NKW OR NOTEWORTHY OIU^IRDS 
Iruncata et valdc incrassata, trinervia. Labellum quad- 
ratum, valde incrassatum, subtus rotundatum, apice minute 
apiculatum, apiculo erecto. Discus concavus, callo T-formi 
instruclus. Columna supra medium dilatata. 
Roots coarsely fibrous, whitish, smooth. Secondary 
stems densely caespitose, up to 12 cm. long, clothed to about 
the middle with several tubular sheaths, monophyllous. 
Leaf 16.5 cm. long, 3.5 cm. wide at the middle, narrowly el¬ 
liptical, obtuse, with the apex minutely bidentate, narrowed 
toward the base into a short petiole which is about 2 cm. 
long. Peduncle with the raceme 23 cm. long, subtended by 
a closely oppressed spathaceous bract which is 1.9 cm. long. 
Raceme many-flowered. Rracts of the raceme about 3 mm. 
long, infimdibuliform, much shorter than the pedicellate 
ovary, about 7 mm. apart between the points of insertion. 
Pedicel with the ovary about 6 mm. long. Lateral sepals 
about 6 mm. long, 5-5.5 mm. wide, broadly ovate, obtuse, 
5-nerved, fleshy. Dorsal sepal 6 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 
5-nerved. Petals 1 mm. long, 1.25 mm. wide at the summit, 
cuneate, much thickened and truncate at the apex. La¬ 
bellum 1 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, quadrate, truncate at the 
apex, rounded beneath, with a minute erect apiculate process 
on the anterior margin. Disc concave, with a T-form slightly 
raised callus. Column equaling the petals, dilated above the 
middle. 
A close ally of Stelis cascajalensis Ames, from which it 
differs in Ihe differently proportioned sepals and in the 
smaller flowers. 
Panama, Province of Chiriqui, “ Caramilla,” C. W. 
Powell 312. Grows in moderate sunlight on fallen tree- 
Irimks. Flowers greenish white, darker green at the margin. 
Petals and labellum shining chocolate brown. Flowers in 
.July. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 26979.) 
Stelis propinqua Ames sp. nov. Caules secundarii veri- 
similiter caespitosi, elongati, vaginati, monophylli. Folium 
pedunculo mullo brevius, anguste oblongo-cllipticum, ob- 
tusum, coriaceum. Pedunculus singulus, e bractea spatha- 
cea oriens. Racemus elongatus, gracilis, laxiflorus. Flores 
