to a study of the species which shows it to be one of 
the varieties of the widespread Epidendrum oncidioides 
Lindley. 
Dr. Hoehne has apparently overlooked Spegazzini’s 
publication of Epidendrum argentinense for otherwise it 
is difficult to understand how he could propose the plant 
as new under one of the generic segregates of Epiden¬ 
drum. 
Pseuderia ramosa L. O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, scandens. Caule ramoso. Folia 
lanceolata, acuminata, multinervia, basi vaginis caulem 
obtegentes. Inflorescentia brevis, plusminusve quinque- 
flora; bracteae lanceolatae vel ovatae, obtusae vel acutae. 
Sepalum dorsale anguste ellipticum, acutum vel obtu- 
sum, tri- vel quinquenervium. Sepala lateralia elliptica, 
acuta vel obtusa, arcuata, tri- vel quinquenervia. Petala 
anguste elliptica, obtusa, arcuata, tri- vel quinquenervia. 
Labellum obovatum, acutum, integrum, apice breviter 
pubescenti. 
A scandent epiphytic herb of unknown size, the spec¬ 
imen at hand 3 dm. long. Stem coarse, branching, the 
main stem up to 8 mm. in diameter; the lateral branches 
smaller, mostly about 8 dm. long, the nodes 1-2 cm. 
apart. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, thin when dry, 
7-15 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, many-nerved; leaf- 
sheaths covering the stems. Inflorescence short, lateral, 
3.5 cm. or less long, commonly rupturing the leaf-sheaths 
at about the middle, usually about 5-flowered; bracts 
lanceolate to ovate, obtuse or acute, 4-10 mm. long, 2-4 
mm. broad. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, acute or ob¬ 
tuse, about 12 mm. long and 3 mm. broad, 3- to 5-nerved. 
Lateral sepals elliptic, acute or obtuse, strongly arcuate, 
10-12 mm. long, about 3 mm. broad, the apex somewhat 
callose-thickened, 3- to 5-nerved. Petals narrowly ellip- 
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