NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
the base, the 2 lateral pairs abruptly dilated above the mid¬ 
dle to form semielliptic keels, the 3 central nerves again 
dilated to form keels on the middle lobe, the central one ex¬ 
tending nearly to the apex. Column slender, 2.3-2.4 cm. 
long, dilated near the apex, biauriculate at the base. Anther 
2-celled; each cell 2-chambered, with a triangular tip. 
This plant appears to be unquestionably a Limodorum, 
the genus commonly known as Bletia, but only 4 pollinia 
(sometimes macerated) could be found, instead of the usual 
8. It appears to be closely allied to Limodorum campanula- 
turn (Llave & Lex.) A. & S. comb. nov. {Bletia campanulata 
Llave & Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. Fasc. 2 (1825) 17), but dif¬ 
fers from our conception of that species in details of the 
petals and lip. 
The description was drawn from an herbarium spec¬ 
imen and from flowers preserved in formalin. 
Costa Rica, Las Concavas, C. H. Lankester 1136, July 
27, 1927. “Terrestrial, rare, on exposed sterile grass slopes.” 
(Type in Herb. Ames No. 34209.) 
The collector’s notes also state that the leaves are sul- 
cate; sepals True Purple (Ridgway) without, paler (Light 
Phlox Purple) within, fading to nearly white at the base, the 
outer side rugose near the tip; petals white with terminal 
third Light Phlox Purple; lip white with side lobes margined 
and suffused with purple, ridges of terminal lobe white, deep 
purple on edges; column white, on the inner face with lines 
of purple dots from near the stigmatic surface to the base. 
Eulophia graminea Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833) 
182. E. sinensis Miq. in Journ. Rot. Neerl. 1 (1861) 91. 
E- ramosa Hayata Mater. FI. Formos. (1911) 332. 
In 1928, there were collected in Hong Kong and in 
Kwantung Province, China, two flowering specimens of 
Eulophia which are inseparable from the widespread E. 
Qraminea. The only significant point of difference is that 
the Chinese plants are leafless and thus different from typical 
E. graminea; but the one pseudobulb present bears the re- 
luains of a withered leaf. This withered leaf suggests the 
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