A. Rich. & Gal. and of E. propinquum A. Rich. & Gal., 
but is separable from both by the very different callus of 
the lip, by the broader petals and by the presence of a 
more or less distinct vesicle at the summit of the ovary. 
Great variability is shown both by the vegetative growth 
and floral characters in specimens of the same collection. 
GuareMaLA: Department of Quiché, Nebaj. Epiphyte on mossy 
trunk leaning over stream. Altitude 6,200 feet. November 19, 1934. 
Alexander F. Skutch 1715 (Tyee in Herb. Ames No. 41510.) 
Epidendrum cocléense Ames, Hubbard & 
Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, longe scandens. Caules laxe ra- 
mosi, vaginis omnino obtecti. Folia disticha, lineari- 
lanceolata, rigida, acuminata, acuta.  Inflorescentiae 
perbreves, 2- ad 8-florae, basi bracteis paucis imbrican- 
tibus ornatae, Bracteae florales conspicuae, convolutae, 
ovarium pedicellatum paulo superantes. Sepala lateralia 
ovato-oblonga, obliqua, apice dorso conspicue carinata. 
Sepalum dorsale lanceolato-oblongum, convexum. Pet- 
ala lineari-oblanceolata. Labellum columnae valde ad- 
natum, simplex, cordato-ovatum, carinis tribus medianis 
ornatum. Columna generis. 
Plant (our specimen incomplete) scandent and up 
to 2.5 m. long according to the collectors. Stems spar- 
ingly branched, entirely concealed by tubular sheaths; 
terminal branchlets provided below with closely imbri- 
‘ating sheaths and above with leaves. Leaves distichous, 
linear-lanceolate, up to 10 cm. long and 6 mm. wide 
below the middle (in our specimen), acuminate, acute 
to apiculate, rigidly ascending, very coriaceous, with the 
mid-nerve more or less sulecate above and carinate be- 
neath. Inflorescences very short, 2- to 3-flowered, sub- 
tended by two to three closely imbricating conduplicate 
‘arinate sheaths. Floral bracts conspicuous, convolute 
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