NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Ornithidium simulans, described from dried specimens, 
is outwardly a close match for 0. anceps Reichb. f., but it 
lacks the prominent mentum of that species and has a 
differently proportioned lip. It has much broader leaves, 
larger flowers and wider sepals than 0. stenophyllum Schltr. 
Guatemala, Department of AltaVerapaz, Cubilquitz, 
H. von Tuerckheim 8302, November 1901. 350 meters al¬ 
titude. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 5862): Jocolo, H. Johnson 
1005, November 25, 1920. 100 feet altitude. “On trees”: 
Rio Chocon, H. Johnson 1248, February 10, 1921. 100 feet 
altitude. “On tree leaning over the river.” (Flowers passe.) 
Telipogon Storkii A. & S. sp. nov. Herba epiphytica. 
Caulis in basi decumbens, radices breves fibratas contra 
folia ferens. Folia disticha, oblongo-elliptica, mucronata, in 
petiolum amplectentem extensa. Pedunculus elatus, glaber. 
Racemus brevis, laxiflorus. Flores pro herba grandes. 
Sepala persimilia, lanceolata, acuminata, in basi concava. 
Petala rhombico-ovata, acuta. Labellum ovato-semiorbicu- 
lare, ante late rotundatum, callo semilunato-ovato in basi 
ornatum. 
Plant epiphytic, about 23.5 cm. high. Roots fibrous, 
flexuous, glabrous, short, longitudinally sulcate in the dried 
specimen, rising from the stem opposite the sheathing bases 
of the leaves, stout for the plant. Stem dec.umbent at base 
(portion present about 5 cm. long), woody, mostly concealed 
by the leaf-bases. Leaves small, distichous, extended be¬ 
low into an unjointed sheathing base; lamina oblong-elliptic, 
about 2-2.2 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, rugose and coriaceous 
in the dried plant, mid-nerve dorsally carinate, the keel de¬ 
current through the sheath and stem. Peduncle up to the 
raceme arcuate, about 18.3 cm. long, terete, glabrous, 
adorned beyond the middle with a single minute clasping 
triangular membranaceous carinate sheath. Raceme short, 
lax, 4.5 cm. long (but immature), apparently 6-flowered. 
Flower large for the plant. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 
strongly concave at base, membranaceous, 3-nerved with 
rnid-nerve dorsally carinate especially near the apex. Lat- 
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