 mm. wide, narrowly 
lanceolate, broadest above the middle, acute, tapering 
gradually from about the middle to the articulated base, 
nervose when dry, ascending, slightly spreading, shorter 
than the inflorescence. Peduncle with the raceme terminal 
23 cm. long, arising from a spathe, provided below the 
raceme with several lanceolate scarious bracts which are 
about 8 mm. long. Raceme about 15 cm. long, 2 cm. in 
diameter, many-llowered, lax. Rracts of the raceme about 
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