NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES. XI 
BY 
Charles Schweinfurth 
Scaphyglottis Behrii (Reichb.f.) Bentham $ 
Hooker filius ex Hemsley in Godman & Salvin Biol. 
Centr.-Am. 3 (1883) 219. 
Ponera Behrii Reichenbach filius in Bonpl. 3 (1855) 
220 . 
Ponera albida Reichenbach filius Beitr. Orch. Centr.- 
Am. (1866) 108. 
Scaphyglottis guatemalensis Sehlechter in Fedde Re- 
pert. 2 (April 1906) 133. 
Scaphyglottis pauciflora Sehlechter in Fedde Repert. 
3 (August 1906) 47. 
Scaphyglottis albida Sehlechter in Beihefte Bot. Cen- 
tralbl. 36, Abt. 2 (1918) 456. 
Scaphyglottis Sanctae Martae Sehlechter in Fedde 
Repert. Beihefte 7 (1920) 122. 
Scaphyglottis Bradeorum Sehlechter in Fedde Re¬ 
pert. Beihefte 19 (1923) 113. 
A large series of specimens from Panama appears to 
be referable to Scaphyglottis Behrii as indicated by the 
type description and by an analytical drawing from the 
Reichenbach Herbarium. The lip is drawn as definitely 
3-lobed and a similar condition appears to be implied by 
the words of the description “labello.. . ante medium u- 
trinque plicula elevata transversa medium versus arato”. 
These specimens show surprising variation vegeta- 
tively as to thickness and length of stems and as to length 
of leaves (leaves not mentioned in the description), but 
the flowers exhibit very slight differences. To be sure, 
t e type of Ponera Behrii, which was a cultivated plant, 
has fleshy stems consisting of spindle-shaped members; 
but a garden specimen from Panama (Herb. Ames No. 
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