Elleanthus casapensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in Walp. Ann. 6: 475, 
1862. 
Basionym: Evelyna casapensis Rchb.f. in Bot. Zeit. 10: 709, 
1852. 
Type: Peru; Casapi, MATTHEWS 1891! (W). 
This is the most common species in the Andes from Colom- 
bia to Peru. The leaves are abruptly constricted below the apex 
into a long-acuminate tip. 
Elleanthus cephalotus Garay & Sweet inJourn. Arnold Arb. 53: 
390, 1972. 
Basionym: Bletia capitata R. Br. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 
2, 5: 206, 1813. 
Syn.: Elleanthus capitatus (R. Br.) Rchb.f. ex Cogn. in 
Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 561, 1910, not (Poepp. & 
Endl.) Rchb.f., 1862. 
Type: West Indies (probably Jamaica), without precise loc- 
ality. Introduced by Sir JOSEPH BANKS s.n.! in 1795 
and flowered at Kew Gardens Aug. 15, 1796! (BM). 
This species is apparently restricted to the West Indian Is- 
lands. It may be distinguished from all other members in this 
section by the broad petals which are of the same width as the 
sepals. A good illustration as well as a description is given in 
the Orchids of Jamaica by Fawcett and Rendle. 
Elleanthus cynarocephalus (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Walp. Ann. 6: 
476, 1862. 
Basionym: Evelyna cynarocephala Rchb.f., Bonpl. 4: 216, 
1856. 
Syn: Epidendrum capitatum Sessé & Mocino, Fl. Mex., ed. 
2, 202, 1894. 
Type: Mexico, Mt. Tuxtla, SEssE & MocINo s.n.! (Herb. 
Pavon) (G). 
Terrestrial plants, up to 50 cm. tall. Stem erect, leafy, com- 
pletely enclosed by striate leaf-sheaths. Leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, long-acuminate, ribbed, up to 18 cm. long and 3.5 
cm. wide. Inflorescence terminal, sessile, capitate. Bracts 
congested, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, up to 6 
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