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BOTANICAL MUSEUMLEAFLETS
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
VOUWIK I
BOTANICALUSEUM CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS
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TABLKKONTENTSNUMBERJune,982)
PAGENomenclatorialNotesonlantsgrowingnheBotanicaliardenfheAtkinsnstitutionoftheArnoldrboretumtoledad.Cienfuegos,Cuba.ByF.TRACYUBBARDNDALFREDKIIDKK.
NUMBERI.June9,982)AewEpidendrumromSpanishHonduras.
ByOAKESAMESTwoNewOrchidsromYucatanndTrinidad.
ByOAKESAMESANDHARLESCHWEINFURTH - OnhedentityofKirsanna.
By.TRACYUBBARDNUMBERIIJuly8,982)
AnxtensionofangeorKpidendrumhyn-chophorum.
ByOAKESAMESNUMBER IVFebruary.988)
ANewOctomeriaromSpanishHonduras.ByOAKESAMES
ThelonduranSpeciesofLepanthes.ByOAKESMES 'J
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NUMBERFebruary4,IKJ;*)PACK AewOncidiumromHoiuluras.
ByOAKESAMESEpidendrumEdwardsii >
NUMBERIMarch0,o;j;j)AnAdditionotheGenusHexadesmia.ByOAKESAMESANewBletiafromSpanishHonduras.ByOAKESAMES
NUMBERIIApril4,988)AnAdditionotheGenusEpidendrum.ByOAKESMES
NUMBERIIIJune4,988)AewpidendrumromHonduras.ByOAKESAMESPleurothallisLewisae
NUMBERXAugust12,988)AewGenusofthePleurothallidinae.ByOAKESAMESSaundersRefugiumBotanicumVolumeI.By.TRACYUBBARD 2
NUMBEROctober4,
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INDKXOFLLUSTRATIONSRomanumeralseferto lieumbers, Arabicumeral*ohepages.
Bletiapapilliferames I:7BletiatenuifoliaA.
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INDEXTOENERANDPECIES
ACTINOPHLOEUSece. 1:1 Macarthurii//.Wendl.)Here,apudWigman 2
ANDROPOGON wet.,non .SorghumBrot.
sul)sp.salivasHack.[var.]DurraHack. 1:10
ARECA.Sec/ie/larumHort.pud
C.KochSASTROCARYUMG.F.fV.Mev.aureo-pictumHort.pud
V erschafF.:8aureo-puncttUumem. H BortigianumC.Koch< s BorsigiiHort.pud
C.KochS pictutnHort.pudalf.f. I:9 BLETIAuizfPav.
papilliferames l:5l'ottsiiS .Wait*titenuifoliaA.f . tituberosa/,.)Ames t > BRACHYCHITONchotlfEndl.diversifoliusR.Br. :2populneus{SchotlSfEndl.)R.Br:2
[
CAESALPINIA..pulckerrimaSw.
var.flaoaHort.pudL.H.Bail.&ehd.
CALADIUMent.hicolorAit.)ent.esculentumVentCALAMUSL.Zti/acctiiaertn.CATHARANTHUSG.DonpusillusG.Don ....roseus/,.)G.Don
var.lbusSweet)(i.Don
var,ocellatusSxeeet)(i.Don
COLOCASIAchottanliquorumSchottesculenta/>.)chott
var.antiquorum(Schott)Hubb.fRehd.
COUMAROUNAAuhl.panamensi*Pittier
DIPTERYXSckreb.panamensisPittier)Hubb.fRehd
DRYMOPHLOEUSZipp.EPIDENDRUM.
arbusculaindl. ...i\
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bisulcatummes III: 1 BrenesiiSckltr.III:I Broadwayi.tS. I. " . comayaguensemesIII:]EdwardsiiAmesIl t > floribundumHBK.VI1:4hondurenseAmesVII1 paniculatuniuiz?Pat.
VII:S,4rhynchaiithumSchltr.11:2rhynchophorumA.Rich, ^ - Gal11:1,3tipuloideumUndl. 11:6,7
viejieichbJ'. VIII:IGARDENIAM* .1:5augustaMerr. " > florida :5jasminoidesllis . " >
GLIRICIDIABK.htmbiiernald . < > maculataWalp< sepiumJacq.)Vtilp. < HEXADESMIAUnman.crurigeraUndl. VI:Ihondurensismes V IlHOLCUS :10CaffrorumThunb. . IoDttrraorsk:10halepensisL:10lanatus :10Sorghum-10var.affrorumL.H.Bail. . :lovar.DurraL.H.Bail.:10KENTIAI.MacarthuriHort. ...3
LEPANTHESV t c .appendiculata AmesV:.!
ilensjloniRodr.X:11EdwardsiiAmesV:3,4,8guatemalensisSchltr. V :s hondurensisAmesV:8JohnsoniiAmes V N secundaRodr. X ITuerckheimiiSchltr.V N turialvaeReichbJ'. IV:3,4
LEPANTHOPSISAmes IX .ianthocteniumReichbJ'.)Ames IX :7,16,19,33,38
densiflora[Rodr.)AmesX: ifloripectenReichbJ'.)AmesIX:3,7,11,16,19,30,37,38,81melanantha ReichbJ'.)Ames
IX :7,19,38,3l-,37,38microlepanthesGriseb,)Ames .... IX:19,34
LOCHXERAReichb. . .1:4roseaReichb:4LOCHNERIAeist. .1:4LOCHNERIAcop. .1:4LONCHOCARPUSHRK.maculatusDCtisepiumC:6
MACHAERIUMers.TipuBenth: iMARANTA.divaricataos e:7gibbflin;7OCTOMERIA.Br.brevifoliaogn. V :lhondurensisAmes IV:l
ONCIDIUMic.glossomystaxeic/ibJ'.:lgnomusrfinzl.... V :I
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hondureaseAmesV:lpusillimieichbyf. V:2TitaniachUr:l
PHOENICOPHORIUM//.Pfejuti:7 Borsigianum(C.Koch)Stuntz
I:NSecheUarumH.WYndl. .! >
PLEUROTHALLISR.Rr.anthocteniumReichb.f.X:L2,7 congest(floraCogn. X:MjUmpectenReichb.f.IX:1,2,8,7,floripictaindl. X:liLewisaeAmes III . " > melananthaReichb.f.
IX:7,l*>.19,28mierolepanthesGriseb.
[X:16,19,24ruscifoliaSw.)H.Br.IX :2,8,t.,l!> sertularioidesLindl.1:4,5unilalerolisCogn.X:I1yucatanensisA.fS. I1
POECILODERMISSchotlKndl.populneaSehott&Kndl. " 2
POINCIANA>.pulcherrima..var.lavaHort.pudL.H.Bail.fReM.)
Hubb,fRehd. :9PTYCHOSPERMALabili.MacarthuriiH.Wendl. .ri
ROBINIA.macula!a BKti SeptumJacqo 'wriegataSchlecht. . < > SALACCAeinw< eduliseinxc! > SALAKKAReinw.apud l.9edulis-Reinw.pudl. 1:10SOBKALI AuizfPar.croceaeichb.f.... X:lBdwardsiiwes... X:lSORGHUMoenck :ioCqffrorumBeauv. . :10DurraStapf:10vulgarePert.var.affrorumThunb.)Hubb.fRehd. :10var.DurraForsk.)Hubb.fRehd. :10STELIS&r.Endresiieichb J'. X:NnubismesX8Powelliirh/lr. X8vestitames XSSTEPHENSONIAHort.pudVanHoutte:7grantlifb/iaHort.Witch ! STERCULIA..caudataHeward:2dicersifb/iaG.Don ... 2STEVENSONIAuncan1:7Borsigiana.H.Bail. 1:9grand!folia Duncan:8,9SeckellarumHort.pudVanHoutte . . . .! TALIMMduns.paniculatumJacq.)Gaertn.formaariegatumHort.apudV. Mill.)Hubb.fRehd:11patensWilld.var.ariegatumHort.pudW.Mill. I:l[xi]
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TUTANAenth.Tipu Lillo:litipulirnt/i.)illoptidStunt z:11
VARNERIAtickm.augustaStickm. " > VICIA.Krvilia/,.) IVilhl. .11:8 VINCA..rosea :1var.lbaSweet . .1:1var.cellatusSweet\ar.r i i I at aW.Mill.ZALACCARumph. . < BlumeanaMart. . 1:10edulusReinw.pudW , 1:10
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forMarcarthuriieadMacarthurii1:10,ine2
forSorghumvulgare.eadorghumvulgare I'er.s.1:11,ine5
forTipuanatipulienth.)Hubbardfie lidercomb.ov.eadTipuanatipuBenth.)illopudtuidznnvent.eedsPis. Introd.o.SI (l014)8Bur. PI. Indust.)
VI11:1,ineforEpideiidrumieji'ieadpidendntmvieji.
VIII .> ,ineforsabeleadzabal
VIII. " ,ines1nd 12forriiatenialeneadGuatemalan
IXM,ine5for.rtucffbliaS\v.).Br,ead.uctfbUn.laeq.).Br.
IX:8,ine6forTKI.ISI'IIIA AmeseadTKI.ISMISAmex
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,INK,9.H2 o.NOMENCLATORIALOTES
ONPLANTSGROWINGNTHEBOTANICALGARDENOFTHEATKINSNSTITUTIONOFHEARNOLDARBORETUMT
SOLEDAD,CIENFUEGOS,CUBABY
F.TRACYHUBBARDANDALFREDEHDERInreparing istofheplantsgrowingnhe
botanicalgardenatSoledad,severalinstancesofnomen-clatorialdifficultyhavebeenrevealed.rdinarilythenewombinationsmadenecessaryythetransferofnameromneenusrromnepecificnameoanotherrelearwithouturtherxplanation,utnsomeaseshenomenclatureasecomeonvolvedthatithasseemedadvisabletodiscussit.
Theollowingnotesareissuednordertopublishthoseewombinationswhichreecessaryndoclarifyhosepointswhichseeminvolvednduncertain.ACTINOPHLOEUSBeccariinAnn.ard.Bot.
Buitenz. (1885)26,newtu.BeccariinMalesia 1877)2riginallyharac-terizedthegroupasasubgenusofDrymophloeusZipp.ThespellingofthesubgenericnameisActynophloeus.Thespeciescultivatedinthegardenis:
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ActinophloeusarcarthuriiH.endl.)Beccaripudigmannull.ept.gric.ndesNeerl.o.11909),omenHeccarinWebbia(1913)154-adermachernAnn.ard.Hot.Huitenz.351925)2.Theirstompleteescriptionfhespecies].
KentiaMacarthuri Hort.pud Belg.Hort.7(1877)241,nomen(asMacArthuri) H.Wendlandapud.Moorenlorist omol. 1879Aug.1879)15,extcut H.Wendlandpud1 1 .Gar-tenz.3(Dec.879)2(55,.0.
,Ptychosperma Macarthuru H.Wendland apudKewKept.8821884)55.Thispecies,omenclaturally,asad ompli-
catedistory.riginallyntroducedbout877,twaslacednheenusentiandasescribed(ratherinadequately)n879.ateritwasransferredtoPtychosperma.nhorticultureithasbeenfrequentlycultivatednderothames,utsuallysentiaMacarthuri.n913eccariemovedtoctino-phloeuswherewebelievetmorecorrectlybelongs.BrachychitonopulneusSchott nd/.)
R.BrownnBennettPI.av.Kar.,pt. (1844)234.Sterculiaiverstfolia G.Donn Loudon, Hort.Brit, (1830) 392,omenG.Don, Gen. Syst.Gard.hHot. 1831)510,nonBrachy chiton diver-sifolius R.BrownnennettI.av.Kar.t.(1844)234whichsterculiacaudata HewardnHer}).unn.pudentham,l.Austral. 18(53)230.Poecilodermispopulneachott&Endlicher,Melet.Hot.1832)3.FollowingKnglerandrantlndecentauthorst
hasseemedbesttoacceptthegenusBrachychitonSchott&Kndl. Itsnot,however,possibletoapplyheearl-
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iestpecificnamediversifo/ia"onaccountoftheearl-ierirachychitonivcrsifo/ius-R.Br.obertrown'sbinomialundoubtedlyrefers,aspointedout byBentham(FLAustral. 1886)230)toStcrculiacaudataHewardinHerb.unn.
Consequentlyheoldestavailablepecificames"populnca"basedonPoccilodcrmispopulneachottV Kndl.ndhecorrectcombinationsBrachychitonpop-ulncusSchottkKndl.)R.r.
CALADIUMentenat,Descr.I.ouv.lard.Cels,ivr. (1801)t.0ndnoem.Archiv.ot.(1801)47.Indiscussingthisgenus,W..Wight(inSafford
inContrih.U.S.Nat.Herb. 1905)208)advancedtheideahataladiument,ppliedoheenusom-monlynownsolocasiachott.heasisfhisargumentwasthat VentenatdrewhisgenericnamefromRumphiuswhosedhisameorertainpeciesfstrum.hissundoubtedlyrue.tartingwithhispremise,WightargueshattheonlyspeciescommonobothumphiusndVentenatsesculentum",whichi sikewisehefact.
Grantedhetruthfbothtatements,wecannotagreewithWight'seductionhataladiument,mustapplyothatpartofhematerialncludednhegenustypifiedbyesculenturn".nthefirstplace,fromtheointfiewfVentenaCsenusheoverningfactoriswhatdidhedescribe,notthesourcefromwhichherewheenericame.heenericescriptionseemsroadnoughooverothypesofplantsn-cludednisubsequentistofpeciesomposingthegenus.owever,thespeciestowhichherefersthrough-outthetextndwhichellustratess.icolorndnomentionofesculentum"smadeuntilatheendhesumsupthosespeciesofArumwhichhebelievesbelong
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tothegenus.Ventenat'sreatmentfaladiumnoemer
Arehivfur dieHotanikollowsthesamecourse,discuss-ingC.bicolorandatheendmentioningesculentum".Consequently,weeelthatthestandardpeciesof
Caladiums.icolorndot,sculentumasdvo-catedbyWightandacceptedbycertainrecentauthors.CATHARANTHUS.Don.Jen.yst.Gard.
c S ^Bot. 1888)5.Lochnera Reichenbach,Consp.Keg.Veg.1828)134,nonochneriaHeist.,nonLochneriaScop.OnaccountoftheearlierusesofthenameLochnera
Reichb.usteeplacedyatharanthus.Don.DallaorrendarmsGen.iphon,asc. 1904)406)areobviouslyinerrorwhentheyreferCatharanthusG.Donoinca.sDonreatedbutwopecies(\pusUlusand.oseus-othfwhichrencludedinochnerabyKnglerandrantl.ThetransferoftheplantknownbothasVincaroseaL.ndochneraoseaeichb.wasmadeyG.Don(Gen.yst.ard. Hot.(1888)95).
Theynonymyofhetwovarietiesofhispeciesgrowingnhegardens:Catharanthusroseus (L.)G.Donar.lbus(Sweet)G.Don,Gen.Syst.Gard. Hot. 1838)95.Vincaosea.ar.lbaSweet,Hort.rit.1827)274.CatharanthusoseusL.)G.Donar.cel-
latusSweet)G.Don.en.yst.ard. ot.(1838)9,5sphalmateocceilaius).
tineaosea. var. ocellatusweet, Hort. Brit.(1827)274.fineaosea L. var. oculataW.Millern.H.Bailey,Cycl.m.ort. 1902)93").
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ColocasiasculentaL.)chottar.nti-quorumSchott)HubbardRehder,omb,ov.
ColocasiaantiquorumchottinSchott& Endlicher,Melet.ot. 1832)8.Authorsngeneral,whoeparatethisvarietyrom
thespecies,havemadethespeciesndaveeduced('.sculentumL.)Schotttovarietalrank.hilethereisardlyanyoubtthatvar.ntiquorumsthephylo-geneticypefhepecies,tsomenclaturallyn-admissibletoeduceanlderspecificameoarietalranknder amefaterdatefpublication.nconsequence theranksmustbereversedand .esculentabecomethepecieswith varietyantiquorum.DipteryxanamensisPittier)ubbard
Rehder,omb.ov.Coumarounapanamensis PittiernContrib...Nat.Herb.81917)36.Theenusipteryxchreb.sonservedverCoumarounaAubl.hetransferofthispeciesmakes
anewcombination.GardeniajasminoidesUisnPhil.rans.1,
pt. 17(H)35.Varneriaaugustatickmanninnaeus,Amoen.Acad. 1759)86,omrii.Gardeniaflorida Linnaeus,Sp,L,d. 1702)305.GardeniaaugustaMerrill,nterp.Humph.Herb.Ami).1917)50,85,547.Merrillundoubtedlywenttoofarwhenheaccepted
Stickman'sarneriaugustasalidublication.Accordingohenternationalules,tannlyeconsideredsanomennudumsthethumphiusefer-enceivenso lateackingnalyticetailsndfurthermoretheimefublicationheenuso
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whichhepeciesbelongedwasundescribed.GliricidiaepiumJacq.)alpers,epert
Bot.yst. 1842)79Standleyinontrib.r..Nat.Herb.81922)82.RobiniaSepiumJ&cquin,Knum.PI.Carib.(1760)28.Robiniamaculata HumboldtHonplandEKunth,Nov.en.etp. 1824)98Quartod.),09(Folioed.).Lonckocarpusepium I)eandolle, Prodr.yst.Nat. 182.5)60.Lonckocarpusmaculatus)e Candolle,Prodr.Syst.Nat. 182.))(10.Robiniaariegata Schlechtendal in Linnaea 12(1886)01.GliricidiamaculataWalpers,epert.ot.yst.(1842)179.Gliricidiaambii FernaldnHot.az.0189.))588.Thereaseenonsiderableifferenceofopinion
asoheuthorityoeivenorheombinationsGliricidiaepiumndliricidiamaculata.ccordingiondexKewensis 189.5)088,H.B.&K.ov.(Jen.tp.i .98nnota"Quartod.]sivenstheplaceofpublicationofbothombinations.eithercombination,however,wasmadeneitherthequarto orfolioeditionofHumboldtonplandndKunth,NovaGeneraetSpeciesPlantarum. rnKunth,Syn.I.4182.))1.
Urban,ymb.nt ill.1900)88,ndtherauthorseferothombinationsoteudel,Nomenel,Hot.d.,1840)88.hileothombinationsexisthere,heyreistinctlyynonymsandrecitedaseingmadeyKunthIIHK.].onsequently,stheyreublishednynonymy,heyaveoalidstanding.
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TheearliestactualpublicationofthecombinationswhichwehavebeenbletoindsnWalpers,Repert.Bot.yst. 1842)79.MarantagibbaSmithinReesCycl.22(1819)no.2.MarantadivaricataRoscoe,Mondr.Pis.(1828)t.7.K.SchumanninEngler,PflanzenreichV.8(Heft
11)1902)126citesM.gibbam.nReesinsynonymyunderM.divaricataRose.tisevident thatSchumannhadnoknowledgeofhedateofssueofolume2ofReesCyclopediaashefailstocitetheyear.tcontainstheearliestnameofthespecies.PHOENICOPHORIUM H.Wendlandn1 1 .
Hort.2Feb.865)Misc. ndMay8(55).33.StevensoniaDuncan,Cat.Roy.Rot.iard.Mauri-tius1868),nomenL.H.Bailey,(RentesHerb.(1930)92.Stephensoniaort.pudanHoutteinl.esSerres5May0,865)77,nsynon.Werenableogreewithheeductionsf
Prof..H.BaileynentesHerbarum 1930)92and,-ingreementwith.G.Skeelsinull.orr.Hot.I.81931)9),ecannotaccepthiseasoningthathegenericnamehoenicophoriumhouldeout-lawed.hereisnoprovisioninthenternationalRulesthatweeelouldbeconstruedooverthecase.
ThegenusPhoenicophoriumwasproposedndwelldescribedbyH.WendlandnllustrationHorticole12(Feb.805)Misc. ndaterillustratedyhimnhesameperiodicalMay805).33.pparentlyrof.BaileyasverlookedheatefublicationfheMiscellaneeswhenestates,Aortraitfhealmappearedn'IllustrationHorticolebearingdateApril1865,..."heootnoteatenage ofheMis-cellaneesisFevrier865ndweanindnoreasonwhythisdateshouldnotbeaccepted.
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Thegenericnametevensoniawasirstublishedby.famesDuncanin180,'J(Cat.Roy.Hot.Gard.Mauri-tius).tsanomennudum.urthermorewearenotabletoagreewithProf.aileyhatVanHoutteinl.deserres5May0,86.5)77,.595-1596ub-lishedorevenntendedopublish genericdescriptionunderSt evenson id.heacthatPhoenicophoriumwasusedsthepageeadingandsthetitleentrynheTabledesmatieresontheackoverofheivraisonwithStevensoniag?*and{foliaune,nitalicsandclearlyinynonymyonvinceshatanouttewason-sideringhepeciess hoenicophorium.oreoverthedateofpublicationfheOnziemeivraisonutomeXV"slearlygivennheoverofhecopyntheGrayHerbarium,whichsboundwiththecoversinplace,sParue20Mai80.5".
WerehereforenableoccepttevensoniaDune,sthegenericname.
Thepeciescultivatednhegardens:PhoenicophoriumorsigianumC.Koch)
Stuntznnvent.eedsVis.ntrod.no.J 11914)8 (Bur.I.ndust.).
Astrocaryumaureo-pictumHort.apudVerschaffelt,Cat. 1 1 1 .o.2,misc.age5fideVan HouttenFl. des Serres. 3 (1865) 177,nynon.) -Ver-schaffelt,Cat. 1 1 1 .o.41864)2,omen.AstrocaryumSorsigianumC.KochinWochenschr.G& rt..Pflanzenk. (Dec.2,1859)401 C.KochapudKegelnGartenfl.01801)9.ArecaSechellarumHort.apudC.KochinWochen-schr.Gart..flanzenk. 18.59)01,mention.AstrocaryumBorsigiiHort.apudC.KochinWoch-enschr.Jiirt..flanzenk. 18.59) 402,mention.Astrocaryumaureo-punctatumLemairein1 1 .Hort.0Dec.8,59)nnotaub.29,omen.s
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Stevenson iarandifolia Duncan,Cat.Roy.ot.Gard.Mauritius1803),omen.StephensoniagrandifoliaHort.VeitchapudProc.Roy.Hort.oc.ond. 1804)34,omen.PhoenicophoriumSechellarumH.Wendlandn1 1 .Hort.2(Feb.805)Misc. and(May1805)t.433.Stevensoniaechellarum Hort.pudanHoutteinFl.eserres5May0,805).595-1596,inynon.AstrocaryumpictumHort.pudBalfourf.inBakerFl.Mauritius1877)388,nsynon,StevensoniaBorsigianaL.H.Bailey,GentesHerb.21930)92.Poincianapulcherrima.ar.lavaHort.
apud.H.ail, Rehd.)ubbard Render,omb.nov.
Caesalpiniapulcherrimaw.ar.flavaHort.pudL.H.Bailey&RehderinL.H.Bailey,Cycl.Am.Hort. 1900)00.Thecombinationorthishorticulturalarietyias
neverbeenmadeunderPoinciana.SALACCAReinwardtmSyll.Ratisb. 1825).Zalacca Rumphius,Herb.Amb. 1747)13,.57,ig-ReinwardtpudBlumenoemer& Schultes,Syst.Nat.,pt. 1830)334.SalakkaReinwardtapud Blume,Cat.ew.ui-tenz.1823)12,omen.Theoldestvalidpost-Linneanspellingofthegeneric
namesSalaccaofReinwardt,ndromthestandpointofLatintsalsomorecorrecthanZalacca.
Thepeciesnvolveds:Salaccadulis Reinwardtn Syll. Rat isb. 2 (1825).CalamusZalaccaiaertner,)eFruct.tSem.Pi.
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21791)2 G 7 ,.89.Salakkaedulis einwardtapudBlnme,Cat.Jew.Buitenz.1828)12,omen.ZalaccaedulisReinwardtapudBlume,Roemer& Schultes,Syst.Nat.,pt. 1830)334.Zalaccalumeana Martins,Hist. Nat. Palm.(1838)01,.23;.59,tig..SORGHUMMoench,Meth.1794)07.Therecenttrendiaseenoconserveolcus.
forHolcusanatus,ndolaceH.alepensis.andH.Sorghum L.nSorghumMoench.Inoinghis,woewombinationsremadenecessary,namely:Sorghumulgareers.ar.affrorum
fThunb.)HubbardRehder,omb.tor.HolcusCaffrorum Thunberg,rodr. PL Cap. 1 (1794)0.SorghumCaffrorum Beauvois,Agrost.1812)81,104,78 .HolcusSorghum L. var.affrorumL..Bailey,GentesHerb. 1923)33.Sorghumvulgare/> .ar.Durra(Forsk.)Hub-
bard &Rehder,omb.ov.HolcusDurraorskal,T .Aegypt.-Arab.1775)174.AndropogonSorghumrot.ubsp.ativusHack.[var.] Durraackel in DeCandolle, Monogr.Phan. 1881))16.SorghumDurraStapfnPrain,Fl.Trop.fr.(1917)29.Holcusorghum L. var. Durra L..ailey,GentesHerb. 1923)32.ThesynonymyofthevarietiesofSorghumvulgare
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is,atpresent,notwellknown.onsequently,althoughevidencetendstoeadonetoelievethatcqffir&rum"andJJurra"arenottheoldestvarietalnamesortheseforms,taseemeddvisableoetainhemntilmorecompletetudyofthepecieshasbeenmade.TalinumaniculatumJacq.)Gaertn.orma
variegatum(Hart.apudW.Mill.)HubbardfyRehder,comb.iov.
TalinumpatensWilld.var.variegationHort.apudW.Miller in L.H.ailey,ycl. Am. Hort. 4(1902)767.Thecombinationorhisorticulturalormoes
notappeartohavebeenmadepreviouslyunderT.pani-culatum.TipuanatipuHeath.)HubbardRehder,omb.nov.MachaeriumTipuBenthaminHookJourn.Bot.KewCiard.Misc. 1853)67.Tipuana Tipa Lillo, Contrib. Conoc. Arbol.Argent.1910)8 .Lillointransferringthispeciestoipuanaelected
tousetheotherandossiblymoreorrectpellingfthevernacularame.nonsequenceheadoptionofBentham'searlierspecificnamenecessitatesanewcom-bination.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY CAMURIDOK,ASSACHUSETTS,INKW,982 o.l
ANEWEP IDENDRUM FROMSPANISHONDURAS BY
OAKESMESFromMr.. .Edwards,whohaseenollecting
inheicinityfSanuancito,onduras,hereasbeenreceived speciesofE,pidendrumwhichappearstobendescribed.tsloselyelatedo.arbusculaLindl.ifferingromtnothegetativendloralcharacters.henbranchedtems,inear-lanceolateleaves,horterfloralractsndpedicels,ndhesome-whatsmallerflowersinapaniculateratherthanracemoseinflorescenceareonspicuousdifferentiatingcharacters.InE.rbusculaheakedortionfheedunclesveryhortndtout,whilenhenewpecieshee-dunclebelowhelowersselongatedndverylender.EpidendrumEdwardsiimes,p.owHerbaterrestris.adicesalbidae,glabrae,carnosae.
Caulesplusminusveerecti,foliosi,foliisdistichislineari-lanceolatis,nfraoliaaginisersistentibusreted-pressis.edunculuslongatus,atisracilis,asibracteacariosaaginantinstructus.nHorescentialaxeaniculata,auciflora.epalaimilia,blonga,acuta,patentia. Petalapathulata,cuta. Labellum
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trilobatum,olumnaedpressumetumanubumadnatum;lobilateralessubdolabriformes,margineirreg-ulariterdenticulato;lobusmediussubsimilis,emarginatuscumpiculobtusonterjecto;iscusropepicemcolumnaeconspicuebicallosus,permediumevitercari-natus. Columnsectionis.
Plant.5-6m.igh.ootswhitish,mooth,coarselyibrous.temslender,erect,about mm.ndiameternearthebase,oncealedbyhetubularcloselyappressedheathswithwhichheeavesarearticulated.Leavesumerous,distichous,heowerones-6m.longand m.wide,anceolate,cute,heirsheathingbases.55.5m.ong,ingedwithiolet-purple,heuppernespo0m.ong,-1.7em.wide,inear-lanceolate,acute,chartaceouswhendry,.52cm.apartonhestem.nflorescenceerect,ubpaniculate,termi-nal,6.5-12m.ong.edunclewithheachis5.5-11cm.ong,providedwithnermoreheathingcutescariousbracts.lowers. > to7,fleshy.edicelsabout8mm.ong,mooth,lender.ractsfheanicle8.510mm.ong,usuallymuchshorterthanthepedicels,lineartoriangular,tronglyoncave.varyboutmm.ong,mooth.ateralepals0-11m.ong,2.7->m.ide,blong,cute,preading,arginsstronglyevolute.orsalepalimilar,2mm.ong,erect.etals1111..)mm.ong,2-8 mm.wide,patu-late,acute.abellumdistinctly.'J-lobed,ncludingthebasalparthatsadnatetothecolumn12mm.ong;freeportionupto mm.ong,0mm.wideacrosshelateralobes,with moreoresslearlydefinedentralkeelnhepperurface,ndwith emisphericalcomplanatecallionhediscnrontofheapexofhecolumn;ateralobesub-dolabriform,bout)mm.widewithnrregularlyentateorrenulatemargin;middleobeupo1.5mm.wide,about8.5mm.ong,
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emarginatewithabluntapicule,marginentire,undulateorsometimesparselyentate.alli.5mm.ong,mm.igh.olumn>mm.ong,verylendertowardthease,ilatedpward;marginfhelinandnumdentate,ingedwithpurple.
REPUBLICFONDURAS,epartmentfTeguci-galpa,icinityfanuancito,ldumberoadtRosario.errestrialnexposedockyedgesat5000feetaltitude.epalsandpetalswhitetopalepink;ipwhitewithurpledot.ebruary4,982./.B.Ed-wards22. (TYPEnHerb.AmesNo.781)1.)
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TWONEWORCHIDSFROMYUCATAN ANDTRINIDAD
BY OAKESAMESNDHARLESCHWEINFURTH
Amongorchidsentosordentificationherearetwondescribedpecies,aleurothallisubmittedbyheFieldMuseumofNaturalHistoryndnpi-dendrumcollectedbyV..Hroadway.hesemaybecharacterizedsollows:
Pleurothallisyucatanensismes$chwein-fitrth,p.ot).Herbaepiphytica,pusilla.hizomarepens,auli-
busnumerosisbrevissimisornatum.oliaoblanceolata,apiceotundatominuteilobulata.acemiaxiflori,pauciflori.loresusilli.epalaateraliangustelanceolata,uninerviaepalumorsalemajus,anceo-latum,oncavum.etalatriangulari-linearia.abel-lumblongum,piceateotundatum,partenferioreleviterdilatata. Columnapicealato-dilatata.
Plantverysmall,upto5cm.all,epiphytic,ecall-ingP.ertularioidesindl.hizomecreeping,entirelyinvestedbyimbricatingscariousnervosesheaths.ootsfibrous,glabrous,toutforthej)lant.temsveryshort,approximate,ascending,unifoliate,about2.5mm.ong,whenoungntirelynvestedymbricatingubularscariousheaths.eafoblanceolate, 5mm.ong,about.8.5mm.wide,broadlyoundedttheapexwithaminutelybilobedapiculatetip, graduallynarrowedtoa1-jointedpetiole,veryrugoseinthe driedspecimen.Inflorescenceconspicuouslysurpassingtheleaf,olitary,about m.all;pedunclecapillary,adornedbelowhemiddlewithonelosetubularsheath;acemesveryax, J to" > flowered. Floralbractsloose,nfundibuliform,
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twiceorthricesurpassedbyheslenderascendingpedi-cels.lowersmall,egmentsfheerianthub-parallel,lightlyhickenedowardhepex.ateralsepalsree,arrowlyanceolate,.5mm.ong,-robscurely erved,cute,arinatenheuteride.Dorsalepallightlyonger,anceolate,bout2.8mm.long,btuse,oncave,bscurelynerved.etalslinear-triangular,2.5mm.ong, erved,acute,slightlyoblique.abellummuchhorter,imple,veryhortlyclawed;aminaoblongoranceolate-oblongnutlinewithheerectidesfheoweralflightlyilatedfrom uneatease,bout.4m.ong,roadlyroundedtheapex,nerved,minutelyurieulateatbase.olumnhort,lmost.2mm.ong,withnabruptquadratewingoneithersideofhepperalf,extendedn oot. Anthercupuliform.
PleurothallisyucatanensissuggestsP.sertularioidesLindl.,butdiffersinhavingracemoseinflorescencesandsimpleip.
MEXICO,Yucatan,Campeche,Tuxperia,C.L.Luti-de//12tNovembers,931.ommononreerunksandoldogs. (TYPEnHerb.AmesNo.7882).EpidendrumBroadwayimes< $ Schwetirfurth,
sp.av.Herbaumilis,piphytica.aulesaespitosi,tenuiterubclavati,mninoelati,mono-veliphylli.Foliaangustelinearia,graminea,cuta.nflorescentiasingula,quamfoliamultobrevior,laxeracemosa.epalalateraliabliquelliptico-lanceolata,piceonspicuecarinato-mucronata.epalumorsalcblanceolato-oblongum.etalablanceolato-linearia.abellumapiciolumnaednatum,rilobatum,oboerminalimajoreubquadratoriangulari-acutoeletusotapiculato.
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Plantmall,piphytic,po7m.all,loselyrelatedo.ipuloideumindl.temsapproximate,slenderlyubclavate,bout > . . >m.igh,ltogetherinvestedylosetubularscariousheathswhichwasteintoibres,one-orommonlywo-leavedtheapex,rugoseinheriedtate.eavesnarrowlyinear,upto1.7m.ongnd.2mm.widegenerallymuchshorter),cute,hemid-nervemoreorlessprominentlysulcateaboveandcarinatebeneath.nflorescencemuchshorterthanheleaves,thelongestcapeabout..5cm.high,laspedatthebasebyaloosetubularsheathwhichisupto1.(1cm.ong.acemeloosely4o7lowered.Floralbractsminute,lanceolate,membranaceous,manytimesxceededyhelenderedicels.edicellateovarypo.3m.ong,axlypreading.lowerslargefortheplant,yellownthedriedpecimen,ratherfleshynexture.ateralepalsbliquelylliptic-lanceolate,rominentlydnateoheolumnthebase,1m.ong,.2mmwide,dorsallyarina!c- mucronatetheip,rominently ervedearhebase.orsalsepaloblong-ellipticoroblanceolate-oblong,about0nun.ong,.1.7mm.wide,acute,conspicu-ouslyervedelow.etalsblanceolate-linear,S.(J.8mm.ong,moreorlessoblique,acute,3erved.Labellumadnatetohepexfheolumn, obed;laminaabout> .15.5mm.ongromhecenterofhecordateaseohetip,boutJ.4mm.widewhenx-panded,icallosetase;ateralobesemiovaterrounded,obtuse,extendingtoabouthalfheengthofofheip,erosenhemargins;erminalobemuchlarger,rregularlyubquadrate,with rominentri-angularacutepex,orefusendpiculate.olumnstout,bout.2m.ong,ilatedbove.ntherbroadlyovoid. Pollinia,omplanate-ovoid.
Epidendmmroadivayisveryimilarnhabito
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Epidendrumipukndeumindl.,butthasadissimilaranteriorlobeofthelip and8 -nervedpetals.heflowersalsoareapparentlyof differentolor,beingellownthedriedpecimen.
TRINIDAD,Northoast,Sautd'EauW.E.Broad-way7444,January8 ,981.rowsnuftsonatree.(TYPEnHerb.AmesNo.7893).
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ONT HEDENTITYOF KIRSANNABY
F.RACYUBBARDInSeptember980Dr.C..CoonofthePeabody
Museumubmittedpecimensofseedordentificationunderthenameof i r s anna.hesehadbeencollectedforhiminMoroccobyGordonHrowneintheValleyofthelierrushenwheretheyregrownyheribefGzennaya,if.
Thefollowingnotesofeconomicnterestnegardtohiseedwereurnishedyr.oon.nheiftheseedsareusedormakingbreadaftertheyhavebeenthoroughlyoakedoxtractheoisonouslementwhichheyontain.heyrelacednlatwickerbasketsandweightedownntreamsndllowedoremainuntilhepoisonouselementsjudgedoee-moved.nheRiftheBerbervernacularnameofheseedsShasannaandheArabicnamesirsanna.Dr.oonurtherstateshatheamefheeednArmeniaisushnandhattsusedhereforeed-ingcattleafterthepoisonouselementhasbeenremovedbyoaking.
AftereveralnsuccessfulttemptsheeedwasfinallygrownomaturityattheBotanicalardenandprovestobeteiaErviliaL.)Willd.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITYCAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,ULY8,9.SL 2 o.
ANEXTENSIONOFRANGEFOREPIDENDRUMRHYNCHOPHORUMBY
OAKESAMESTHEMEXICANORCHIDSpublishedbyA.Richardand
II.ialeotti,inAnnalesdesSciencesNaturellesinK4.5,andescribedwithxasperatingrevity,theveragelengthofthedescriptionshardlyexceedingthreelinesofprint),havebeen ourceofperplexityorstudentsoftheMexicanflora.everalofthespeciesareknownonlythroughheypepecimensnheerbariumfheMuseumd'HistoireNaturelledeParis.mongtheex-tremelyrareorchidsisEpidendrumrhynchophorum.Thisspecieswasoriginallydescribedasfollows:,Pseudobul-bisvoideis hyllis;oliooblongo-lanceolato,cuto;flor.luteis,racemo4 5floro:labellotrilobo,adnato,lobislateralibustruncatis,ntermedioangusto-lineari."
Veryrecently, while collectingfortheArnoldArbo-retumnheepartmentofComayagua,onduras,Mr.J. .EdwardsfoundEpidendrumrhynchophoruminfullflowerinMay.thasseemedworthwhiletopublishanccountofMr.Edwards"pecimensandbymeansofadrawing,oremovetheambiguitycausedbyRichardandGaleotti'snadequatedescription.
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Honduras,semarkable,butnhisegardthasbeenfoundhateveralMexicanorchidsextendoomay-agua,ndicatinghatntensivexplorationmayrovethaimanymoremaybecharacterizedby widerrangethanhasbeenhoughtprobable.
Inheriginalescription,pidendrumhyncho-pharumseferredoheectionKncycliuni,lthoughtheplantsaredescribedsbeingpseudobulbouswithdividedabellumadnatetothecolumn.Johnindley,whenereparedismonographfpidendrumorhisoliaOrchidacea,placedhepeciesnheectionAulizeumwhereteemsroperlyoelong.non-formitywithhecharactersaiddownorAulizeumthelabellumsadnatetotheowerhalfofthecolumn,withtheateralobeserectandoncealingtheanther.
Theollowingdescriptionaseenpreparedromdriedpecimens,ndlowerspreservednlcohol.EpidendrumrhynchophorumA.Rich.$Gal.inomptesend.Acad.ci.ar.S1844)0.5,512,nomen;nAnn.ci.Nat.er., (184:5)20.
EpidendrumrhynchanthumSchltr.nBeihefteHot.Centralbl.(5,bt. 1918)07phaim.Rhizometout,prorepent,emittingoarse,ibrous
roots.seudobulbspproximateonhehizome,5.5cm.ong,ageniform,lenderorsometimesmuchwol-len,monophyllous,whenimmaturecompletelyconcealedbyample,ubularheaths.eaves8-26m.ong,upto m.wide,inear-oblong,unequallyilobedtheapex.eduncleerminal,-9m.ongelowhea-ceme,lenderwithnelongated,pathaceousheathtbaseintheaxiloftheleaf;raceme02cm.ong,loosely87-flowered,withtheflowers1.8-2.5cm.part.ractsofheacemequamiform,about mm.ong.edicelswithhevary.5-2m.ong,labrous.lowersbrownishnearthebaseofthesepals,otherwiseyellowish
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oryellowishgreenwithheateralobesofthelabellumwhitish.Sepalsabout2.5cm.ong,scarcely2mm.wide,directedobliquelyforward,linear-triangular,acute.et-alsimilar,about.5m.ong, erved.abellumupto8.5mm.ong,onspicuouslyhreeobed,dnatetothelowerhalfofthecolumn;mid-lobeupto9mm.ong,aboutmm.wide,inear,taperinggraduallytowardtheacutetip;ateralobesabout mm.ongnd.5mm.wide,rotundate-dolabriform,erect,appressedtotheapexofthecolumn;discconspicuouslybicallose,thecallipa-pilliform.olumntout,bout mm.ong,dnateoraboutonehalfitslengthtothelabellum,withaconspicu-ouserminalostriformppendagewhichsdorsal,por-rectndblunt.MEXICO,eraruz,nheparasiticalndromedat4,000eet,Galeotti5077.TYPEnHerb.Mus.d'Hist.Nat.ar.).REPUBLICFONDURAS,epartmentofComayagua,I jusJaguasinthevicinityofMinasde()ro.piphyteinopenmountainforest,at4,200feet altitude.lowersyel-lowandbrown.May8,1982./.B.Edwards43.
EXPLANATIONKLLUSTRATIONPlantdrawnnaturalizefromHonduranpecimensEdwardsl8),
1,rontiewofolumnhowingheostriformdorsalppendagex-ceedinglit-nther.,ideiewfabellumnaturalosition.: i ,ideiewofabellumndolumnwithheabellumdepressedoshowpointofattachment.,abellumwithheateralobespreadout." > ,heflowerdrawnoshowtherelativeproportionsofthesepals,petalsndabellum.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,EBRUARY, 1988 o.ANEWOCTOMERIA FROMSPANISHHONDURAS
BY OAKESAMESAMONGORCHIDSecentlyollectednHondurasby
Mr.J.H.EdwardsanewpeciesofOctomeriahasbeenrecognized.herearenoclose alliesofthisspeciesamongtheOctomeriasecordedsnativesofCentra!America.ItsinhabitsimilartotheBrazilian).brcvifoliaCogn.fromwhichitdiffersinthesizeandformofthelabellum.Fromdriedpecimensita})})earstobelongtothesectionofthegenuscharacterizedbysemitereteeaves.Octomeriahondurensismes,p.ov.erba
epiphytica,parva.aespitosa,caulibusgracilibustereti-usculis.Foliumsubcylindraceum, leviterarcuatum,valdecarnosum.loressatisnumerosi,densiusculi,fasciculati.Sepalablongo-lanceolata,ubacuta,rinervia.etalasimilia.abellumdistinctetrilobatum;lobislateralibusereetis;lobomediooblongo,apicetridentato;disco propebasimbicarinato. Columnsgeneris.
Epiphyticherbabout10cm.high.Stemscaespitose,terete,8-9cm.ong,several-jointed,withfibrousremainsofsheathsadheringnearthebase,monophyllous.about1mm.ndiameterwhendried.eafabout2.5cm.ong,about mm.ndiameter,emiterete,cute,ightlyul-
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eateabove,muchexceedingtheinflorescence.eduncles5mm.ong,fasciculate,intheaxiloftheleaf,subtendedbycloselyappressedsheaths.lowersopeninginsucces-sion,onlyonepresentatatime.ateralsepalsspreading,4..>mm.ong, mm.wide,oblong-lanceolate,acuteorsubacute,8-nerved.orsalepalimilar.etals4mm.long,.5mm.ide,blong-lanceolate,ubacute,* > - nerved.abellum' }mm.ong,3-lobed;lateralobes1.5mm.ong,')mm.wide,erectndporrect,alcate,ub-acuteorobtuse:middleobe mm.ong,1mm.wide,quadrate-oblong,tridentateatheapexwithheateralteethoundedndhemiddleoneacute;discbicarinateatbase.Columnproducedatbaseformingadistinctfoot,about.5mm.ong,
KI:IMunKONDURAS,epartmentofortex,land.akeYojoa.piphytendensetropicalorest,,000eetaltitude.epals,petalsndiplemonellow:olumnwhite.ctober!> ,982./.i.Edwards304. (TYPEnHerb.mesNo.9048).ILLUSTRATION 'lantrawnaturalizeromdriedpecimens.Flowermuchenlargedatight). Labellummuchenlargedateft).THEHONDURANPECIESOFEPANTHES
BY OAKBSMES
THREEPECIESofepanthesarenowknownoenativesfheepublicfHonduras;.rnidurensixAmes,publishedin1981,L.turialvaeReiehb.f.,recentlycollectedy1 . B.dwards;nd.Kdxvardsii%whichisdescribedbelowLepantheshondurensisAmesinProc.Biol.Soc.
Wash.41981)ii .hisspeciesisrelatedtoL.appen-diculataAmes, Guatemalanplant,utsargerwithdifferencesinhestructureoftheabellum. Thelowers[8]
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areextremelyattractive,suggestingtinybutterflieswithorangewingsborderedwithmauve,preadoutonheyellowbackgroundormedbyhesepals.heaccom- panyingplatewaspreparedromhetype.
REPUBLICFHONDURAS,DepartmentofAtlantida,LancetillaVal-ley,earTela,arch1,928.mesI.71,I.76:DepartmentofComayagua,itoolo,akeVojoa.piphytenenseorest,t-,',()()()t.ltitude. August L9S2. ./..dwards90,'/./and30.
I LUSTRATION lantaboutfourfifthsnaturalsize.,inflorescencemuchenlarged. 2,abellum. 8,columnposteriorview), ( ,pollinia.Lepanthesurialvaeeichb.f.eitr.rch.Centr.mer.1 H C > ( > )5 7 .REPUBLICOKHONDURAS,DepartmentofComayagua,Siguatepeque,
Epiphytenopenmountainorest,t8,700eetaltitude.epalspink,petalsndabellumed.eptember6,982./.t.dwards2,58\lAehote.piphyteinenseforest,at8,900eetaltitude.epalsightpink,etalsndipose. September7, 1982. ./.i.dwards260.LepanthesEdwardsiiAmesup.or.Caulesse-
cundariiaginisaxis,hispidis,ubularibusomninon-clusi,ascend en tes,monophylli,caespitosi .oliaellipticaapieeinconspicuetridenticulata,marginata,npetiolumcontracta.nflorescentiaefoliumexcedentes,achisfrac-tiflexa.epalaateraliaglabra,usque admediumcohae-rentia,laminamovatambifidam formantia.epalumdor- saleanceolatum,beneaudatum.etalaamosa,an-eeolatavelsub-semihastata,glabra,basirotundata,apicesubacuta.abellumtrilobatum;lobiaterales triquetri,angustecrescentiformes,acuti;lobus mediusvaldeabbre-viatus,oblongus,cutus. Columnaaldearcuata.
Hootscoarselyfibrous,whitish,smooth.Stemscaes- pitose,monophyllous,5-15mm.ong,slender,concealed byelongatedubularsheaths,erectorobliquelyascend-ing,rigid.Sheathstwotofive, ' 2 - ( 5 mm.long,thebasaloneshortest,finelyhispidulousonheprominentongitudi-nal nerves, dilated at the mouth, with themargins
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thickenedndhispidulous,heuppermostone enclosingthepetioleoftheleafandonspicuouslydilatedupwardabovehemiddle.eafelliptical,marginate,5-15mm.long,4-7 mm.wide,contractedatbaseintoashortpetiole,apexridenticulate.eduncles-4,equallingorexceed- theeaves,arisingfromtheaxilsoftheleaves,-1-mm.longtothehaseoftheirstlower,lender,smooth,usu-allywith inglebractearhemiddle,bearingixosevenflowersinsuccession,onlyoneofwhichisexpandedatatime.loralbractsinfundibuliform,hyaline,hispid-ulous,equallinghehortigidpedicels.lowerson-spicuous,thetipsofthelateralepalsdirectedupwards,18-14mm.longfromthetipofthedorsalsepaltothetipsofheateralepals,whitishrellowishwithurplepetals.ateralsepalssmooth,unitedto aboutthemiddle,forming broadlyovatebifid-nervedamina.5mm.long,mm.wide,reeportionofachepalriangularacute.orsalsepalsmooth,6.5mm.ong, mm.wide,lanceolate,caudate.etalsfleshy,mooth,anceolateorsemi-hastate,obtuseorsubacute,2-2.5mm.long,scarcely
1mm.wideathease,arallel,hennermarginsp-proximatebove,loselyppressedohedorsalepal.Labellum8-lobed,withheateralobesleshy,rique-trous, nun.ong,eryarrowlyrescentiform,loselyappressedothecolumnatbase,parallelorwiththetipsstronglyncurved,theiploselyppressedohelateralsepals:mid-lobeminute,oblong,acute,aboutiv etimeshorterhanheateralobes,oncealedythecolumn,ascendingorabruptlyinflexed.olumnmm.long,tronglycurveddownwardoverthemiddlelobeoftheip. Antherdeeplyetuseathepex.
Thiss charmingittleorchidwithlowersongerI bantseaves,ithmembranaceousightellowrwhitishepalsnddeeppurpleleshypetalswhichhang
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downward,closelyappliedtothedorsalsepalandatbaseextenderyittlebeyondheolumn,heirbasalendsclosetohebaseofheabel 1 um.tsloselylliedoLcjuuitlic.sJohnsoniiAmesromwhichpeciesitdiffersinheelativeproportionsbetweenthepetalsandthese- pals.nLi. Johnsoniithesepalsarepurpleandtwicelong-erthann.dtvardsiiwhileinbothpeciesthepetalsandlabellumarenearlyequalinlength.FromL.Tverck-heimiiSchltr.ndL.guatemalensisSchltr.tdifferscon-spicuouslynhetructureofhepetalsndneingvegetatively muchmallerspecies.
Edwardsno.( 5 1differsfromalltheotherspecimensreferredtoL.Edwardsiiinthecolorofthesepalswhich,exceptoraellowishin^eatbase,repurplishatherthanellow.teemshighlyprobablethatthelowersofhispeciesvarynolorasheypassromouthomaturity.
REPUBLICFONDIAS,epartmentofomayagua,itoSolo,LakeYojoa.piphyteindenseforest,at,000feetaltitude.ugust .M i ,982././.dwards96.TYPEinHerb.AmesNo.9045)MinasdeOrotMalcotal.Epiphyteinmountainforest, at,200feetaltitude.July."),!.')J./.i.Edwards196:anuisatoyocutena.nensemountainorest,t4,000feetaltitude.ay5,982./.i.Edwardsli/:iguatepequeatlAchote.piphytendenseorest,tS,900feetltitude.lowersineolor,lightlyightertaseofetals.September7, 1982. ./. .tiwards'H i.
ILLUSTRATION:lantnaturaliase. 1,lowermuchnlarged. - J ,labellumndolumnseenrombove.> ,abellumreedromhecolumnorevealhesharplyupturnedpexofthemid-lobe.- .petal.. " > ,ntherromheentralide,> ,ideviewofthecolumnandmid-lobeofip.heateralobesorciblypreadpart.
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ANEWONCIDIUM FROM HONDURASBY
OAKESAMESFROM..Edwardsherehasbeenreceived spe-
eiesofOncidiumwhichppearstobenew.tisrelatedtoO.glossomystoatTleichb.f.andO.itaniaSchltr.,butdiffersromhemnhavingthediscoftheabellum,nfrontfheallus,uitereeromppendages.heclosestallyisundoubtedly().gnomus ran/1.,butthatspeciesalsodiffersinhavingamorecomplicatedcrestontheabellum.tsprobablethatthecrestvariesconsid-erablyndsnot eliableguidetospecificdistinction,butuntilmorematerialhasbeenexaminedtwouldbequestionableprocedureomergeheonduranlantwith).gnonius.ts charmingpeciesndwith).gnornttsand.Titaniaenjoysthedistinctionofbeingoneofthemallestpeciesofthegenusyetknown.Oncidiumondurensemes,p.ov.lantaminuta,ebulbosa.oliaplusminusveocto,ensiformia,
equitantia,obtusaelubacuta.edunculusoliisub-duploongior,uni-triHorus;bracteaeminutissimae.cu-tae.Sepalalateralialibera,oblongo-lanceolata.apicebre-viteronduplicata,cuta,extusermediumarinata.Sepalum dorsale obovatum,apiceconduplicatum.Petalaoblongo-lanceolata,picereviteronduplicata,cuta.Labellumnguiculatum;obiateralesolabriformes,
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margineexterioreplusminusvecrenulati;obusmediusmultomajor,uadrilobulus,obulisateralibusemi-orbicularibus,obulisanticisminoribus,obtusis;otumlabellumgiturnobulosexdivisum.ristausque adapicemilatata,picequadridentata.olumnarevis.Alaeynostemiidolabriformes,ixrenulatae.lorespallideutei.
InhabitsimilartoOncidiumpusillumKeichb.f.,butsmallerntsvegetativeandloralparts,matureplantshardlyexceeding. . 5m.nheight.ootsilamentous,whitish,smooth.eaves ensiform, aboutei^ht, equitant,compressed,orming fan-shapedplant,heowermostonesoftenhorizontal,theothersobliquely ascendingwiththeuppermostnesperpendicular,-1Kmm.ong,-4-mm.wide,obtuserubacute,ongitudinallyervosewhendry,fleshyandmoothwhenfresh.eduncleslen-der,oneothreelowered,2-8 cm.ong.loralbractsabout2mm.on#,conduplicate.triangular,acute,muchshorterthanthepedicels,smooth.edicelogetherwiththeovaryabout>mm.ong,lender,mooth.lowersyellow,0-11mm.ongbetweenthetipofthedorsalsepalandthetipofthesix-lobedabellum.ateralepalsfreetohease. mm.ong,bout5mm.wide,oblong-lanceolate,acute,somewhatconduplicateatthetip,cari-natealongthemiddlenerveontheoutersurface.orsalsepal mm.ong,po mm.wide,obovate,broadestabovethemiddle,aperinggraduallyowardhease.abruptlynarrowedthetipndhortlyonduplicate,acute,lightlycarinateexternallyalongthemiddlenerve.Petals2.5-3mm.long,about1.6-2mm.wide,oblong-lan-ceolate,hortlyonduplicateatheacutetip.-nerved.Labellumbout mm.ong,8-lobed,theterminalobeconspicuouslybilobulateatthetipwithalargerbasalo- buleoneach side;lateralobes2mm.long,2mm.wide,do-
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labriformwiththemarginentireorirregularlyandcoarse-lycrenate,.5-0mm.wideromthetipofonetothetipofthether:sthmus7.)mm.ong,bout mm.wide:terminalobe>mm.wideatthebase,about mm.ong,theterminalobules mm.ong,mm.wide,oblong,obtuse,entireorobscurelyndrregularlyrenate,ep-aratedbyanarrowsinus,innermarginspartly contiguousoroverlapping.restabout mm.ong,hallow!yili-catetowardhebase,dilatedowardhenteriorndwhereitbecomesquadridentate(sometimeswithuppli-mentaryteethorobules),theanteriorpairofteethpro-jectedorwardn uadrateasewithheosteriorteethateralnenachidendwidelyivergent.Columnleshy,1.5mm.ong,with pairofdolibriformwingsatthesummit:wings1mm.ong,withthe marginentireorobscurelyndparselyrenulate.
REPUBLICFONDURAS,epartmentofComayagua,itoSolo,LakeYojoa.piphytendenseorest,2,000eetltitude.lowersyellow.ugust8,982./. .Edwards01TYPInHerb.mesNo.9050.)
ILLUSTRATION:bove,lantrawnaturalize.elow,lantmuchnlarged.
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KPIDENDRIM KDWARDSI1SINCEheublicationfpidendrnmdwardsii
AmesnHotaniealMuseumeaflets,o. (1982),adrawingaseenmadefromhetypematerialollus- tratehegeneralabitofhelantndhedetailsofMoraltructure.hisdrawingseproducednhefol-lowingage.
ILLUSTRATION:lantdrawnnaturalize.inglelowermuchenlarged.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
CAMHRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,ARCH0,938 o.iANADDITIONO
THEGENUSEXADESMIABY
OAKESAMESTHEEWPECIESofHexadesmiadescribedelow
mighteadilybemistakenoratall,lenderformofH.crwrigeraindl.,butnheexturendolorfheflowers,andinheoutlineoftheverydifferentlabellumitsquitedistinct.Hexadesmiahondurensismesp.ov.nhabituH.rurigeraeindl.imilitudinemerit,edlabelliobistmagnitudineiffert.aulesaespitosi,
valdeelongati,diphylli.oliaangusteinearia.edun-culusquamfolia brevior.Kacemusplusminusveseptem-florus.epalaateraliamentumotundatumormantia,ovato-lanceolata,cuta,extuspermediumeviterari-nata.epalumdorsaleoblongo-lanceolatum,concavius-culum.etalaoblonga,apiceabrupterotundata.abel-lumsubpanduratum,a])icevaldebilobatum,propebasimbicallosum. Columnanederaproducta.
Stemsdenselycaespitose,erect,12. 5cm.tall,min-utelypseudobulbousatthebase,veryslenderandmany-sheathedforabout( 5cm.henabruptlythickenedtoformanelongatedsecondarypseudobulbwhichis89cm.long,about5 mm.n diameterwhendry,subtendedbyseveralimbricatingtruncatesheathsanddiphyllousattheapex.
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Leavesinear,grass-like,5-28m.ong,bout' Snun.wide,obtuse,piculate,obliquelyrect.nflorescenceracemose,arisingintheaxiloftheeaves,6 m.ong,erect,witheveralmbricatingcariousheathstthebase,about7-flowered.ractsoftheracemeabout.>mm.long,narrowlyanceolate,onduplicate.edicelswiththeovary1-1.8m.ong,slender,obliquelyscending,distichous.lowerspaleyellowwithavenderstriationsonthe labellum.ateralsepals5mm.ong,about . ' J mm.wide,ovate-lanceolate,acute,tronglyconcave,connateatheaseorming onspicuousoundedmenturn,lightlyarinatealonghemiddlenerveontheoutersur-face.orsalsepal5mm.ong,oblong-lanceolate,acute,closelyappressedtothepetals,3-nervedtothetip.etals5mm.long,about2mm.wide,oblong,abruptlyroundedatthetip,subacute.abellumabout9mm.ong.6mm.widecrossheilobedip,obliquelyscendinghensharplydeflexed,ubpanduratefromaroundedbase;theapicalobes mm.ong.' $mm.wide,ounded,lightlydivaricate,obscurelyeroseonthemargin.iscwithtwoobliquelyplacedbasalall]romeachofwhich lightlyraisedkeelextendsnearlytothesinusformedbytheter-minalobes,withacentralkeelbetweenthemandashortsupplementarykeeloneachside.olumnabouthalfaslongasthedorsalsepal,producedintoaconspicuousfoot.Polliniaix.
REPUBLICOFHONDURAS,DepartmentofComayagua,MinasdeOro.Epiphytenpenmountainorest,t-,000eetltitude.epalsndpetalsaleellow,abellumaleellowwithavendertripes.e-c-ember2(J,982./..dwards34..TYPEnerb,meso.S9065);piphytenopenmountainorest,t ,()()()eetaltitude.e-palsandpetalsgreenwithavenderticking,abellumbronze.ecem-berJs, 1982. /.i.dwards337.ILLUSTRATION:lantaturalize.,ateralepalnlarged., ? , dorsalepalnlarged.'!,etalnlarged.- ,Mowerenlarged." > ,ipandolumniewedromheide,nlarged. i .olliniaenlarged.
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ANEWBLETIAFROMSPANISHHONDURAS
BYOAKESAMES
AMONGecentcollectionsmadebyJ.R .EdwardsinSpanishHonduras, newpeciesofBletiahasbeene-cognized.tswithoutloselliesndiffersromllotherCentralAmericancomponentsofthegenusinhav-ingthediscofthelabellumcloselybesetwithpapilliformemergencesbelowthebaseofthemiddleobe.heol-lowingdescriptionwaspreparedwithheaidofflowerspreservednlcohol.
BletiapapilliferaAmessp.nov.Cormusdepresso-subglobosusvelpyriformis,vaginispluribusscariosisves-titus.oliaineari-lanceolata,cuta,ervosa.capuserectus,elongatus,gracilis,pauciflorus.epalalateraliaoblonga,acuta.epalumdorsalesimile.etalaangusteoblongo-elliptica,obtusa,nervosa.abellumsuprame-diumtrilobatum;obiateraleserecti,riangulares,ob-tusi;obusmediusobcordatus,evitercarinatus,ariniscrassiusculis;iscusapillifer.olumnaixnpedemproducta,elongata,propeapicemangustebialata,propebasimutrinquelobata.
Rootscoarselyfibrous,whitish,smooth,sulcatelon-gitudinallywhendry,upto7m.ong,about mm.ndiameter.onnlobularorpyriform,2-2.5m.ong,coveredwithheibrousemainsfloselyppressedsheaths.eaves220m.ong,17mm.wide,oneortwonnumber,muchshorterthanthelower-scape,lin-ear-lanceolate,acute,taperingto narrowulcatebase.Scapeerect,about0m.ong,lender,about mm.ndiameter,withseveralcloselyappressedscarioussheaths.Flowerstwooour,ecund,whitishingedwithrim-
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son,openinginuccession,2.m.distantromonean-other,heowermostonewithmaturingcapsulewhiletheterminaloneisinthehud.ractsoftheinflorescenceabout m.ong,anceolate,aperingraduallyonacuteip.edicelsbout m.ong,lender.varyabout m.ong.ateralepals2-14mm.ong,i..)mm.wide,oblong,cute,ightlyarinateeneathhetiporsimplythickened,nervose.orsalepalabout4mm.ong,imilartotheaterals.etals4mm.ong,8.5mm.wide,narrowlyoblong-elliptical,tapering rathergraduallyo oundedip,many-nerved.abellum4mm.long,8-lobed;laterallobestriangular,obtuse,erect,arisingjustbovethemiddle,)mm.ongtothebaseoftheolumn,heervesearestheinusthickenedrverrucose;middlelobe>Jmm.ong,7-.>mm.widenearthemiddle,.5mm.wideathebase,obcordateoru-neatewitharoundedretusetip,withaboutelevenirregu-larlyarinateorverrucosenerves,picalmarginurnedupward.iscpapuliferousalongheervespohebaseofthemiddleobe,hepapillaepurplish.olumnabout7mm.ong,dilatedupward,witharoundedwingorobeonachideathebase;nther2.5mm.ong,conical,ong-stipitate. Polliniaeight.
REPUBLICFONDURAS,epartmentofomayagua,Kilometer154,TegucigalpaHighway.errestrialinmarshygroundnopenpint'forest,,400eetaltitude.epalsandpetalscreamwith carletintlipreamwithmanycarlettripes.ctoberi,982./.i.Kdvrards277. (TYPEnHerb.Ameso. 89066).
ILLUSTRATION lantnaturalize,,flower,routview,enlarged.J.lower,ideiew,nlarged,'i ,olumnnlarged.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,PRIL2+,988 o.ANADDITIONO
THEGENUSPIDENDRUMBY
OAKESAMESEN1923,whilecollecting inSpanishHonduras,Iound
nearTela, speciesofEpidendrumwhichppearstobeundescribed.twasgrowinginaswampyforestthatre-ceivestheloodwatersofheUluaiver.hestemswerependulousfrom thetrunkofatree.NearProgresso,annlandown, oundnotherspecimenofheamespeciesgrowinginfullunlightonarockbesideamoun-tainstream.wingtothependuloushabitofthestems,thelowerswerenverted.hischaracteristicsclearlyshown intheaccompanyingillustration.nAugust 982,Mr.J.H.EdwardsfoundthisspeciesnearLakeVojoa,intheDepartmentofComayagua.pparentlyitis widelydistributednondurasalthoughtasnoteteenreportedromneighboringountries.Epidendrumondurensemessp./or.erba
epiphytica,robusta.aulesfoliosi,foliorumvaginisoin-ninoobtecti.Foliadisticha,oblongo-elliptica,acuminata.[nflorescentiaerminalis,ongepedunculata,pedunculovaginispluribusancipitibusornato.Racemusmultiflorus.Floresmediocres.epalalateraliaoblanceolata,obliqua,concava.epalumorsaleimile.etalangustissimespathulato-linearia.abellumcolumnaevaldeadnatum,trilobatum,inbasicordatum;lobilateralessuborbiculares
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velolabriformes;obusmediusbifidus;iscusnbasibicallosus,permediumineisribusornatus. Columnaapicedilatata.
Plantepiphytic.temstufted, > 1) 7m.on
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subquadrate-euneateinoutline,efuseordividednearlytothemiddleintotriangular-oblongobules.iscwithtwoleshyemiglobosecallitheaseandwithhreeraisedongitudinalleshyidgeshroughhemiddle.Column.1. * >mm.ong.ntheremiglobose,celled. Polliniaour.
Epidendrumhondurenseslliedo.paniculatumRuiz&avonE.jloribundumiBK.),butsistinctintheoutlineofthelabellum.nthetypethesepalsandpetalsexhibited distinctendencyobecomeblackishwithage.helateralobesofthelabellumare sometimesalmostfreefromlobulesandexhibitonlyaslighttenden-cyoward crenulatemargin.hissrueofdwardsno.28.
REPUBLICKONDURAS,epartmentftlantida,earela.Epiphyteinswampyorestearheanksoftheluaiver, March'JO,!>'2,S.mesS.H.TYIM:nHerb.Ameso.S8710):DepartmentofYoro,earrogresso.nickverhanginghei >elo.epalsyellowish;etalsndipreamolor,heipomewhatellowishnthedisc,heexpandedpartharplydeflexedromhecolumn.arch8,929.mess.ii. DepartmentofComayagua,itoSolo,akeYojoaEpiphytenenseorest,t,000eetltitude.lowertalk eethigh.epalsndetalsightellow,ipreamolor.ugust8,1982. /..dwards28.
ILLUSTRATION:lantrawnhree-fourthsaturalize,romhetype. Flowerenlarged.
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CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,UNE4- ,i>3 '5 o.ANEWEPIDENDRUMROMHONDURAS
BY OAKESMES
THESPECIES ofEpidendrumdescribedbelowappearstobewithoutclosealliesntheCentralAmericanlora.SuperficiallytuggestshearepidendrumiejiiReichb.f.ndntsegetativestructureesembles.bisulcatumAmesandK.BrenesiiSchltr.romE.Bre-nestitdiffersconspicuouslynavingaverydissimilarlabellum.
Epidendrumomayaguense Ames,p. //or.Caules perlongi,laxeramosi.oliavaldecoriacea,ovato-ellipticav eloblongo-lanceolata,acuta,plusminusvecon-gesta.acemiterminales,perbreves,plusminusvequin-queflori;pedunculusinfraioresvaldecomplanatus.e-palalateraliaconcaviuscula,ovato-lanceolata,acuminata,acuta.epalumdorsalelanceolatum.etalaineari-lan-ceolata.abellumimplex,suborbiculare,marlinebre-vitertrregulariterimbriato.olumnarevissima,carnosissima,nticevaldeexcavata.
Hootsoarse,preading,white,mooth.tems-longated, >dm.ormorelong,straggling,withnumerousshortbrancheswhichareentirelycoveredbyrigidubu-larsheathsndbearingnearheendswotooureavesand terminaldenseabbreviatedacemeofdullpurpleflowers. Hranehesrom8-15m.ong,heldernes
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devoidofleavesndometimeserminatedbytheigidremains oftheraehisofaraceme.eavescrowded,coria-ceous, 0em.ong,upto2.5em.wide,elliptic-ovateorblong-lanceolate,aperingraduallyo ubacuteapex,theterminaloneexeeedingtheraceme.Leaf-sheathssomewhatcomplanate,1.5-8cm.long.nflorescence. ' J5 em.long,fromtheaxilofaterminalleaf.Pedunclebelowthelowersonspicuouslyomplanatendlightlywinged.Bractsoftheinfloreseenee .5em.long,linear-lanceolate,acute.edicelandovary.5em.ong,igid.Flowersthreetonine,veryleshy.ateralepalsabout2em.long, ) mm.wide,stronglyconcave,porrect,asymmetrieallvovate-lanceolate,euminate,cute,withhemediannervelightlyearinate.Dorsalsepal1.8em.long,about mm.wide,lightlyoncave,anceolate,acumi-nate,cute.etals.7m.ong, mm.wide,inear-lanceolate,cute,marginntirerminutelycahrid.Labellumupo2.5m.ong,1m.ormorewide,im-ple,uborbicular,deflexed,eryinelyndrregularlyfimbriateonthemargin.iscsmooth,ecallose.olumnextraordinarilyfleshy,deeplyexcavatedinfrontwiththelateralwallstronglyhickenedndoundedtheen-trancetothe excavation;stigmaconcealed androcliniumentire,withthemarginorminganalmostperfectcircle;polliniaour,ompletelyillingheandroclinium.
REPUBLICOF [ONDURAS,Department ofComayagua,M inas de()ro.Epiphytenopenmountainorestt-.000eetltitude.epalsndpetalsdirtylavenderwithbrightavenderveining,ipand columnerydark,dulllavender. December25, 1982. J.B.Edwards338. (TYPEinHerb.Ameso.0042.)
ILLUSTRATION:lantdrawnnaturalize.,abellummuchn-larged. ' > ,olumnmuchnlarged.
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PLEUROTHALLIS LEWISAEPleurothallisLewisaeAmesinroc.iol.oc.Wash.-41981)1.GUATEMALA,epartmentfzabel,nearuertoarrios,n
mangoreeboutortymilesromheoast,t7 " >eetltitude.August 1 ! > . " > < ) . Margaret HardLewis .
RKITHI.KFONDI'RAS,epartmentfAtlantida,ancetilla,nearela.lowersarkrown-red.ecember,927-March0,1928. PaulC.tandby5520%.
I LUSTRATION ,Hoiiduranplantdrawnnaturalize.2 ,Guate-nialenplantdrawnone-thirdargerthannaturalsizetype).,abel-lumofGuatemalenlant,muchnlarged,,lowerofGuatemalenplant,nlarged.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,UGUSTiJ,9SS o.ANEWENUS
OFTHELEUROTHALLIDINAEBY
OAKESAMESTHEORIGINALCOLLECTIONofPleurothallisfloripecten
Reichb.f.,which elieveepresentsanewgenus,wasmadebyHermannWagenernearJajinVenezuelaandwasescribedyH.i.Reichenbachnonplandia(185-t)5.ofaras now,onlywopecimenswerestudiedbyeichenbachwhenhedescribedhepecies.Oneofthesespreservednheeichenbachianherba-riuminVienna;the otherwaspresentedtoJohnLindleybyReichenbachndspreservedntheLindleyHerba-riumatKew.Later, whatReichenbachthoughttobethesamespecieswasrepresentedbyaliving'specimennthecollectionofW.WilsonSaundersatReigate,England.SaundersbtainedhispecimenromM.indenfBrussels,butwhetherrottameriginallyromVenezuelasnotknown.
TherelationshipbetweenPleurothallisfloripectenanditsclosestallieshasheretoforeneverbeenthoroughlyn-vestigated.herearetwoubstantialeasonswhyhisshouldbeo.irst,P.loripectenhasprovedobeex-ceedinglyrare;secondly,thosespecieswhichresembleitcloselyhavealsoprovedtoberare.woofthesespecieswhichwereoriginallyassignedtoLepanthesbyBarbosaRodriguez,wereransferredyogniauxnMartins"
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Florarasiliensisoleurothallisnhevidencefsketches,herebeingnopecimensavailableorcriticalstudy.hatheserazilianpecieswereaberrants- vincedbyheactthatCogniauxproposedortheire-ception thenewsectionLepanthopsis.ater,inIban'sSymbolaeAntillanae,CogniauxrecognizedPleurothallisanthocteniumReichb.f.,aWestndianspecies,asbeingreferabletotheallianceormedbyheBrazilianspeciesandheintroducedthesectionLepanthopsisinSymbolaeAntillanaetoeceiveP.nthoctenium.
Toestablishgenericboundariesnheleurothalli-dinaevegetativecharactersaveprovedoewithoutweight.heperianthhaslsoprovednadequateasva-riousdegreesofcohesionbetweenthesepals,while reliedonforgeneric distinction,havebeenfounduselessbecauseofmisleadingexceptions.Theonlystructurethatisfunda-mentallyerviceableshegynostemium,anorganhatisdesperatelydifficultto reconstructandnterpretwhenitaseenrushedyhepressureusednpreservingspecimensfor theherbarium,althoughinlivingspecimensitexhibitslearlymarkedharacterswhichreervice-ablendifferentiatingmajorgroupsorgenera.
ThegynostemiumofPleurothallisfloripectenandP.anthocteniumsveryunlikewhatobtainsinP.usqfolia(Sw.)K.Br.,hetypeofhegenusleurothallis.hereceptivestigmasarewidelyeparatedcf.plateofLe-panthopsisfloripecten,ig.,heeavilytippledrea)andatanthesisarenotconspicuouslyconfluentalong thefrontalmarginoftheclinandriumbeneaththerostellumasnP.uscifolia\athebasethegynostemiumsapo-dal,ndttheummitonspicuouslyilatedwithheposteriormarginoftheclinandriumcucullate.nP.ns-ctfoliahegynostemiumsmoreoresselongated,cylin-dricalwith pulvinateoot,ndnobliquelyruncateapex. ThetigmaticobesofP.floripectenaresuborbi-
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cularandspreading.Theantheristransverselyelongatedandontainstwolarge,waxypollinia.hewidelysepa-ratedunctionalareasof thestigmasatthedilatedum-mitofthefootlessgynostemiumareufficientevidencetoindicatethatP.fl&ripectenis genericallydistinctromP.wcifolia. (cf.lateofP.usrifolia).
Themerementionofwidelyseparatedreceptivestig-mas,ooneamiliarwiththegeneraofthePleurothal-lidinae,shouldsuggestthehighlytechnicalgenusStelis,andwereitnotortheveryunusualperianthandhele-panthiformvegetativestructures, hinkthatonewouldbeinclinedtoreferP.floripectcntoStelis.Hutthis wouldbeadebatableprocedure.Tomakethisclearseveralflow-ersofcharacteristicpeciesofStelisareherefigured.donotelievethattwouldeonformableooundpracticetoremoveP.floripectcnanditsalliesfromPleu-rothallisandransferthemtoStelis.Theywouldconsti-tuteasaberrant groupntelisstheyurelyonPleurothallis. (cf.lateofStelispecies).
HarbosaRodriguezinhisstudiesoftheBrazilianspe-ciesconcludedhatheywereeferableoepanthes.Vegetativelytheyarelepanthiformandthewidelyspread-ingconnatesepalsresemble verycloselythesepalsofcer-tainpeciesofepanthes,buthepetals,abellumndgynostemiumare very differentfromwhatobtainsinthatgenus.
Inmyopinionthespeciesofthesectionepanthop-sisepresent distinctgenus.
Lepanthopsismes,gen.ov.Sepalalusminusveubaequalis,patentia,breviter
velonspicueonnata;ateraliaaltiusconnata.etalamultoreviora,membranacea,orbiculariavelelliptica.Labellumadbasincolumnaesessile,simplex,valdemem-branaceum.Columnabrevissima,apoda,anticeutrinqueloboplusminusvecarnosoinstructa;lobiscolumnaestig-
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EXPLANATION OF ILLUSTRATIONPLEUROTHALLISUSCIKOLIA\Jacq.)R.Br.,eafandinflorescencenaturalize,drawnrom amaicanplantW.R,Maxom486).2,lowermuchn-larged.,lahellumandcolumnmuchenlargedan-theremoved).,ahellummuchnlarged.,( J ,olumnmuchnlarged,ohowpulvinatefoot,rostellumandstigmaticorificeundertherostel-lumantherremoved).,polliniamuchnlarged.
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matiferis.ntheraerminalis,opercularis,ncumbens.l'olliniauo,erea,ubpyriformia.aulesecundariicaespitosi,monophylli,nfraoliumvaginisangusten-fundibuliformibusnstructis.edunculierminales,dbasinoliisolitariivelasciculati.Racemielongati,flori-busdistichisaepetransversis,lternantibus.
LepanthopsisnthocteniumReichb.f.)mes,comb.ov.PleurothallisanthocteniumKeichenbachfiliusinLin-naea411870)94;nSaundersRefug.ot. (Aug.1S7H)ub..IS1'CogniauxinUrbanSymb.An-till.51909)33.Thispeciesiffersmarkedlyrom.floripectenn
thetrigosehairsonthetubularsheathsthatconcealthesecondarystemsandinthelabellumbeingnearlyaswideastheateralepals.
Inrban"symbolaeAntillanae,ogniauxitesWright's1509underPleurothallismelananthaReichb.f.IndeedsomeofWright'scollectionsaremixturesofhisnumbers34*2P.melanantha)nd.509,otherwisetwouldeifficultoexplainogniaux'sprocedurenconfusingtwoverydissimilarspecies.nindley'sher-bariumatKew,Wrightno.1509i smountedonthesamesheetwithPleurothallis floripecten.nheGrayHerba-riumWright'snos.509nd342remountedonhesameheetndnhisasetsapparenthatbothno.1509ando.342re mixtureofepanthopsismela-nanthaand>.nthoctenium.
HAITI,oitetiuideeichb.f.ociit.CUBA,ropeillainMonteVerdedictum,ubaOrientale.an.-
July8.59..Wright509'.ValleyoftheioBayamita,southlopeofheierraMaestra,enmetersupnreerunk,t001,050metersltitude.pril~7,90?.V..Moron949.C.S.Nat.Herb.22574).
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EXPLANATIONF ILLUSTRATIONSTKI.ISNDRESIIReichb^f.,lowerromheypespecimen ).,abellumideiew.,abel-lumseenrombove.,petal." > ,gynostemium(antheremoved)howingateraltigmasandhetriangularostellum.Si'i. i. isPowILLIlSchltr.1 , flowerfromthetypespeci-men bout ) ,abellumsseenromabove.8,abellumbliqueideiew,,ynostemium(antherremoved)howinglateraltigmasandin-guiformostellum. , " > ,etal.Sii-M.isB8TITAAmes,Howerromheypepeci-men bout)).,abellumseenrom-bove.,ynostemiumantheremoved)howinglateraltigmasndinguiformostellum.STKI.ISNUBIAAmes,flowerfromthetypespecimen(bout).,abellumseenrombove.: > ,petal,,gynostemium(antherremoved)showinglateralpulvinatestigmasandinguiformostellum.
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STELISEndresiiReichb.f. STELISubisAmes
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Lepanthopsisdensiflora (Rodr.)Ames,comb.nov.LepanthesdensifloraRodrigueznYellosia,d.(1891)19.Pleurothalliscongest}floraCogniauxnMartiusl.Bras.,pt 1890)591,.18,ig..Lepanthopsisdensifloradiffersromthe otherspecies
ofthegenusinhavingthelabellumnearlyequalinlengthwithheateralepals.heateralepalsareabout.5mm.ong,heabellums.25mm.ong.
BRAZIL,Savoresdosugaresombrios uinidosamattaquecircunda umeaerrae.ose'El-ltei,rovinciaeMinasGeraes. Florescemunho Agosto. Rodriguez.
ILLUSTRATION:ReproducedromMartiusFl.Bras.,pt.-189(5)t.18,i < f . asPleurothalliscongest{floraCogn.).lant,naturalsize,8,ateralsepal.,petal.,abellum.a,abellumandgynostemiuinaseenromheront. 71 ,abellumndgynostemiumideiew.
Lepanthopsisfloripecten{Reichb.f.).t>ncs\comb.nov.Pleurothallis floripectenReichenbachfiliusinBonpl.21854)25;nWalpersAnn.ot.yst.>18(H)175;inSaundersRefug.Hot.2(Aug.1878)sub.t.118.LepanthesecundaRodriguezen. pec.Orch.Nov. 1882)70.PleurothallisnUateralisCogniauxnMartiusL Bras. 8,t. 1896)92,. 122,ig.AmesSchweinfurthinG leasoninHull.Torr.Hot.Club58(1931)4(5.ThesketchofherazilianplantnMartius"Flora
BrasiliensisepresentstheeavesaseingroaderthaninthespecimensfromVenezuelaandHonduras,butthestructurefhelowersresentsothingangiblenwhichtoestablishdistinctions.hespecimenscollectedonMt.DuidahaveslightlyargerflowersthantheBra-zilianndHonduranpecimens,butthereeemsoenothingmoresignificantonwhichorelyinattempting
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separation.Intheflowers aveexaminedtheabellumisbyno
meanssocordateasinReichenbach'sanalyticalsketches,butitisprobablethatintheplatepreparedforSaundersRefugiumBotanicumhetendencyoward cordiformbasewasoveremphasized.ndeed,ntheoriginalketchofthe labellumoftheWagenerplant,Reichenbach"sout-lineofhebasalortionndicatesuncertainty,becausehemodifiedhisdrawingwithupplementaryines.
TheplatenSaundersefugiumotanicumhowsyellowepalstronglyuffusedwithmauvelonghenerves,petalswhichreellowishontheowerhalfandmauve ontheupperhalfandthelabellumyellowish-greenwith mauveborder.nthedriedpecimens aveex-amined,helowersppearoaveeenellowishthroughoutndnisescriptionofWagener'splantReichenbachescribedhelowersseingellowishwhendry.owever,Saunders"lantstructurallyosimilartotheonesromMt.DuidaandromHondurasthat itwouldbeunwisetoregardthemasdistinctspeciesuntilmorematerialhasbeenseen.eichenbach'sdraw-ingandhisdescriptionofthegynostemiumaremislead-ingndhouldbedisregarded.
TheollowingdescriptionandnotesarebasednthespecimensollectednHondurasbydwards.Plants 2..)m.all.ootsglabrous,whitish,i -brous.econdarytemsscending,denselyaespitose,variablenength,lender,5-70mm.ong,ompletelyconcealedbytwotosixcloselyappressedelongatedtubu-larheaths,monophyllous.heathsupto.5m.ong,graduallydilatedupward,terminatinginaninfundibuli-formmarginateostium;marginoftheostiummuriculateorveryfinelyhispidulous.eafcoriaceous,oblong-ellip-tic,marginate,veryshortlypetiolate,.58.7m.ong,upto)mm.wide,bidentateathepexwithhemid-
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nerveprojecting.edunclesonetofourintheaxiloftheleaf,up to6cm.long,filiform,rigid,withseveralremoteabbreviatedubularbracts.Racemeabout1.5cm.ong,bearingasmanyswentyistichouslylacedellowflowers.ractsoftheacemeinfundibuliform,carious,equalingtheedicelsofhelowers.lowers75mm.apart,ransverselyattached,ontiguous.ateralepalsabout mm.ong,onnatetowithin mm.fthetip,forminganoblongbifidlamina1,5mm.wide,conspicu-ouslycarinateonheexterior surface,acuteorsubacute,unitedatasewithhedorsalepal,nerved.orsalsepal2mm.ong,mm.wide,ovate,obtuseorsubacute.Petalspreading,bout5mm.ong,blong-elliptic,roundedattheapex,nerved.abellum mm.ong,scarcely1mm.wide,elliptical,conspicuously3erved.Columnveryhort,dilatedupward;tigmasorbicular,widelyeparated. Antherpapillose. Polliniawo.
Inheenlargedrawingoftheraceme,wolowersnearthesummitare shownwiththedorsalsepalinflexed.Thisconditionseemstoaccompany thedevelopmentthatfollowsollination.nlowershatxhibitedhispe-culiarity oundpollenmassesadheringtohetigma.Thepetalshadbecomeinflexednsuch waythatheyconcealedthecolumn;thedorsalsepalwascloselyappliedtothem,oastoorm rotectiveoveringverhepollinatedtigmas.
Indwards'pecimensheresawideangenhesizeoftheplants.heproductionofthefirstracemeoc-curswhenegetativeevelopmentsharacterizedyveryhortecondarytems.sheecond,hirdndfourthpedunclesappear,vegetativedevelopmenthaspro-gressedapidly.hishenomenonslarifiedywodrawings,onehowing youngplanthatsloweringfortheirstime,heotherhowinganelongatedtemwhichbearsourpeduncles.
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REPUBLICorHONDURAS,DepartmentofComayagua,MinasdeOro.Epiphyteinmountainforest,,200feetaltitude.Flowerssulphurcolor.July" > ,982./.H.Edwards194;Siguatepeque.Epiphyteinopenpineforest,,000eetltitude.lowerspaleyellow.September22,982../..dwards' ' > . - ' .
COLOMBIA,ReportedySchlechterasprobablyhavingbeenoundinNorthSantanda.
VENEZUELA,nearJaji.HermannWagener;SummitofMountDuida,Epiphytenwoods,,400eetaltitude..H./.ate885.
BRAZIL,Croissanturesrbresdesoretsquiouvrentesmon-tagnesri-sodeioet arovinceueara.leuritnMars.r.Allemao1490ideRodriguezoc.it.
ILLUSTRATION:,secondarystem(naturalsize)withourpedunclesshowinghathetemelongatessheuccessivepedunclesrepro-duced.,generalhabitnaturalsize)howingthatthesteinsarecom-parativelyhortwhenhefirstpedunclesproduced.'* ,lowermuchenlarged,,jfynostemiummuchenlarged.heheavilytippledareasrepresentheateraltigmas." > ,abellummuchnlarged,i ,etalmuchnlarged.,nthermuchnlargedhowinghenderide.S,olliniamuch enlarged. 0,edunclend racememuch enlarged.
Twootherspeeiesthatappeartoelongnepan-thopsis,namelyPleurothallismelananthaReichb.f.ndP.microlepanthesGriseb.,arerepresentedinherbariam - materialhatsdifficultonalyze..melananthawasdescribedromruitingpecimenswithheperianthor-ganspersisting.hegynostemiumhadufferedhangeswhichobscurethestructurethatcharacterizedheflow-ersbeforepollinationwaseffected..microlepanthesnitspost-pollinationphasescloselyresemblesP.melanan-thawhileatanthesisthegynostemiumsuggeststhestruc-turethatcharacterizesLepanthopsis jloripecten.tseemslikelythatbothP.melananthaandP.microlepanthesareinheamealliance formedbyL.Jloripectenand.an-f/nH'tr/iii/ni,yettheyappeartodifferconspicuouslyromthesepeciesnheaspectofthenflorescence.'e.u / ~ thocteniumverylosely,withhedorsal sepalmoreex-
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tensivelyconnatewithheaterals.Intheillustrationof Lepanthopsismicrolepanthes,fig.
5learlyhowsheost-pollinationspectfhey-nostemium.heemi-globularprotuberances,onewithaolliniumattachedotsummit,epresenthex-traordinaryevelopmenthatakesplaceafterpollina-tionseffected.hisdevelopmentofthetigmassalsofoundnJ.elananthaandnleurothallisuscifolia,butifmyconclusionsarejustified,theend-resultsimplymasks,nP.usctfblia,hestructuralpeculiaritiesante-cedentopollination.
Inadding.melananthand.microlepanthesoLepanthopsisitshouldberemarkedthattheydiffercon-spicuouslyrom. fioripectennhenatureofhen-florescence.helowersreotransverselynserted,butaredistichousndnwoanks.
Lepanthopsis melanantha {Rcichh.f.) Ames,comb.nov.Pleurothallisloripicta Lindley in Mem. Amer.Acad. 18(51)19,omenantum.PleurothallismelananthaKeichenbachiliusinlora4818B.>)7.3 CogniauxnUrban Symb.Antill.61909)80; 1920)26.Itwasnotedabove underLepanthopsisanthoctenium,thatinUrban'sSymbolaeAntillanae,AlfredCogniaux
hadeferredWright'subanplantsistributedndernumbers1509and8842toPleurothallismelanantha.Theonlyatisfactoryexplanationofthisprocedureseemsobethathelantsepresentingheseumbersweremixtureorateasthatno.1.509sepresentedbybothspecies.nheGrayHerbariumwhereheplantsnum-bered.509and8842aremountedonthesameherbariumsheet,epanthopsisanthocteniumandL.melananthaarerepresentedunderbothnumbers.Althoughthesespecies
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EXPLANATION OF ILLUSTRATIONLKI'.WTIIOI'SISI.ORII'KCTENlieichh,/'.)AmesRepro-ducedfromMartinsFl.ras.;,pt.(lS9ti)t.22,i i i i , - . asleurothallisnilateralisCogn.).lant,naturalize.,lower.,orsalepal.,ateralsepal.,etal." > ,abellum.ia,gynostemiumsseenromheront,id,gynostemiumsseenromabove, i,ynostemiumideiew.
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aremarkedlydistinct,heyreverysimilarnthevege-tativetructuresanddifficultodistinguishapartwhensterile,unless,s hinkstrue,hemarginoftheeafofJ.nthocteniumalwayshasheappearanceofbeingserrate,whiletheeafof/> .melananthahasasmoothorunserratedmargin.nhespecimens aveexaminedthisdistinctionhasbeenonstant.
Reichenbach'sdescriptionofPleurothallismelanan-thas , hink,misleadingbecausenthecharacterizesthepetalsasbeingigulate.nhisherbariumthesketchthataccompanies theWrightplantshowsthepetalsmuchlongerhanwidendonspicuously-nerved.nhespecimensofWright842thetypenumberofPleuro-thallismelanantha),hat aveexamined, aveoundthepetalstobenearlyorbicularandwithoutaconspicu-ousmediannerve.eichenbachescribedhelabellumaseingordiform,cute.nhelowersofheypenumberthat aveexaminedhelabellumiseordiform,obtuse.erhapsheresmuchvariationnheperianthorgansofLepanthopsismelananthaandmyobservationsmaydifferfromReichenbach'sbecausemymaterialep-resentsoneofthevariants.
ThegynostemiumofLepanthopsismelananthaisdiffi-cultonterpretbecausethelowersavailableortudyareoldwithhesubtendingcapsulesabouteadytode-l i isc.nfortunatelyhispeciesoesnotppearoeavailablenperfectondition.nhelowersofWright. ' J * 3 4 " Jthegynostemiumhasterminalstigmas.hesestig-masreverymallndormwoerect,onicalrub-globosemasseswhichrecontiguousthroughhecentreofheclinandrium.twouldeemhathegenericf- finityisratherwithLepanthopsisthanwithPleurothallis.
CUBA,L860-1864. C. IVright834$.SANTOOMINGO,rope'onstnnzanylvarondosa250.
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LepanthopsismicrolepanthesGriseb.)Ames,comb,ov.PleurotkalHsmicrolepanthesGrisebachFl.Brit.WestEnd.1S1901))80Fawcett endlel.am. 1910)65.Myonceptionofhispeciessbasednhepeci-
mensintheHerbariumoftheNewYorkBotanicalJar-denndon rawingnmyerbariumofheWilsonplantollectedn8.57ndpreservedtKew.hegy-nostemiumoftheCubanspecimenssuyoestsverycloselythegynostemiumofL.melanantha.TheflowersofLeon,Clement&Koeao.0371redeseribedshavingbeenyellow.ateralepals m.ong,onnateorhegreaterpartoftheirength,ormingnovate,picallybifidaminawhichsonlyslightlyongerthantheabel-lum.orsalepaleryroadlyovate,obtuse,boutmm.ong.Petalslessthan mm.ong,abouthalfaslongasheorsalepalswide,narrowlyelliptical,obtuse.Labellumbscurelyorveryhortlylawed,pparentlysessile, orbicular, smooth,ecallose,slightlyless than1mm.long.Allheperianthorgansreenuousndwithoutconspicuousnerves.ynostemiumminute,lightlyi-latedbovehemiddle,thetigmasafter pollinationbe-comemuchwollenndormerect,erminal,emi-glo-bularprotuberanceswhichoccupyalmostheentireareaoftheclinandrium.
Thediminutivegynostemiumserydifficulton- terpretromdriedpecimens,onsequentlynformationregardingheexactpositionndatureofhetigmasantecedentopollinationwillaveowaittudiesoffreshmaterial.hatthestigmasarcterminalandncon-formitytothegenericcharactershereinemphasizedsin- dicatedby post-pollinationdevelopments,(cf.illustration,f i < .> ) . Thatheyreateralnd,nheearlytagesof
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anthesis,onfinedotheanteriormarginoftheandrocli-nium,snL.Jhripecten,seemsprobable.
CUBA,LomadelGatoandvicinity,CobreRangeofSierraMaestra.Inwoodst,000metersltitude.uly1August4,0'21eon,Clement $ , Boca0371.Herb.N.Y.ot.Gard.)samelocality.uly11-AugUSt4,921,iou,ClementfHorn0548Herb..Y.ot.Gard.).
JAMAICA,Macfayden: ilson:March:Mabessiver,arris.ILLUSTRATION:,rom rawingofheWilsonplantnerb.
Kew.,naturalsize,l,romadrawingofaeafandtemoftheWilsonplantenlarged).heiliationsoftheheathsnothown.,eafandstemofheCubanplantno.0.'57l)wiceargerhannaturalize.4,loweroftheCubanplantno.087l)muchenlarged.,olumnoftheCubanplantno.0548)showingthepost-pollinationconditionofthestijjmas,muchenlarged,withapolliniumattachedooneofthestigmas.> ,olliniaofheCubanplantno.0371Jmuchnlarged,imbeddednheglutinousmaterialoftheostellum.
NOTESNHEOLLOWINGLLUSTRATION:ThepetalsofIJ.melananthaasinterpretedbyReichenbacharenar-rowerandlongerthanthoseofWright's8842(typenum-ber)inheGrayHerbarium,andtheabellumscumi-nateatherhanroundedttheapexasinthespecimensofWright842nherayHerbarium.urthermorethepetalsoftheGrayHerbariumpecimenaekdis-tinctmediannerve.
Thenlargedrawingsfhelowersndhec-companyingnalysesreromReichenbach'srawingsinheReiehenbaehianHerbarium.Withheexceptionol'g,whichsmucheduced,llof thenalyticaldraw-ingsrepracticallyequalnizeoheoriginals.
Itmayenotedhatheepalsneiehenbaeh'sdrawingofLepantliopsisfloripectenarelongerinelationtoheabellumhansrueofdwards1plant.nhisregardtsworthyofremarkhatindley'ssketchofafloweroftheWagenerplantesembles thelowersoftheEdwardsplanterylosely. Allowancemustl"ourse
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EXPLANATIONOF ILLUSTRATIONLEPANTHOPSISLORIPECTENlicic/ibj'.)Ames,plantdrawnaturali/eromypesheetfPleurothallu JloripectenReichb.f.nheReichenbachianHerba-rium,,flowerfrom racingoftheoriginalraw-ing,,rontiewoftheolumn,,posterioriewoftheolumn. d,abellum.LEPANTHOPSISN'IKKKMI Reichb^f.)mes1 , plantrawnaturalizerom pecimennheReichenbachianHerbarium,,olumn,,etal.ff,lowerdrawnomewhatmallerthanheorigi-nal).LEPANTHOPSISMELANANTHARewhbyf,)At l l P X'5 ,plantdrawnnaturalizefromheWrightplant,hetypeofPleurothaUunieliiiHnilluieichb.f.nheeich-enbachianHerbarium,,apsulewithheersis-tentepals,,petals,olumnandabellum.j,dorsalsepal,,lowerandcapsuleslightlyenlarged.FiguresaopiedromoriginaldrawingsmadebyH.J.eichenbach.
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bemadenheonsiderationofproportionsindrawingsthatweremaderee-handndunaidedyheuseofcamera-lucida.
InthedrawingoftheplantofL.fl&ripectenthemar-ginofheopenendfheheathsoesothowheeiliationthatischaracteristicofthe species.eichenbachdescribedhismaterialsdenselyfimbriateatthedilatedmouthsof theheaths.
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SAUNDERSEFUGIUM BOTANICUM VOLUMEI
BY F.RACYHUBBARD
VOLUMEWOfSaundersRefugiumBotanicumwasssuednhreeparts.Thedatesofpublicationareopenodoubtandhavebeenaourceofcontusion.ortunatelyrofessorAmes'opyftheecondolumecontainstheoriginaloversandhesemateriallyelpoestablishhedates,utneverthelessailoemoveentirelyncertaintyegardingthectualdatesofissue.
Theoversearheollowingdates:art,June869 contain-inglates8o6nclusive;art2,October87*2correctednnktougust878Jontainingplates7o20nclusive;ndart,June882containinglates'21o44inclusive. iscussionoftheaccuracyofhesedateseemsobenecessary.
Fart.lthoughheoverndlatesredatedune809hefirstoticeegardingart eemsoenheournalfotany,volume March,87o)0hicheads,Theirstartfhesecondvolume ofMr.WilsonSaunders*efugiumotanicum*hasjustappeared."romheevidencetandtwouldeemhatart idnotppearntilarlyn 1870.
Fart2.hilehelatesllearheateofOctoberN7'2heevidenceeemsondicatehatart2wasotssuedntil uchlaterdate.nheopyofolumewoatherayHerbariumhereisapastersentoutbythepublishersapologizingforthelateappearanceofhisart.urthermore,nheAmericanournalfciencendArts,eriesi,olume 1879)55 evieweferringtovolumetwoisnartsollows:heresow econdartearinghedate1878..."Consequently,twouldeemadvisableoacceptAugustNTSasorrectednheartovernrofessorAmes'opyshectualdateofpublication.
Fart.npiteoftheacthatheplatesofinsariredatedNovemberndecember872,teemsertainhatart didotappearuntilamuchaterdate.nJustJahresberichtor88l2volume10,art2l88.">)6)heres eviewandabstractofthispartwhichdefinitelytateshedateofpublicationas882,whichsnaccordancewithhedateJune88"2)givenonthecoverofProfessorAmes'opy.
Therefore,nheevidencetand,twouldeemhatartappearedearlynN70:Fart nAugust878andart" >nJuneSS"2.
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B O T A N I C A LMUSEUMLEAFLETSHARVARDUNIVERS ITY
CAMBRIDGE,ASSACHUSETTS,CTOBER4, 1933 o. 10AEWOBRALIA
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OAKESMESAMONGthedescribedspeciesofSobralia,m.nlength.hisconditionsrepresentedntheaccompany-ingplate.SobraliaEdwardsiintes,p.ow Herbaepip-hytica,rifoliata,oliislliptico-lanceolatis,ridentatis.
Floresduo,succedanei.epala oblongo-lanceolata,valdeapiculata,imilia.etalalusminusvemembranacea,oblonga,subacuta,apiculata.abellumelliptico-oblong-um,marginenaequaliterlicatumetundulatum,basibreviterbicallosum.iscusonspiciiecarinatus,arinisseptemvaldesinuatisornatus.Columnagracilis,eviteralata,piceobisalcatisornata.
Plant26-81m.all,lender,trifoliateabout2dm.abovethebase,withaconduplicatefinelyasperatesheath
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subtendingeachHower;heathsridentateathetip,a-bont' 2cm.ong.Stems slender,about3 mm.indiameter,partlyoncealedbyelongatedubularsheaths.heaths26.2cm.long,nervosewhendry,finelyasperate,closelyappressed,btuserubacute,rown-annulatethebase.eaves0-8cm.apart,7-neryed;amina 44. . > cm.long,-8.2m.wide,elliptic-lanceolate,ridentatetthetip,ontinuedelowntoelongatedinelyasperatecloselyappressedtubularsheaths.nflorescence,withitssubtendingconduplicatebracts,arisingintheaxiloftheuppermosteaf,-flowered,withhelowersopeningnsuccession.sthesecondlowerexpandsthefirstoneis entirelywithered,theremains ofthe perianthandcolumnsurmountingtheelongatecapsule.Lateralsepals8.7cm.long,about8mm.wide,palegreen,narrowlylanceolate,conspicuouslyapiculate,lightlycarinateontheoutersur-facealonghemediannerve.orsalepalalereen,equaltothe laterals andsimilar.etalspurewhite,about8.5m.ong,5mm.wide,oblong,ubacute,apiculate.Labellum m.ong,.5m.wide,elliptic-oblong,ob-tuse,marginboyethemiddleconspicuouslyoldedrplaitednmallegularundulations,unequallyndn-conspicuouslycrenulate,butnotatallringedordeeplydentate,shortlybicalloseat thebase,eachcallusbifurcateortrifurcate,withoneofhedivisionsextendingalongthediscalmosttotheapexofthelabellumandbecomingconspicuouslyraisedintoasinuatekeelaboyethemiddle,inaddition'yeofthenervesbecomesimilarlycarinate,andeveralothersbecomehortlyarinateorbearcon-spicuouslattenedprotuberancesnearthemarginonthedistalportionofhedisc.olumnbout.6m.ong,lightlywingedonthesides,withtwofalcate erectretrorseterminalobesorteeth.apsulelender,elongated,upto m.ongwhenmature.
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REPUBLICrONDURAS,epartmentfCortex,Iaral,akeYojoa.piphytenenseorestt,000eetltitude.epalspalegreen,lmostwhite.etalspurewhite.ipwhitewith ightyellowfieldmarkedwithbrownstripes,crinkledlikecrepe.October21,9M'2../ .B.Edwards$99. (TYPEnHerb.mesNo.9404.)
ILLUSTRATION:lantrawnaturalize.,abellum.,etal.: 5 ,nther. Kolumn.
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AEW BLETIA FROM MEXICOBY
OAKKSMESNDHARLESCHWEINFURTHAMONGeveralorchidsubmittedbyheNewYork
BotanicalGardenfordetermination,thefollowingspeciesfromheMexicantateofChiapasppearsobeunde-scribed.tsverylenderabitervestoistinguishtfromllheothermembersofthegenus.Moreover,thesmalllowerswithhallowinusesbetweenheobesofthelipdifferentiateitfromthenearestallies,BletiaPott-sii.Wats,ndB.uberomL.)Ames.Bletiaenuifoliames chweinfurth,p.ov.
I [erbagracilis.ormussubglobosus.oliaquattuorvelplura,angustissimelinearia.Scapusfoliapaulosuperans,saepissimesubpaniculatus.loresaxi.epalum dorsalelanceolato-ellipticum,cutum.epalaateraliabliqueelliptico-lanceolata,cuta.etalabliquellipticaelovalia.abellumnircuituovatum,propepicemri-lobatum;obiateralessemiovati;obusmediussuborbi-cularis;discusquinquecarinatus. Columnageneris.
Rootsibrous,oarse,lexuous,glabrous,ongitudi-nallyuleatewhenry.hizomepparentlyreeping.Connubglobose,bout.2m.ong,ugose,hining,coveredwiththefibrousremainsofsheaths.eavesfourtoiv en luster,erynarrowlyinear,rticulatedoconvolutesheathswhichnturnarelooselyenvelopedbyseveralmbricatingnervosescariousleaf-bearingsheaths;blades588.5m.ong,upto3 mm.wide,omplicate-acuminate,8-nerved,erect-spreading.Scapeupto < > cm.high,somewhatsurpassingtheleaves,slender,concealedataseyhreehortmbricatingnervoseheathsndabovebyabouthreeemoteapprcssedubular sheaths.Rachisommonlyubpaniculatewithingleasalbranch, upo5m.ongthepical flowersnur
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specimensconsistingofimmaturecrowdedbuds).loralbractsanceolate,ong-acuminate,carious,heower-mostabout5.5mm.ong.acemeloose,lowers m.ormoredistant.orsalepalanceolate-elliptic, m.long,4mm.wide,acute,5-nerved.ateralepalsasym-metricallyelliptic-lanceolate,about9mm.long,3.8mm.wide,acute,,5-nerved.Petalsasymmetricallyelliptic,bout mm.ong,.5mm.wide,narrowedoanobtuseorsubacuteapex,themargins oftheupperhalfirregular,3-nervedwithheidenervesranching.ipovateinoutline,3-lobedneartheapex,articulatedtothehortolumn-foot, mm.ong,.1mm.wide,broadlyuneateatbase;aterallobesemiovate,.2mm.ong,obulatettheirroundedpex;middlelobemuchmaller,uborbi-cular-quadrate,2.1mm.ongandwide,shallowlvretuseandapiculate,hemarginstronglyundulateandobu-late; disctraversedbyfiveparallelkeelswhicharehighestinhemiddleoftheipandbecomeundulateneartheirapex;hethreemiddlekeelsextendbouttothemiddleofthemid-lobe,heateralkeelsstopbelowthebaseofthemid-lobe.Columnarcuate,7..>mm.ong(measuringtheposteriorportion);clinandrium.'3-lobed.Anthersemi-globose,-celled,eachell4-chambered.
MEXICO,Chiapas,ioLeche. March2,988..).Me//308J,.(TYPEnHerb..Y.Bot.Gard.)
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