NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
long, about 3 cm. wide, obliquely bilobed at the apex, con- 
duplicate in the basal part, coriaceous, mid-nerve sulcate 
above and sharply carinate beneath. Peduncles relatively 
short, rising from the axil of the sheaths which surround the 
pseudobulb, entirely concealed by inflated sheaths which are 
distichous, imbricating, coriaceous. Flower large. Lateral 
sepals lanceolate, subfalcate, 3.9-4.2 cm. long, 9-10 mm. 
wide below the middle, acuminate, longitudinal central area 
much thickened on the outer surface. Dorsal sepal very 
similar. Petals much smaller, elliptic-lanceolate, about 2.5 
cm. long, 5.5-6.6 mm. wide, acuminate with an acute apex, 
oblique, upper portion mueh thickened on the outer surface. 
Labellum slightly 3-lobed near the middle, erect with the 
lateral lobes incurved and the apical half of the middle lobe 
abruptly recurved in natural position, when expanded lan¬ 
ceolate in outline, 1.85-2 cm. long, 8 mm. wide near the 
middle, obtuse. Disc with the basal half obscurely thick¬ 
ened longitudinally, the thickening not reaching the apex 
of the obscure side lobes. Column stout, arcuate, 1.1 cm. 
long at the back, anterior face concave. 
This description was prepared from two herbarium 
specimens. 
Maxillaria brevipedunculaia is allied to M. nasuta 
Reichb. f., but it differs from that species in its short pe¬ 
duncles, smaller flowers and indistinctly 3-lobed lip. 
Costa Rica, Toro Amarillo, A. Alfaro 190, September 
19, 1925. 1600 meters altitude. “Sepals and petals lemon 
yellow, lip burnt carmine.” (Type in U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 
1208298): Province of Guanacaste, La Tejona, North of 
Tilaran, Paul C. Standley & Juvenal Valerio 46058, January 
25, 1926. 600-700 meters altitude. “On tree.” (Plant 
fruiting.) 
Maxillaria chartacifolia A. & S. sp. nov. Herba epi- 
phytica, caespitosa, grandis. Pseudobulbi inconspicui, va- 
ginis foliiferis distichis dense imbricantibus obtecti. Folia 
oblonga vel ligulata, acuta, chartacea. Flores solitarii, in 
scapo vaginato basali terminales. Sepala lateralia ovato- 
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