84 R- Schlechter: Beitrage zur Orchideenkunde von Zentralamerika. 
Craniches irazuensis Schltr., nov. spec. 
Terrestris, erecta, vix 20 cm alta; radicibus paucis, flexuosis, carno- 
sulis, pilosis; folio basilari singulo, erecto, petiolato, lamina ovato-lanceo- 
lata, acuminata, basi leviter cordata, c. 5,5 cm longa, infra medium ad 
2 cm lata, petiolo gracili, c. 5 cm longo, canaliculato; scapo erecto, tereti, 
apicem versus glanduloso-papilloso. vaginis c. 6 alte amplectentibus, 
acuminatis magna pro parte obtecto, supra basin ad 2,75 mm diametro; 
racemo subdense plurifloro, conico, in specimine nostro c. 2 cm longo, 
basi 1,3 cm diametro, erecto; bracteis lanceolatis, longius acuminatis, 
ovarium fere aequantibus; floribus in genere inter minores, illos C. mus¬ 
cosae Sw. in mentem revocantibus; sepalispatentibus, lanceolato-oblongis,’ 
obtusis, glabris, c. 3 mm longis, intermedio concavo, 3-nervio, lateralibus 
obliquis, paulo latioribus 2-nerviis; petalis subfaleato-ligulatis, obtusis, 
uninerviis, basin versus leviter angustatis, margine pbsteriore sparsim 
ciliolatis, quam sepala subaequilongis; labello suborbiculari, valde obtuso, 
concavo, c. 2,75 mm longo, medio fere 3 mm lato, nervis 3 leviter incrassatis, 
nervulis sparsis vulgo leviter arcuato-patent ibus additis ornato; gynostegio 
pro genere vix mediocri, petalis plus duplo breviore, rostello dactyliformi; 
ovario cylindraCeo glabro, c. 5 mm longo. ■ - 
Costa Rica: Westabhang des Irazu, 1700 m ii. M..-— A. et C. Brade 
no. 1075, bluhend irri September 1908. 
Eine der vielen Arten aus der Verwandtschaft der C. ciliata Kth., 
vor dieser aber ausgezeiehnet durch niedrigeren Wuchs, die viel kleinererr 
Blriten in kurzer, kegelformiger Traube, die nur am. Vorderrande gewirn- 
perten Petalen und die breitere Lippenform. 
Ponthieva R. Br. 
Ponthieva costaricensis Schltr., nov. spec. 
Terrestris, erecta, 40—45 cm alta, habitu P. glandulosae R. Br. per¬ 
similis; radicibus fasciculatis, carnosulis, dense pilosis; foliis basilaribus 
4—6, erepto-patentibus, rosu latis, ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, acutis 
vel subacutis, basin versus sensim subpetiolato-angustatis, glabris, usque 
12—16 cm longis, supra medium 3—5,5 cm latis; scajro stricto vel sub¬ 
stricto, tereti, e basi glabrata dense et breviter glanduloso-puberulo, c. 
3 mm diametiente; vaginis pluribus (7—=—8) acuminatis, arcte amplecten- 
tibus dissjtis obsesso; racemo erecto, subdense pluri- vel multifloro, usque 
ad 13 cm. longo; bracteis erecto-patent ibus, lanceolatis, acuminatis, glandu¬ 
loso -puberulis, ovario pedicellato subduplo brevioribus; floribus illis 
P. guatemalensis Rchb. f. similibus et fere aequimagnis, erecto-patentibus, 
inversis, longius pedieellatis; sepalis lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, 3-nerviis, 
extus dense et perbreviter glanduloso-puberulis, c. 6 mm longis, lateralibus 
obliquis; petalis recurvis, usque juxta basin autherae gynostegio ad- 
