NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
lateral sepals with the dorsal sepal X 4. 2, column, pollinia 
removed X 3 3, labellum partly spread out X 6. 4, tip 
of a floral bract much enlarged. 5, petal X 5 6 , pollinia 
much enlarged.] 
Costa Rica, Province of Cartago, El Muneco, south of 
Navarro, Paul C. Standleij 33747, February 8, 9,1924. About 
1400 meters altitude. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 29718.); 
Province of San Jose, La Hondura, Standley 36349, March 
2-4, 1924. 1300-1700 meters altitude. 
Stenorrhynchus navarrensis Ames sp. nov. Herba 
terrestris, valida. Folia longe petiolata, membranacea, 
ovato-elliptica, acuminata. Pedunculus erectus, bracteosus, 
bracteis arete adpressis. Racemus multiflorus. Rracteae 
inflorescentiae flores vix aequantes, usque ad apicem at- 
tenuatae. Flores rubri. Sepala lateralia anguste triangu- 
laria, extus breviter glandulosa. Sepalum dorsale simile, 
anguste oblongo-lanceolatum. Petala anguste oblanceolata, 
usque ad basim valde angustata. Labellum prope medium 
dilatatum, utrinque angustatum, sparse glandulosum, basi 
cordata, auriculis obtusis. Discus prope medium glandu- 
losus, nervo medio carinato. Columna elongata, antice 
glandulosa. 
A terrestrial herb about 49 cm. tall to the tip of the in¬ 
florescence with about six long petiolate leaves clustered at 
the base of the erect elongated peduncle. Roots coarse, 
fleshy, densely white-villose. Leaves green, membranaceous, 
ascending or erect; lamina up to 12.5 cm. long, 4-7 cm. wide, 
ovate-elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; petioles more or less im¬ 
bricating at base, 7-10 cm. long, slender, sulcate. Peduncle 
(including the raceme) up to 49 cm. long, stout, smooth be¬ 
low, glandular-pubescent above, with several elosely ap- 
pressed bracts at close intervals below the raceme. Bracts 
5-9 cm. long, tubular at base. Raceme 11 cm. long, with 
about fifteen red flowers more or less crowded together. 
Braets of the raceme about 3 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, taper- 
log gradually to an acute tip, glabrous, equaling or shorter 
than the flowers, obliquely ascending. Flowers including the 
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