NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
P. galeata Lindl. and P. Bangii Rolfe. It differs from the 
Peruvian P. galeata in having floral bracts much shorter than 
the ovary, apparently smaller and smoother flowers and dis¬ 
similar flat petals. It appears to have narrower leaves than 
the Bolivian P. Bangii and dissimilar sepals. The ciliate 
petals and callose-papillose lip are also striking. 
The description was drawn from dried plants and from 
an inflorescence preserved in alcohol. 
Costa Rica, Poas Lake, H. E. Stork 2344, June 5, 
1928. 8500 feet altitude. “In grassy swamp with some 
sphagnum. Stem with short glandular hairs. Sepals light 
green. Lip hooded and varying from deep green to yellow 
with dark purple markings. Ovary also hairy.” (Type in 
Herb. Ames No. 35592.) 
Cranichis acuminatissima A. & S. sp. nov. Herba 
terrestris, gracilis. Folia basalia atque caulina, ovata vel 
ovato-lanceolata, valde acuminata, inferiora petiolata. Caulis 
vaginis tubulatis plus minusve conspicuis ornatus, superne 
pubescens. Racemus laxe pluriflorus. Sepala lateralia late 
ovata, valde obliqua. Sepalum dorsale ellipticum, obtusum. 
Petala elliptico-oblonga, in apice rotundata. Labellum sig- 
moideum, basi valde saccata, disco unicalloso. 
Terrestrial herb 10-27 cm. high. Roots tuberous, slen¬ 
der, lanuginose. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, those at 
the base 1.5-3.5 cm. long, about 1.1 cm. wide, those of the 
stem up to 4.5 cm. long and 1.6 cm. wide, soon diminishing 
into bracts, strongly acuminate, the lower blades slender 
petioled, the upper ones sessile. Stem glabrous below, 
shortly pubescent above. Raceme 3-6 cm. long, apparently 
elongating in anthesis, loosely several- to many-flowered; 
rachis shortly pubescent. Floral bracts lanceolate, acu¬ 
minate, the lower ones subequaling the pubescent ovaries, 
the upper ones shorter. Sepals green. Lateral sepals broadly 
ovate, very oblique, 4-5 mm. long, 3.5-4 mm. wide, obtuse, 
the anterior margin broadly dilated, 1-nerved. Dorsal sepal 
elliptic, about 5 mm. long, 2-2.4 mm. wide, obtuse, cucul- 
late, 1-nerved. Petals obliquely oblong-elliptic, 4 mm. long. 
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