Epidendrum refractoides C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, robusta. Caulis erectus, leviter frac- 
titflexus, vaginis laxis imbricatis omnino celatus. Folia 
disticha, late patentia, oblongo-elliptica vel ovalia, apice 
rotundata, basi amplectenti rotundata. Inflorescentia 
terminalis, arcuata, laxiflora, laxe paniculata, ramis stric- 
tis brevibus paucifloris spatha suffultis. Flores parvi, vi- 
rides, carnosi. Sepalum dorsale obovato-oblongum, apice 
dorso mucronatum. Sepala lateralia oblique oblongo- 
obovata, apice dorso mucronata. Petala anguste cuneato- 
oblanceolata, obtusa. Labellum columnae valde adnatum ; 
lamina ovato-quadrata, apice truncato leviter bilobata, 
basi cordata, simplex vel leviter trilobata (utrinque in- 
cisa) et crenato-dentata. Columna generis. 
Plant stout, epiphytic, about 57.4 cm. or more tall. 
Roots fibrous, flexuous, glabrous. Stem erect but lightly 
flexuous, about 23 cm. high, entirely concealed by loose 
imbricating infundibuliform sheaths of which all but the 
lowermost are leaf-bearing. Leaves distichous, about 
eight, oval to oblong-elliptic, rounded with a minute api- 
cule at the apex, deeply clasping at base, widely spreading 
up to 12 em. long and 4.2 cm. wide (often progressively 
shorter below), chartaceous, with the mid-nerve carinate 
beneath. Inflorescence terminal, arcuate, about 48 ¢m. or 
less long, loosely paniculate with appressed short branch- 
es; peduncle up to 14 cm. long, entirely concealed by 
three strict conduplicate imbricating spathes which are 
infundibulitorm below; branches of the panicle in the 
lower portion of the loose inflorescence, loosely 8- to 5- 
flowered, subtended by an infundibuliform spathe similar 
to those of the peduncle. Flowers small, green, fleshy. 
Dorsal sepal obovate-oblong, about 11 mm. long and 4.8 
mm. wide, truncate-obtuse with a dorsal mucro, 3-nerved. 
Lateral sepals obliquely oblong-obovate, 11.8-12 mm. 
long and 5 mm. wide, acute by reason of a dorsal mucro, 
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