NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Inflorescentia folium superans, filiformis, laxe pauciflora. 
Sepala lateralia lanceolata, inferne connata, in dorso cari- 
nata. Sepalum dorsale ovato-oblongum, concavum. Petala 
minuta, lineari-oblonga. Labellum simplex, lineari-oblon- 
gum, in apice rotundatum. 
Plant very small, caespitose, epiphytic, up to 3 cm. 
tall. Roots fibrous, flexuous, glabrous. Stems short, about 
5 mm. long, monophyllous, mostly concealed by 2 scarious 
tubular imbricating sheaths. Leaves elliptic-linear or ob- 
lanceolate-linear, about 1.2 cm. long, fleshy-coriaceous, sub- 
conduplicate and arcuate in the dried specimen, subacute, 
tapering to an indistinctly petioled base. Inflorescences ex¬ 
ceeding the leaves. Peduncle up to the raceme 1.5-2 cm. 
long, filiform, provided at base with a loose tubular sheath 
and above with 1-2 indistinct remote infundibuliform 
sheaths. Raceme loosely 2- to 3-flowered. Rachis 3-5 mm. 
long. Floral bracts minute, infundibuliform, scarious. Lat¬ 
eral sepals lanceolate, 4-4.5 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, 
connate near the base, acute, forming a mentum with the 
column-foot, 3-nerved, mid-nerve with a high keel on the 
outer surface and lateral nerves somewhat keeled at base. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, 4-4.8 mm. long, about 1.85 mm. 
wide below the middle, subacute, concave, 3-nerved, sim¬ 
ilarly carinate to the lateral sepals. Petals twice smaller, 
linear-oblong, 2 mm. long, about .9 mm. wide, abruptly 
acute, 1-nerved. Labellum simple, linear-oblong, gently re¬ 
curved in natural position with the sides of the basal half 
upeurved, 2.4-2.7 mm. long, abruptly and broadly rounded 
at the apex. Disc somewhat bicarinate just beyond the 
middle, anterior part slightly thickened, 3-nerved. Column 
short, clavate, about 2 mm. long, narrowly winged with the 
wing somewhat irregular at its apex, extended into a broad 
foot which is about 1.1 mm. long. 
Pleurothallis minuta superficially suggests a small form 
of P. vittariifolia Schltr., but it has very dissimilar flowers. 
If is an altogether smaller plant than P. Simmleriana Rendle, 
while it is florally similar to P. lanceola Spreng. 
The description was furnished by a dried specimen. 
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