BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CamsripGk, Massacuusetrs, JuNE 14, 1933 No. 
A NEW EPIDENDRUM FROM HONDURAS 
BY 
OAKES AMES 
THE SPECIESof Epidendrum described below appears 
to be without close allies in the Central American flora. 
Superficially it suggests the rare Mpidendrum viejiu 
Reichb.f. and in its vegetative structure resembles /. 
bisulcatum Ames and EI. Brenesu Schltr. From EH. Bre- 
nesu it differs conspicuously in having a very dissimilar 
labellum. 
Epidendrum comayaguense Ames, sp. nov. 
Caules perlongi, laxe ramosi. Folia valde coriacea, ovato- 
elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, plus minusve con- 
gesta. Racemi terminales, perbreves, plus minusve quin- 
queflori; pedunculus infra flores valde complanatus. Se- 
pala lateralia concaviuscula,ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
acuta. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum. Petala lineari-lan- 
ceolata. Labellum simplex, suborbiculare, margine bre- 
viter et irregulariter fimbriato. Columna brevissima, 
carnosissima, antice valde excavata. 
Roots coarse, spreading, white, smooth. Stems e- 
longated, 6 dm. or more long, straggling, with numerous 
short branches which are entirely covered by rigid tubu- 
lar sheaths and bearing near the ends two to four leaves 
and a terminal dense abbreviated raceme of dull purple 
flowers. Branches from 3-15 em. long, the older ones 
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