NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
bract lanceolate, up to 1.9 cm. long, acuminate, mem¬ 
branaceous, 3- to 7-nerved, concave at base. Flower small, 
membranaceous. Lateral sepals obliquely elliptic-lanceolate, 
antrorsely falcate, about 10.4 mm. long and 3.75 mm. wide 
in the middle, acute, 3-nerved. Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, 
13 mm. long, 4.2 mm. wide, subacute, concave, 4- to 5-nerved. 
Petals obliquely oblong-obovate, antrorsely falcate, 11 mm. 
long, 5.1 mm. wide just beyond the middle, acute, rounded 
at the very base on each side, 5-nerved at base with lateral 
nerves branching. Labellum relatively small, in natural 
position oblong-lanceolate, 6.6 mm. long and 2.1 mm. wide 
with the base (including the short broad claw) saccate and 
the two longitudinal halves of the disc forming approximate 
humps or elevations extending to beyond the middle; lamina 
when expanded ovate, about 4 mm. wide near the base, 
broadly obtuse, lateral margins except near base and apex 
densely cellular-ciliate, anterior margins revolute. Column 
small, strongly arcuate, fleshy, about 6 mm. high in natural 
position, wing-dilated above, extended into a short stout 
foot. 
Govenia ciliilabia is apparently unique among the Cen¬ 
tral American members of this genus in having a ciliate lip. 
The description was prepared from a single dried spec¬ 
imen of which, unfortunately, the entire scape was not 
present. 
Costarica, Cola de Galla, H.E. Stork & Miguel Chacon 
1939, May 9, 1928. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 35593.) 
Gatasetum suave A. & S. sp. nov. Herba robusta, 
pro genere parviflora. Pseudobulbi cylindracei, vaginis fo- 
borum distichis imbricantibus omnino obtecti. Folia lan- 
ceolato-elliptica, inferne sensim petiolata, membranacea, 
cum nervis tribus subtus conspicuis. Scapus basalis, diffusus, 
laxe pluriflorus. Perianthii partes valde reflexae. Sepala 
oblonga, interdum paulo cuneata. Petala rotundato-ovata. 
Labellum valde saccatum, ovatum, obtusum, prope basim 
sacco Carina antice bilobata circumdato. Columna crassis- 
sima, perbrevis, labello adnata. 
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