Epidendrum macrothyrsis Lehm. & Kriinzl. in Engler 
Bot. Jahrb. 26 (1899) 472. 
An examination of the type specimens of Hpidendrum 
lawum, which were borrowed from Vienna, makes it 
certain that this species includes #. macrothyrsis, as 
Schlechter claimed (in Fedde Repert. Beih. 27 (1924) 
67. It does not appear that the leaves of HE’. lawum, at 
least in the dried material, are either fleshy or shining, 
characters formerly used, in part, to separate these con- 
Certs: 
This species appears to vary considerably as to the size 
and proportions of the leaves and especially of the floral 
segments. One collection seems to be particularly aber- 
rant in having small flowers with short lateral lobes of 
the lip and a relatively large, narrowly triangular mid- 
lobe. However, in view of the apparent variability of 
the species, it seems scarcely worthy of even varietal 
recognition. 
Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Reichb.f. in Walp. 
Ann. 6 (1868) 640. 
Stelis folosa Lindley in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 (1889) 330, 
be 17, 
Polystachya nana (Poepp. & Endl.) Reichb. f.in Walp. 
Ann. 6 (1863) 688. 
The extremely widespread and variable species of 
Polystachya, which was referred to P. nana (Poepp. & 
Endl.) Reichb.f. (in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 17 
(1955) 51), should bear the name P. foliosa (Lindl. ) 
Reichb. f. 
The epithet ana, mistakenly regarded by me as a 
nomen, is untenable, as it was validly used by Klotzsch 
in 1858 (in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1853) nr. 5), ten 
years before Reichenbach employed the name. 
Apparently Stelis foliosa (1889) is the earliest name- 
bringing synonym. 
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