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longo, 1— 2 mm. crasso; foliis submembranaceis, lineari-lanceolatis, 
acutis, 18—36 mm. longis, 3—6 mm. latis; pedunculo communi gra- 
cillimo, leviter compresso, geniculato-flexuoso, satis ramoso, basi nudo, 
laxe plurifloro, 3—10 cm. longo, ramis longiusculis, filiformibus; pedi- 
cellis capillaribus, cum ovario 3—4 mm. longis; bracteis triangularibus, 
acutissimis, 1/ —1 mm. longis; sepalis lanceolatis, acutis, subtiliter 
trinervulosis, 21/,— 3 mm. longis, ®/,—1 mm. latis; petalis tenuiter 
filifformibus, 3— 31/, mm. longis; labello indiviso, late rotundato - reni- 
formi, margine leviter undulato et subtiliter denticulato-fimbriato, 
1!/, mm. longo, 2 mm. lato, disco tenuiter unicostato; columna 2 mm. 
longa. 
Epidendrum vincentinum Lindl.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. III 
(1841) p. 88; Hook. l.c. p. 309 t. 11; Griseb. Flor. p. 619; Duss, Fl. 
Antıill. Frang. p. 598. 
Flores viridi-flavescentes.. Fl.I, II, IV—VI; fr. II, IX. 
Hab. in Guadeloupe in arboribus vetustis ad Gommier, Riviere- 
Noire, Pointe-Noire, Bassin-Bleu: Duss n: 3728; Dominica: Eggers 
s.n.; Martinique in arboribus locis humidis ad Montagne-Pel6e, 
Fontaine-Absalon, Camp de l’Alma, Piton-Gel&, Camp Colson: Duss 
n. 375, 4486; St. Vincent: Guilding. 
303. Epidendrum compressum Griseb. 45—60 cm. altum; 
caulibus satis gracilibus, valde compressis, inferne denudatis, superne 
eireiter trifoliatis; foliis subeoriaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi 
satis angustatis et longiuscule vaginantibus, 7—10 cm. longis, 2—2'/, em. 
latis, vaginis lateraliter valde compressis dorso latiuscule alatis; pe- 
dunculo communi gracili, inferne simpliei et vaginis remotis scariosis 
oblongis acutisque vestito, superne ramoso et dense multifloro, foliis 
multo longiore; pedicellis filiformibus, cum ovario 5—8 mm. longis; 
bracteis rigidis, patulis, triangularibus, acuminatis, 3—4 mm. longis; 
sepalis membranaceis, acutis, trinervulosis, 6 mm. longis, 2—2!/, mm. 
latis; petalis linearibus, acutis, l-nervulosis, 6 mm. longis, ?/,; mm. 
latis; labello ambitu ovato-subquadrato, basi cordato, 6 mm. longo, 
5 mm. lato, superne profundiuscule trilobato, lobis integerrimis, late- 
ralibus ovato-deltoideis, acutis, terminali leviter producto, triangulari, 
acuto, crasse carnoso, recurvo, disco inferne tenuiter bicostato; columna 
erassa, 2 mm. longa. 
Epidendrum compressum Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 617. 
Hab. in Trinidad: Bradford. 
304. Epidendrum nutans Sw. caulibus teretiusculis, inferne 
denudatis, superne laxiuscule plurifoliatis, 4—6 dm. longis, 7 — 10 mm. 
crassis; foliis submembranaeeis, ligulato-oblongis, obtusiuseulis, 12 — 
