NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Pleurothallis Aguilarii Ames sp. nov. Herba epi- 
phytica, nana. Caules secundarii abbreviati, monophylli. 
Folium cum petiolo oblanceolatum, coriaceum, rigidum. 
Pedunculus folium superans, pauciflorus. Fiores atropur- 
purei ut videtur. Sepala lateralia cohaerentia, laminam ob- 
longam glandulosam formantia. Sepalum dorsale anguste 
lanceolatum, glandulosum. Petala valde abbreviata, glabra, 
ovata. Labellum trilobatum, bicarinatum; lobis lateralibus 
falcatis, porrectis, pro parte glandulosis; lobo medio orbicu- 
lari. Columna in pedem producta, androclinio breviter fim- 
briato. 
Plant epiphytic, the whitish glabrous roots spreading 
through a mixture of mosses and lichens. Secondary stems 
caespitose, abbreviated, monophyllous, rarely attaining 1 
cm. in length, sheathed when young, the sheaths soon with¬ 
ering and breaking up into fibers. Leaf with the petiole up 
to 2.8 cm. long, 8.5 mm. wide, oblanceolate, marginate, very 
coriaceous, rigid, somewhat notched at the tip with the mid¬ 
nerve slightly extended. Peduncle exceeding the leaf, pauci- 
bracteate below the inflorescence; the bracts about 3 mm. 
long, tubular, scarious, closely oppressed. Raceme slightly 
exceeding 1 cm. in length, several-flowered. Flowers ap¬ 
parently opening in succession, only one in perfection at a 
time. Perianth deep purple in the dried specimen examined. 
Ovary glabrous, exceeding the tubular abbreviated hyales- 
cent bract which subtends the pedicel. Lateral sepals 1.2 
cm. long, coherent through nearly the entire length of their 
inner margin, forming an oblong lamina (4 mm. wide), 
which is bifurcate at tip; outer half of each sepal conspicu¬ 
ously glandular-hairy; inner half densely and shortly glandu- 
lose, but not hairy. Dorsal sepal fleshy, 1.2 cm. long, about 
2.5 mm. wide, narrowly lanceolate; on the inner surface, 
from the margins almost to the center, ornamented with long 
purplish glandular hairs. Petals 2.5 mm. long, about 1.5 
mm. wide at the middle, ovate, obtuse or subacute, mem¬ 
branaceous. Labellum 4.75 mm. long, fleshy, conspicuously 
and unequally 3-lobed in front of the abbreviated oblong 
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