NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
tude. On tree; flowers red; leaves purple beneath. (Type 
in Herb. Ames No. 296.33.); Standky 38787. Flowers purple- 
red. 
Lepanthes Turialvae Reichb.f. Beitr. Orch. Centr. 
Am. (1866) 57, t. 10, fig. Ill, 16; Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 1 
(1856) 151, 156, t. 50, figs. V, 15, 16. 
Lepanthes Tonduziana Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Bei- 
hefte 19 (1923) 180. 
An examination of numerous specimens that are chiefly 
referable to Lepanthes Turialvae indicates that this species in¬ 
cludes L. Tonduziana Schltr. 
Costa Rica, Province of San Jose, La Hondura, Paul 
C. Standky 36374, 38499, March 2-4, 1924. 1300-1700 
meters altitude: Province of Cartago, La Estrella, Standky 
39410, March 26, 27, 1924: Province of Cartago, Vicinity of 
Orosi, Standky 39816, March 30, 1924: Volcan de Poas, along 
the road between La Lecheria and the Hotel, Standky 34625, 
February 17, 1924. 2100-2600 meters altitude: Upper slopes 
of Volcan de Poas, between the Hotel and the crater, Standky 
34645, 34918, February 17, 1924. 2500-2640 meters altitude. 
Pachystele corallorrhiza Ames sp. nov. Herba epi- 
phytica. Caules vel pseudobulbi graciles, superpositi, bifo- 
liati. Inflorescentia terminalis ad apicem pseudobulbi sin¬ 
gula, spathis vel vaginis scariosis satis magnis usque ad ba- 
sim capsulae protecta. Sepala lateralia triangularia, sep- 
temnervia. Sepalum dorsale simile, apice carinato. Petala 
ligulata, quinquenervia. Labellum panduratum, obtusum. 
Columna crassa, supra medium valde dilatata, bialata. 
Epiphytic herb about 30 cm. tall, often branching. 
Roots about 2 mm. in diameter, covered with pustular emer¬ 
gences which give to them a coralline aspect. Stems slender, 
superposed, bifoliate, about 3 mm. thick, concealed at the 
base by elongated tubular sheaths which are 2-4 cm. long, 
joints conspicuously swollen. Leaves subopposite, 6-8 cm. 
long, up to 8 mm. wide, ligulate, coriaceous, unequally bi- 
lobed at the apex with the lobes obtuse. Inflorescence ter- 
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