em. long and the petals 5.5 em. or more long. In the va- 
riety the lip is 3.5-4 em. long, the sepals are 3.5—-4 em. 
long and the petals about 3.25 em. long. 
Epidendrum polyanthum Lind/. var. myodes 
(Reichb. f:) Ames, Hubbard & Schweinfurth comb. nov. 
Epidendrum myodes Reichenbach filius Beitr. Orch. 
Centr.-Am. (1866) 86. 
The variety of this very variable species differs from 
the typical form chiefly in the size of the flowers. In the 
typical form the lateral sepals are 7-16 mm. long; in the 
variety they are 4.5-6 mm. long. 
Epidendrum purpurascens F’ocke in Tijdschr. 
Nat. Wetensch. 4 (1851) 64. 
Epidendrum clavatum Windley in Bot. Reg. 22 
(1886) t. 1870, non Koenig (1791). 
Didothion clavatum Rafinesque FI. Tellur. 4 (1838) 
39. 
Kpidendrum glumibracteatum Reichenbach filius 
in Hamb. Gartenz. 19 (1863) 11. 
Epidendrum clavatum Lindl. var. purpurascens 
Cogniaux in Martius Fl. Bras. 8, pt. 5 (1898) 73. 
On account of the earlier use of the specific name 
clavatum, Lindley’s combination should be replaced by 
I). purpurascens Focke which a careful comparison of 
the original description with the material and plate of 
I.clavatum has convinced us is conspecific. 
Epidendrum Tuerckheimii (Sc//tr.) Ames, 
Hubbard & Schweinfurth comb, nov. 
Eneycha Tuerckheimu Schlechter in Beihette Bot. 
Centralbl. 86, Abt. 2 (1918) 410. 
This species has not previously been transferred to 
Epidendrum. 
