NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
8, 9, 1924. About 1400 meters altitude: Alto de La Estrella, 
Standley 39564, March 26, 27, 1924. 
Pleurothallis velaticaulis Reichb. f. in Linnaea 22 
(1849) 824. 
Pleurothallis Pittieri Schltr. in Fedde Report. 3 (1906) 
247. 
Recent collections made in Costa Rica have included 
numerous specimens of a very variable species which I be¬ 
lieve is inseparable from the West Indian Pleurothallis 
velaticaulis Reichb. f. The range of variation includes P. 
Pittieri Schltr., and I now regard this species, which should 
be reduced to synonymy, as a luxuriant floriferous form of 
P. velaticaulis. 
Costa Ric.4, Province of San Jose, La Palma, Paul C. 
Standley 32899, 32929, February 3, 1924. On tree. About 
1600 meters altitude; Standley 38299, March 17, 1924: La 
Hondura, Standley 36604, March 2-4, 1924. 1300-1700 
meters altitude: Las Nubes, Standley 38894, March 20-22, 
1924. About 1500-1900 meters altitude. 
Lepanthes horrida Reichb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr. Am. 
(1866) 91. 
Lepanthes rostrata Ames Sched. Orch. 5 (1923) 22. 
Studies of a large collection of Lepanthes horrida Reichb. 
f. obtained in 1924 by Paul C. Standley indicate that L. 
rostrata Ames should be reduced to synonymy. In the origi¬ 
nal description of L. rostrata the characters which were 
relied on for separation from L. horrida were set forth in 
detail. These characters fail to hold when studied through¬ 
out an abundance of material. 
Costa Rica, Province of San Jose, between Las Nubes 
and San Isidro de Coronado, Paul C. Standley 3881, March 
22, 1924. 1420-1800 meters altitude: Las Nubes, Standley 
38534, 38597, 38676, 38679, 38687, 38722, 38914, 38926, 
39810, March 20-22, 1924. About 1500-1900 meters alti¬ 
tude: La Palma, Standley 33191, 33216, February 3, 1924. 
About 1600 meters altitude. 
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