Epidendrum dentilobum 4mes, Hubbard & 
Schwemfurth sp. nov. 
Herba caespitosa. Radices crassae. Caules graciles, 
superne foliosi. Folia oblongo-elliptica, acuta. Inflores- 
centiae recurvae, breviter paniculatae. Flores rari, paucl, 
‘arnosi. Sepala lateralia oblique ovato-elliptica, acuta. 
Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ellipticum, valde concavum. 
Petala spathulato-oblanceolata, leviter obliqua. Label- 
lum columnae valde adnatum; lamina trilobata; lobi 
laterales minuti, anguste triangulares, patentes; lobus 
medius semiorbiculari-flabellatus, late rotundatus; discus 
basi callo trilobato ornatus. Columna crassa, antice con- 
cava. 
Plant caespitose, about 80 cm. high. Roots very 
stout in relation to the plant, fibrous, simple, somewhat 
flattened, about 4 mm. in diameter. Stems slender, en- 
tirely concealed by tubular sheaths, leaf-bearing above 
the middle. Leaves four to five, distichous, oblong-ellip- 
tic, 6.8-10 cm. long, 1.3-1.85 cm. wide, becoming smaller 
toward base of stem, acute, complicate-mucronate at 
apex, subcoriaceous. Inflorescence recurved, shortly pan- 
iculate with two or three branches. Bracts of the inflores- 
cence scarious, concave, acute to acuminate. Flowers 
remote, apparently few. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate- 
elliptic, 11 mm. long, about 6.1 mm. wide near the 
middle, acute, somewhat carinate in the upper portion, 
slightly concave, 5- to 7-nerved. Dorsal sepal oblong- 
elliptic, about 12 mm. long, 5.5 mm. wide, strongly 
concave, 5-nerved, subacute with a cucullate tip. Petals 
spatulate-oblanceolate, about 11 mm. long, 6 mm. wide 
toward the apex, obtuse to broadly rounded, 8-nerved. 
Lip strongly adherent to the column; lamina 38-lobed, 
6.5 mm. long, 8 mm. broad across the anterior portion ; 
lateral lobes small, narrowly triangular from a broad de- 
current base, spreading, free portion about 1.8 mm. long; 
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