form when viewed from the side, with lacerate apical 
margins. 
Peru: Junin; Prov. of Tarma, Agua Dulce, at 1900 meters alti- 
tude, in large clumps on tree in low highland forest, March 16, 1948, 
F. Woytkowski 35476 (Type in Herb. Univ. Calif. ). 
Epidendrum eximium L. O. Wms. var. Amesi- 
anum (Correll) C. Schweinfurth comb. nov. 
Epidendrum Amesianum Correll in Amer. Orch. Soc. 
Bull. 16 (1947) 106, t. (p. 107). 
The characters which distinguish E’pidendrum eximium 
from the outwardly similar 47. Amesianum are enumer- 
ated in the following tabular comparison. 
E. eximium E. Amesianum 
Flowers whitish yellow with pur- Flowers greenish 
ple on the lip 
Petals 7-8 mm. wide Petals 12-14 mm. wide 
Lip without prominent keels, Lip with a prominent median 
broadly rounded at the apex keel, retuse at the apex 
Column prominently lobulate on Column merely crenulate on the 
the summit summit 
Because these discrepancies seem to be of minor im- 
portance, I feel justified in regarding . Amestanum 
merely as a variety of 7. eximium. 
Scaphyglottis decipiens C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba gracilis, caespitosa, epiphytica. Caules tenues, 
maxima pro parte superpositi, in nodis saepe furcati et 
radiciferi, vaginis imbricatis foliferis inferne celati, ve- 
tustiores nudi. Folia in nodis geminata, anguste linearia, 
sessilia, apice minutissime bilobato et apiculato, nervosa, 
graminea. Inflorescentiae axillares, perbreves, saepissime 
biflorae. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, longitudinaliter 
concavum, apice acuto cucullatum. Sepala lateralia ob- 
longa, valde obliqua, acuta, cum columnae pede mentum 
saccatum formantia. Petala faleato-linearia. Labellum in 
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