@ Kpidendrum corymbosum Ruiz & Pavon, Syst. 
Veg. (1798) 246. 
Caularthron umbellatum Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2 
(1887) 41. 
Epidendrum latilabre ULindley in Bot. Reg. 27 
(1841) Mise. p. 77 (as ‘‘latilabrum’’). 
? Epidendrum subumbellatum Hoffmannsegg in 
Linnaea 16 (1842) Litt. 282. 
? Epidendrum virens Hofftmannsegg in Linnaea 16 
(1842) Litt. 233. 
Epidendrum radiatum Hoffmannsegg, Verz. Orch. 
(1843) 49 and in Bot. Zeit. 1 (1848) 882, non Lindl. 
Epidendrum latilabium Reichenbach filius in Lin- 
naea 25 (1852) 244, sphalm. 
Epidendrum umbellatum Sw. var. latilabre Grise- 
bach, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1864) 618. 
EH pidendrum arachnoideum Rodrigues, Gen. et Spec. 
Orch. Nov. 1 (1877) 60. 
Auliza difformis Small, Fl. Miami (19138) 56. 
Epidendrum chlorocorymbos Schlechter in Fedde 
Repert. Beihette 17 (1922) 30. 
Amphiglottis difformis Britton in Britton & P. Wil- 
son, Bot. Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands 1 (1924) 
(Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands 5, pt. 
2) 200. 
Rhizome present, but the stems congested and in 
some cases appearing almost caespitose. Roots generally 
stout and whitish. Plant 6—-47¢m. tall (including the in- 
tflorescence). Stems often more or less flexuous, 2-8 mm. 
in diameter, almost entirely concealed by the persistent 
flaring (often strongly so) leaf-sheaths. Leaves very vari- 
able in shape, ligulate-oblong to broadly oval-elliptic, 
1.3-11 cm. long, 4-84 mm. wide, rounded to slightly 
bilobed at the apex. Inflorescence terminal, one- to sever- 
al-flowered (usually three or more), subumbellate to um- 
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