NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
papery leaves, relatively elongate scapes and somewhat 
larger flowers which are of a different color. The densely 
imbricating, punctate leaf-sheaths are also unusual. 
The description was made from dried specimens. 
Costa Rica, Province of Guanacaste, La Tejona, North 
of Tilaran, Paul C. Standley & Juvenal Valerio 45989, Jan¬ 
uary 25, 1926. 600-700 meters altitude. “On tree; flowers 
dull purple-red.” (Type in Herb. Ames No. 33598); Standley 
& Valerio 46018, “Flowers dull brownish-red”; Standley & 
Valerio 46002. (This collection has only very old and im¬ 
perfect flowers, but it is obviously the same species.) 
Maxillaria inaudita Reichb. f. var. minor A. & S. 
var. nov. Planta comparate nana, in omnibus partibus quam 
species subduplo minor, atque pedunculi vaginis pluribus 
omnino obtecti. 
Plant relatively short, about 20 cm. tall. Roots fibrous, 
flexuous, glabrous. Stem about 20 cm. long with the apex 
apparently nodding (natural?), entirely enveloped by dis¬ 
tichous complanate imbricating rugose leaf-sheaths which 
are about 2.5-3 cm. across. Leaves deciduous, elliptic-ob¬ 
long, petioled; lamina 6.7-9 cm. long, 2.4-3.2 cm. wide, 
abruptly truncate at the apex with rounded somewhat ob¬ 
lique lobes, subcoriaceous, mid-nerve sulcate above and 
sharply carinate beneath; petiole very short, stout and con- 
duplicate in the dried specimen. Inflorescences solitary in 
the upper axils. Peduncle entirely concealed by 3-4 loose 
tubular imbricating sheaths. Flower white, twice smaller 
than in the species. Lateral sepals lanceolate, about 2.9- 
3.3 cm. long, 7.8-8.2 mm. wide near the middle, falcate, long 
acuminate, apex cymbiform. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, 3-3.3 cm. long, 7-8.2 mm. wide, long acuminate. Petals 
similar to the lateral sepals, 2.6-2.8 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, 
acuminate, apiculate. Labellum erect, parallel to the col¬ 
umn and gently recurved in natural position with the sides 
incurved; lamina when expanded oval in outline, 3-lobed in 
the anterior third, 1.5 cm. long, 1 cm. wide across the basal 
portion, apex of the free side lobes porrect and obtusely tri- 
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