ters found in P.tubatus (Lodd.) Lindley, the type spe¬ 
cies of the genus Physosiphon. 
Venezuela: Prope coloniam Tovar, 1854-5, Fendler 1369 (Gray 
Herbarium); epiphytic on palm trunks in humid forest, El Porta- 
chuelo between Maracay and Ocumare, Aragua, flowers yellow, May 
8, 1925, Pittier 11820 (in Pittier’s Herbarium, United States National 
Herbarium, record in Ames Herbarium); epifita, selvas pluviales de 
Rancho Grande (Parque Nacional), Aragua, 1300 metros, 11 Abril 
1987 , Pittier 13966 (Pittier’s Herbarium, record in Ames Herbarium). 
Epidendrum Deamii Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. 
Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2 (1918) 402. 
Epidendrum tessellatum Bateman ex Lindley in Bot. 
Reg. 24 (1838) Misc. p. 7, non Roxb. (1795). 
Venezuela : in crotch of Protium heptaphyllum, Rancho Grande, 
Aragua, at 800 meters altitude, May 26, 1938, Williams 10131. 
The above collection, which was sent by Professor 
H. Pittier, seems to be the first record of the species in 
South America. 
Epidendrum oncidioides Lindley var. gravi- 
dum ( Lindl.) Ames , Hubbard Schweinfurth in Bot. 
Mus. Lead. Harv. Univ. 3 (1935) 104. 
Epidendrum gravidum Lindley in Joum. Hort. Soc. 
4 (1849) 114—Ames in Sched. Orch. 4 (1923) 42, t. 2. 
Encyclia gravida Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. Cen¬ 
tralbl. 26, Abt. 2 (1918) 472. 
Epidendrum argentinense Spegazzini in Anales Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 28 (1916) 135, fig. 2—Hau- 
man in Anales Soc. Cien. Argentina 90 (1921) 147- 
Encyclia saltensis Hoehne in Arq. Bot. Estado S. 
Paulo n.s. 1 (1938) 19, t. 10. 
The publication of Encyclia saltensis , by Dr. Hoehne, 
for a plant which I had been determining for my corres¬ 
pondents in Argentina as Epidendrum argentinense lead 
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