Mpidendrum ornatum Lem. Said to have been sent 
to Van Houtte from the Belgian colony of Santo ‘Thomas 
[where/]. It was described as having a nodding simple 
‘aceme, and the leaves, varying from narrowly oblong to 
lanceolate, were said to be violet. The sepals were described 
as Heshy, oblong-cochleate and verruculose outside; the 
lip 3-lobed and coriaceous. ‘The lateral lobes of the lip 
are irregularly rotundate; the mid-lobe has oblong, ob- 
tuse, divaricate lobules. The disc is tricarinate and at 
base bituberculate. The flowers are green, the lip white 
with red stripes forming a spot. 
Epidendrum floribundum HBK. var. Llacinum 
Reichb. f. wasdeseribed from plants collected in Venezuela 
at Merida (Moritz no. 288) and in Colombia at Pamplona 
(Funck & Schlim no. 1448). The perianth segments are 
purple outside, the lip is white. 
dpidendrum paniculatum Ruiz & Pay. var. cuspl- 
datum Lindl. Type collection trom Peru (Matthews). 
The chief character given by Lindley is the oblong, sud- 
denly cuspidate leaves. 
HMpidendrum panieulatum Ruiz & Pay. var. longi- 
erure Lindl. was described from specimens from Peru 
(McLean) and Bolivia (Bridges). Lindley set them off 
from L. paniculatum as follows: ‘* Leaves very acuminate. 
Kront lobes of lip very long and falcate.”* 
Ypidendrum polyanthum Land. var. densiflorum 
(Hook.) Lindl. is based on 27. densiflorum Hook. 
Ypidendrum floribundum WBK. var. convecum 
Lindl. was based on a Hartweg plant from the Hacienda 
de Palmas, near Guaduas,Colombia. [t is thus diagnosed 
by Lindley: ** Flowers smaller, shorter, with a roundish, 
denticulate, obscurely four-lobed lip.”” 
Mpidendrum turialvae Reichb.t. of which the type 
is from Turialba, Costa Rica, collected by Wendland. 
Reichenbach also had a specimen from W. Saunders. 
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