Type: Brazil; without precise locality, cult. SCHILLER s.n.! 
(W). 
It is difficult to understand why Reichenbach described O. 
lobulosa when the actual type-material of O. truncata, both 
drawings and specimens were in his possession since 1840. 
Morphologically the specimens and flowers of both species are 
indistinguishable. 
Epidendrum tropidioides Garay, sp. nov. 
Plantae procurrentes, valde ramosae; caulibus primum vag- 
inantibus, supra paucifoliatis, compressis; foliis lanceolato- 
oblongis, acutis vel subacuminatis, basi caulem amplecten- 
tibus, usque ad 20 cm. longis, 2.2 cm. latis; inflorescentiis 
terminalibus, arcuatis; pedunculo prominenti, compresso, 
alato, usque ad 13 cm. longo, apice ramoso; ramis racemosis, 
arcuatis, usque ad I5 cm. longis; bracteis distichis, ovato-cu- 
cullatis, acutis, usque ad 1.5 cm. longis, illis Tropidiis in men- 
tem revocantibus; floribus satis firmis, magnis, pallide viridis, 
extus purpureo-striatis; sepalo postico anguste lanceolato, 
acuto, usque ad 2.2 cm. longo, 5 mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus 
dorsali simillimis sed paulo angustioribus; petalis e cuneata 
basi rhombeo-spathulatis; acutis, margine interiore sublobatis, 
usque ad 2.2 cm. longis, 9 mm. latis; labello in ambitu 
cuneato-obovato, antice trilobo, lobis lateralibus brevibus, 
rotundatis, lobo intermedio antico, suborbiculari, acuto, mar- 
gine erosulo; disco supra basin bicarinato, toto labello 2.2 cm. 
longo, 8 mm. lato; columna humili, clinandrio urceolato, usque 
ad 8 mm. longo: ovario cylindrico, glabro, usque ad 1.5 cm. 
longo. 
Colombia: DEPT. PUTUMAYOo, 5 km. N.E. of Sibundoy, 
BRISTOL 388! type! (AMES). 
Chondrorhyncha stenioides Garay, sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, caespitosa, humilis, usque ad 15 cm. alta; 
radicibus carnosis, leviter flexuosis, glabris; caulibus nullis; 
foliis ad 3, distichis, obovato-oblanceolatis, acutis, satis tenui- 
bus, basi cuneatis et vaginis conduplicatis articulatis, usque ad 
13 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis, in exsiccatione angustioribus: 
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