obliquely oblong- or ovate-oblanceolate, about 12-14 
mm. long, about 4.5 mm. wide, acute to acuminate, 
carinate at the tip on the outer surface, 5-nerved. Dorsal 
sepal oblong-oblanceolate, 11.2—-12.2 mm. long, about 4 
mm. wide, acute to short-acuminate, more or less eari- 
nate at the tip on the outer surface, 5-nerved. Petals 
linear-spatulate, slightly oblique, about 11.2 mim. long, 
about 1.4-1.9 mm. wide at the broadest part, subacute 
to acute, I-nerved. Lip with a long claw, adnate to the 
column tor the entire length of the column; lamina reni- 
form in outline, deeply cordate at base, 8-lobed in front, 
about 6mm. long, about 12.5 mm. broad; lateral lobes 
transversely oval, much larger than the mid-lobe, sepa- 
rated from the mid-lobe by a sharp narrow sinus; mid- 
lobe transversely semioval to semiorbicular, abruptly 
acute or apiculate, scarcely exceeding the forward round- 
ed margin of the lateral lobes; dise bicallose at base with 
three parallel fleshy evanescent lines. Column trumpet- 
shaped, slightly arcuate, about 8 mm. long. 
dpidendrum incomptoides is a very close ally of 2. 
mcomptum Reichb.f., but differs from it in having smaller 
leaves and a dissimilar lip. In its habit of branching it 
suggests I ledifolium A.Rich. & Gal. and E.propinguum 
A.Rich. & Gal., but florally it is very different. 
Mexico, “"Mts. near Fenia.** On oak. May. C. 4. Purpus 299 
(Iyer in U.S. Nat. Herb. No. 1319026. Dupuicare tyee in Herb. 
Ames No. 30476.) 
Epidendrum maculosum Ames, Hubbard & 
Schwemfurth nom, nov. 
Epidendrum guttatum A. Richard & Galeotti in 
Comptes Rend. Acad. Sei. Par. 18 (1844) 509, 510, 
512, nomen; in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 8, 3 (1845) 20, 
non L. (1758). 
Eneycha guttata Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. Cen- 
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