UMA INTERESSANTE OCTOMERIA/ORCHIDACERE) NOVA DO corn Jad Cory, heb renece he fe Poitiers Crnbaths sing p> G.P.J.Pabst @ J.L.Moutinho Neto HERBARIUM BRADEANUM GOTONERTA MAURTTIT Pabst & Moutinho 2.5P. Epiphytica, erecta, gracilis; radieibue tiliformibus, flemosis , globria; ritsomite valde abbreviato; caule tereti, 4-articulato prié un vaginis scariosis ommino obtecto demum denudato, 5-6em longo, in- ferne Inm, superne 2mm dianet.; folio sectionis Teretifoliae sed late~ raliter compresso, acuto, non canaliculato sed in medio incrassarionen efficiente, 6-Ben longo, 4x3am crasso; inflorescentia fasciculata, pau ciflora; flondiue inter mediocres, albis; cepalo doreati elliptico, ob tuso, trinervato, nervis lateralibus more generis in medianum confiuen, tibus, Sem longo, 2mm Lato; sepalis Tateralipus simillibus sed paulum obliquie; petalié late lanceolatis, trinervatis, nervis ut in sepalis, 4,5am longis, 1,7am lati; Labol1o'e base bigibbosa cum parvulo callo globiforni anteposito abrupte in lobulos Laterales enplos, rotundatos expanso, dein anguste sinuate-ovato cum parte apicali more lobuli me~ Giani angustata, infra lobuloe Laterales cum callis binis obliquis in venaslaterales exeuntibus aucto; columa teretiuscula, apice tantum pau lum ineurvata, inferne in pecem brevem, sensim angustatum exeunte; ova pio signoideo, in genere atypico. ‘TYPUS: Brasil, loco haud indi~ cado, leg. collectores Domun BINOT ubi floruit mens. OCTOR. 1979. HOLOTYPUS HE 70267,et in Liguia sub no 1870, As folhas Laterslmente com primidas, carter que ainda ndo conheciamos neste género, iden tifican de imediato esta espe cie. Tanbén © labelo e 0 ovario Signoideo divergem de todas as Octonérias que conhecenos. Dedicano-1a ao Sr. Mauricio. Verbonen da Casa BINOT que mui- to colabora con mosses estudos. This nev species is readily recognised in it laterally com pressed leaves and in the sha~ pe of the lip and sigmoid ova— Ty. We dedicate it to Mauricio Verboonen of the BINOT nursery who supports our studies in Supplying much needed materials from his cultivation. 4g