In the absence of synonyms, a new name is necessary 
for Lindley’s species. 
Epidendrum incomptoides 4 mes, Hubbard & 
Schwemfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, fruticosa, lignosa. Rami numerosi, 
superne foliosi. Folia elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, acuta. 
Inflorescentiae racemosae, terminales, erectae vel recur- 
vae. Bracteae patentes. Flores longipedicellati. Sepala 
lateralia oblique oblongo-obovata, acuta vel acuminata. 
Sepalum dorsale oblongo-oblanceolatum, acutum vel 
breviter acuminatum. Petala lineari-oblanceolata. La- 
bellum columnae adnatum; lamina in circuitu reniformis, 
antice trilobata, basi cordata; lobi laterales transverse 
ovales; lobus medius multo minor, transverse semiovalis 
vel semiorbicularis, acutus. Columna leviter arcuata, su- 
perne dilatata. 
Plant much branched (specimens examined consist 
only of the upper portions of the plant), woody. Stems 
longitudinally striate-sulcate, gray, approximately 2-3.5 
mim. in diameter, naked on the lower portions of which 
the somewhat swollen nodes were at one time leaf-bear- 
ing; upper portions of stem copiously forked, with short 
branches which are arcuate-ascending and provided with 
one or two short infundibuliform sheaths below and four 
to five leaves above. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 
3.8-5.5 em. long, 8-13 mm. wide, acute (sometimes 
iuppearing acuminate) at the complicate apex, sessile at 
the cuneate base,subcoriaceous. Inflorescences racemose, 
solitary at the end of the branches, erect or slightly re- 
curved, up to 8.2 em. long including the peduncle; 
peduncle ancipitous, up to 1 em. long; rachis stout, 
subfractiflex, 6- to 8-flowered. Floral bracts spreading, 
ovate-triangular, acuminate, amplexicaul, concave, up 
to 5mm. long. Flower long-pedicellate. Lateral sepals 
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