NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
grant as the Stanhopeas. Indeed this honey-like odor is 
noticeable even in the herbarium specimen. The sepals and 
petals are said to reflex after a day or so and thus enclose the 
pedicellate ovary. Collector’s notes also indicate that the 
saccate interior of the lip is yellow marked with sparse 
brown spots. 
Costa Rica, La Fuente, A. Alfaro 162, August 16, 
1925. 1200 meters altitude. (Type in U. S. Nat. Herb. 
No. 1208258; Duplicate Type in Herb. Ames No. 33714); 
Alfaro s. n., September 7, 1924. 1100 meters altitude (in¬ 
florescence only): Carillo, C. H. Lankester 1181, 1926. 
Flowered at Las Concavas, May-June 1928 (inflorescence 
only). 
Bulbophyllum dasypetalum Rolfe ex Ames Orch. 
1 (1905) 98 & fig. B. Vanoverberghii Ames in Philipp. 
Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 133. 
For some time the suspicion has been entertained by us 
that B. dasypetalum and B. Vanoverberghii were one and the 
same species. This suspicion has been strengthened as more 
and more material has come to hand for study and identifi¬ 
cation. Characters which seemed dependable, when only 
a few specimens were available for study, have ceased to 
have weight; and we are convinced that a merging of these 
species is a reasonable procedure. 
Maxillaria Alfaro! A. & S. sp. nov. Herba crassa, 
caulescens. Caulis foliorum vaginis valde imbricantibus 
conduplicatis omnino obtectus. Folia oblonga vel ligulata, 
disticha, in apice obtuso mucronata, nervo medio superne 
sulcato et subtus carinato. Inflorescentiae axillares, uni¬ 
florae, singulae. Sepala lateralia oblique lanceolata, acuta. 
Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum, concavum. Petala ovato- 
oblonga, acuta. Labellum oblongum, leviter panduratum, 
in apice late rotundatum, in medio callosum. 
Plant stout (only the summit present). Stem subterete, 
about 7.5 mm. in diameter, entirely invested by the leaf- 
sheaths which are distichous, closely imbricating and con- 
duplicate. Leaves oblong or ligulate, up to 23.3 cm. long 
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