? Bletia ensiformis Ruiz & Pavon Syst. Veg. (1798) 
230. 
Renewed study of the specimen previously considered 
to be a variant of the inadequately described piden- 
drum microtos shows that it should be elevated to speci- 
fic rank. The reasons for this course of action are: (1) 
the plant under consideration is represented by complete 
specimens (whereas J”. microtos was described only from 
a flowering panicle); (2) the flowers of this plant are 
larger with oblanceolate and acute (not spatulate and ob- 
tuse) petals; and (8) the lip is truly emarginate (not 
rounded in front). 
Judging from a photograph of Bletia ensiformis from 
the Pavon Herbarium, it seems highly probable that the 
latter concept is referable to this species. However, an 
examination of the flower is impossible, so the definite 
reduction is open to question. 
Epidendrum inamoenum A7riinz/. var. robus- 
tum C. Schweinfurth var. nov. 
Herba caulibus et foliis multo robustioribus et floribus 
majoribus et petalis latioribus sepalis subaequantibus a 
specie differt. 
Plant up to 2 m. high (according to the collector), 
simple or branched. Sheathed stems 1—1.8 cm. in diame- 
ter, leafy. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, rounded and 
minutely bilobed at the apex, slightly narrowed at the 
semiamplexicaul base, up to 15 em. long and 8 cm. wide. 
Raceme recurved or nodding, densely several- to many- 
flowered, 3-6 cm. long, without any subtending spathe. 
Flowers larger than those of the type, pale yellow or 
pale greenish yellow. Dorsal sepal elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute, about 17 mm. long and 7—-8.5 mm. wide. Lateral 
sepals obliquely elliptic-ovate, complicate-mucronate, 
about 18-20 mm. long and 8-9 mm. wide. Petals ellip- 
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