Eneycha granitica Schitr. based on Hpidendrum 
graniticum Vand. 
Hpidendrum alanjense Ames of which the type was 
collected by Pittier at Alanje in the Province of Chiriqui, 
Panama. It is described as having 2-leaved pseudobulbs, 
the leaves ligulate, up to 80 em. Jong and 1.4 em. wide. 
The inflorescence is racemose and has about six flowers. 
The pedicellate ovary is said to be scabridulous. The sep- 
als are narrowly elliptic-oblong, the petals are elliptic- 
spatulate. The 3-lobed lip is about 18 mm. long; the 
lateral lobes are triangular-lanceolate and obtuse; the 
mid-lobe is orbicular; the nerves minutely papillose. 
Tincycha Hunteriana Sehitr. of which the type is 
Powell 84 collected near David in the Province of Chiri- 
qui, Panama. It has olive-green flowers with a white lip 
striped with red and is reducible to Hpidendrum alanjense 
Ames, 
Iincycha Powell Sehitr. of which the type is Pow- 
ell 83 collected in the Province of Chiriqui, Panama. Dr. 
Schlechter compares the species with Hpidendrum profu- 
sum Rolfe, but it is reducible to Z.ramonense Reichb. f. 
dpidendrum amandum Ames of which the type is 
Powell 271 collected inthe foothills east of Panama City, 
Panama. It is described as having 1- or 2-leaved pseudo- 
bulbs; the leaves ligulate, 4-15 em. long, 1 em. wide. 
The peduncle with the raceme is 8-14 ¢m. long, equalling 
the leaves, the raceme is 2- to 4-flowered. The pedicellate 
ovary is smooth. The sepals are narrowly elliptic-oblong, 
the petals are spatulate or oblanceolate. The lip has ob- 
long, obtuse lateral lobes and a suborbicular mid-lobe ; 
the isthmus between the lateral lobe and the mid-lobe is 
suid to be almost obsolete. 
Lpidendrum perattense Ames of which the type is 
Lankester & Sancho 378 collected at Peralta, Costa Rica. 
It is described as having 8-lenved pseudobulbs, the leaves 
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