Epidendrum pubiflorum is allied to EB. lanipes Lindl., 
but differs in having broader sepals and dissimilar lobes of 
the lip and column, as well as in having shorter broader 
leaves. 
Peru: Amazonian slope of the Andes, at about 83000-3300 meters 
altitude, 1927, Boyd Ehle s.n. (Tyre in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. ). 
Epidendrum rectopedunculatum (. Schwein- 
furth sp. nov. 
Herba robusta, elata, epiphytica. Caulis strictus, vaginis 
tubulatis arctis omnino celatus. Folia numerosa, disticha, 
saepissime ovato-lanceolata, acuminata vel subacuta, am- 
plectentia, carnosa, patentia. Inflorescentia stricta, ramis 
brevibus late patentibus densifloris supra donata. Flores 
parvi, subearnosi, segmentis patentibus. Sepalum dorsale 
obovato-ellipticum, acutum. Sepala lateralia oblique el- 
liptico-obovata, acuta. Petala oblanceolato-linearia, levi- 
ter faleata, obtusa vel retusa. Labellum columnae valde 
adnatum; lamina in circuitu transverse ovalis, carnosa, 
profunde emarginata, antice in medio abrupte semi-orbic- 
ulari-bilobulata, utrinque rotundata, basi bicallosa. Col- 
umna brevis, crassa, apice truncata. 
Plant stout, about 52 cm. tall, epiphytic. Roots fi- 
brous, flexuous, glabrous. Stem strict, terete, many- 
leaved, entirely concealed by close tubular sheaths which 
produce leaves except near the base. Leaves numerous, 
distichous, ovate-lanceolate (rarely oblong-ovate or ob- 
long-elliptic), subacute to acuminate, subrounded at the 
clasping base, up to 8.8 em. long and 2.4 cm. wide, 
spreading, fleshy, shining on the upper surface. Inflores- 
cence terminal, strict, about 11.3 cm. long, with the ra- 
chis closely invested by imbricating tubular evanescent 
sheaths, provided above with remote abbreviated widely 
spreading branches which are densely flowered and com- 
monly short-branched. Floral bracts minute, triangular- 
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