NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Rhizome erect or ascending, about 3.5 cm. long, forming 
a pseudomonopodium from which the linear triquetrous 
leaves spread obliquely on all sides. Leaves jointed, deciduous 
at the joint, becoming tufted near and at the tip of the 
growing point of the rhizome, up to 1.9 cm. long including 
the slender persistent base which is about 6 mm. long and at 
the point of origin expanded into a clasping sheath. Leaf- 
blade 9-13 mm. long, scarcely .75 mm. wide in dried speci¬ 
mens, linear, curved, very acute, fleshy, more or less tri¬ 
quetrous. Inflorescence lateral, 1-flowered. Peduncle very 
slender, ascending, about 1.8 cm. long, at least 3-brac- 
teate. Bracts up to 6 mm. long, tubular, more or less trans¬ 
lucent, the uppermost one subtending the pedicel of the 
solitary flower and enclosing the blunt tip of the elongated 
sepaline spur which is about equal to the ovary and pedicel. 
Ovary and pedicel 13 mm. long. Flowers dull red, about 8 
mm. long not including the slender spur which is 10 mm. 
long. Lateral sepals 8 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, oblong, 
shortly cuspidate at the tip, united below, free above, con¬ 
tracted into a slender elongated pendent cylindrical spur, 
3-nerved. Dorsal sepal oblong, 8 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. 
wide, concave, tapering toward the base and the navicular 
acute tip. Petals narrowly lanceolate, 7 mm. long, about 2 
mm. wide below the middle, acute, 3-nerved. Labellum 6 
mm. long from base of column to tip, prolonged at base into 
a slender spur which is entirely enclosed in the spur formed 
by the lateral sepals; free portion strongly concave, lanceo¬ 
late, acute. Column 2.25-2.5 mm. long, expanded above 
into two rounded wings. Pollinia four, strongly complanate. 
Similar to the Colombian Crypfocentrum Hoppii Schltr., 
but separable from it by the color of the larger flowers and 
much larger sepaline spur. The nearest Central American 
ally is undoubtedly C. gracillimum Ames & Schweinf., which 
is a much larger plant. 
Costa Rica, Province of San Jose, La Palma, Paul C. 
Standley 33028, February 3, 1924. On mossy tree trunk; 
flowers dull red. About 1600 meters altitude. (Type in 
Herb. Ames No. 29632.) 
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