& Correllin Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 11 (1943) 
71, t. 4, fig. 2 (p. 70). 
This concept, according to Aublet’s description and to 
the interpretation of Cogniaux, is characterized by a defi- 
nitely 3-lobed or sagittate lip. It is chiefly limited to the 
West Indies and to South America (Venezuela, Guiana 
and Brazil), but, as D. echinocarpa var. lobata is recorded 
from Costa Rica. 
Dichaea pendula (4uwb/.) Cogn. var. Swartzii C. 
Schweinfurth var. nov. 
Eipidendrum echinocarpon Swartz Prodr. Veg. Ind. 
Oce. (1788) 124. 
Cymbidium echinocarpon Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. 
6 (1799) 71; FI. Ind. Oce. 3 (71806) 1452, excl. synon. 
in part. 
Dichaea echinocarpa Lindley, sensu Fawcett & Rendle 
in Fl. Jam. 1 (1910) 186, t. 80, figs. 26-380. 
Fawcett and Rendle point out that the Jamaican speci- 
mens of Dichaea echinocarpa have an entire lip which is 
merely angulate above, and this concept was first de- 
scribed as &Mpidendrum echinocarpon and Cymbidium 
echinocarpon by Swartz. 
The plant characterized by the simple, merely angulate 
lip without any definite lateral lobes appears to be con- 
fined to the West Indies and to Costa Rica and to con- 
stitute a distinct variety. 
Epidendrum echinocarpon, however, which was pub- 
lished by Swartz without any floral characterization, is 
an illegitimate name, for it should have borne the epithet 
pendulum following the citation in synonymy of Limo- 
dorum pendulum. Therefore, the name must be elimi- 
nated from consideration, even in a varietal category. 
Centropetalum distichum Lindley Sert. Orch. 
(1888) sub t. 21; in Benth. Pl. Hartweg. (1844) 150.— 
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