SCHEDULAE ORCHIDIANAE 
NO. 7 
Additions to the Orchid Flora 
of Tropical America 
With Illustrations of Pleurothallis and Observations 
on Noteworthy Speeies 
BY 
OAKES AMES 
I N the following pages new species of tropical American 
orchids receive attention. The genera are arranged in 
alphabetical sequence. 
Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames comb. nov. 
Carteria corallicola Small in Torreya 10 (1910) 188. 
As the generic name Carteria is valid for a genus of the 
Algae I have referred Carteria corallicola to Basiphyllaea, a 
genus proposed by Schlechter (in Fedde Repert. 17 (1921) 
76) for the reception of a Cuban species formerly placed in 
Tetramicra. 
Cranichis Viereckii Ames sp. nov. Radices carnosae, 
villosae. Caules abbreviati, diphylli, foliis valde inaequali- 
bus, ad basim approximatis. Folia petiolata, ovata vel 
elliptica, basi rotundata, apice acuta. Scapus elongatus, 
superne albido-glandulosus, bracteatus, bracteis arete ap- 
pressis. Racemus plus minusve cylindraceus, dense vel 
sublaxe multiflorus. Bractcae intlorescentiae bene lanceo- 
latae, acuminatae, acutae, glabrae, uninerviae. Sepala 
lateralia elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, membranacea, glabra, 
per medium conspicue uninervia. Sepalum dorsale simile. 
Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, margine longe villosa, villis 
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