to the tip; lamina 3-parted, much exceeding the sepals, 
submembranaceous; lateral lobes widely spreading, ob- 
liquely obovate-oblong, with a more or less truncate and 
obscurely lobulate outer margin, separated by a pair of 
small complanate calli, about 7.5 mm. long through the 
middle lengthwise and 3.9 mm. wide above; mid-lobe 
porrect, narrowly flabellate-cuneate, conspicuously bi- 
lobed with a minute blunt apicule between the oblong- 
rounded lobules and with a small callus at the base be- 
tween the lateral calli, about 8.2 mm. long to the tip of 
an apical lobule and 7.2 mm. wide across the apical lob- 
ules. Column short, very stout and dilated upward when 
viewed from the side, about 6.5 mm. long at the back 
including the erect 4-lobed wing, with the middle lobes 
oblong-subquadrate and irregularly lobulate on the trun- 
cate apex. 
This species has three rather close allies. Hpidendrum 
exasperatum Reichb.f. differs in having smooth cauline 
sheaths, verrucose outer surfaces of the sepals and flowers 
of another color. 17. Schumannianum Schltr. has broader 
leaves, broader petals, relatively smaller lateral lobes of 
the lip and spotted flowers. 2. verrucosum Sw. var. 
myrianthum (Lindl.) Ames & Correll shows much nar- 
rower and relatively longer leaves and a lip with dissim- 
ilar details. 
Panama: Coclé, Cerro Pajita, hills north of El Valle, at 1100 me- 
ters altitude, October 27, 1946, ‘“saprophytic,’’ in dense shade, Paul 
H. Allen 3784 (Tyrer in Herb. Ames No. 65444). 
Epidendrum strictiforme C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba mediocris, epiphytica, recta. Rhizoma abest. 
Caulis in siccitate crassus, foliorum vaginis ancipitibus 
omnino vestitus. Folia disticha, quinque ut videtur, ovata 
vel oblongo-ovata, apice rotundata, basi lata amplexi- 
caulia. Inflorescentia erecta; pedunculus spathis condu- 
plicatis, erectis, imbricatis, duabus vel tribus omnino 
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