Rhombochlamys elata Lindau, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 661. 1897. Type collected in dense woods at Palmira, above La Vitrera, El Valle, Colombia, 1,600 to 2,000 meters altitude, June 17, 1883, by Lehmann (No. 2891). Photograph of Berlin Herbarium material in the U. S. National Herbarium, No. 8723. The name elata means lofty, probably referring to the height of the plant In comparison to that of R. rosulata. Herb; stems up to 50 cm, high, terete, rarely branched, pubescent; leaf blades olive-green, oval, up to 12 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide but usually somewhat smaller, narrowed at both ends, the costa pilose; petioles 12 to 20 mm. long. pubescent; spikes terminal or subterminal, one third the length of the leaves, the peduncle 1 cm. long, pubescent; bracts glabrous, imbricate, subrhombic, 13 mm. long, 8 mm. wide, ob- tuse, the margins bearing 5 acute teeth, the nerves 3, parallel; bractlets lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 0.75 mm. wide, ciliolate; flowers yellow; calyx segments lanceolate, 6 mm. long, 1 to 1.5 mm. wide, ciliolate; tube of the corolla 12 mm. long, 2 mm. in diameter at base, enlarged to 5 mm. at mouth, the upper lip 6 mm. long, 2-lobed, the lobes 2.5 mm. long and wide, obtuse, the lower lip 8 mm. long, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 6 mm. long and 5 mm. wide, the lateral lobes 5 mm. long and 8 mm. wide, all obtuse and subsinuate at tip; filaments 8 mm. long; anthers 2 mm. long, agglutinated at tip, barbate; ovary 2 mm. long; style 12 mm. long; capsules not seen. No specimens seen. Description compiled from the origin