analysis, in the Ames Herbarium, having the base of the 
stem fusiform-thickened and the petals and the lobes of 
the lip conspicuously denticulate or lacerate-dentate. 
The typical form of 17. brachycladium, described with- 
out the base of the stem, was said to have the petals and 
the lobes of the lip ‘‘but little toothed, or even entire.”’ 
A wide range of specimens in the Ames Herbarium 
referable to this polymorphic species shows a marked 
difference in the degree of bulbous dilation in the basal 
part of the stem and a great variation in the extent of 
toothing of the petals and the lobes of the lip. It appears 
preferable, therefore, to agree with Lindley (l.c.) and 
regard these plants as inseparable. 
It seems worthy of note that a flower from the type 
of H. F'unku shows a petal which is irregularly denticu- 
late (not three-lobed as described) and lateral lobes of 
the lip which are evenly lacerate-dentate (not retuse as 
stated). 
Epidendrum Haenkeanum Pres/ Reliquiae Haen- 
keanae 1 (1827) 100; Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epidendrum 
(1853) 58, no. 179. 
Epidendrum juninense Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Beith. 
9 (1921) 87; Mansf. in Fedde Repert. Beih. 57 (1929) 
t. 119, nr. 466. 
The type of #. Haenkeanum, likewise borrowed from 
Prague, appears to be inseparable from LH. juninense. 
While it consists of a simple stem, the lower portion 
shows an incipient branch, as is characteristic of the lat- 
ter species. The general appearance, as well as the leaves, 
panicle and flowers, are quite indistinguishable from those 
of EH. juninense. 
Epidendrum laxum Poeppig & Endlicher Nov. 
Gen. ac Sp. 2 (1837-88) 2; Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epiden- 
drum (1853) 57, no. 176. 
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