Epidendrum subreniforme (. Schweinfurth sp. 
nNOv. 
Herba mediocris, epiphytica. Caulis robustus, foliorum 
vaginis distichis imbricatis omnino obtectus. Folia parva, 
elliptica, acuta, patentia. Inflorescentiae terminales, laxe 
pauciflorae. Flores grandiores, viridi-flavi. Sepalum dor- 
sale elliptico-lanceolatum, acutum. Sepala lateralia semi- 
ovalia vel oblique elliptico-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, 
dorso carinata, Petala lineari-oblanceolata, acuta vel sub- 
acuta. Labellum columnae valde adnatum; lamina sub- 
simplex, in circuitu reniformis, utrinque leviter contracta, 
upice late rotundato leviter retusa et apiculata. Colummna 
sursuim leviter dilatata,supra utrinque auriculato-dilatata. 
Plant medium-sized, about 21.5 em. high. Roots stout, 
fibrous, elongate, numerous. Stem stout, simple except 
for one abbreviated ascending branch above, about 19.5 
cm. tall, entirely concealed by leaf-bearing sheaths which 
are close, distichously imbricating, complanate and most- 
ly scarious. Leaves small, elliptic, acute, sessile, clasping, 
spreading, up to 4.6 em. long and 1.5 cm. wide, sub- 
membranaceous. Inflorescence terminal, abbreviated, re- 
curved, loosely about 4-flowered. Flowers rather large, 
greenish yellow. Dorsal sepal elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 
about 19 mm. long and 6.5 mm. wide, 7-nerved below 
the middle. Lateral sepals semioval or obliquely elliptic- 
lanceolate, about 22 mm. long and 8.5 mm. wide, shortly 
acuminate, concave, dorsally carinate especially above 
the middle. Petals linear-oblanceolate, acute or subacute, 
about 18.8 mm. long and 3.8 mm. wide, 3-nerved. Lip 
adnate to the column nearly to its apex; lamina subsim- 
ple, reniform in outline, ightly contracted on each side, 
with the center channelled and the sides convex-spread- 
ing in natural position, lightly retuse and bluntly apicu- 
late at the broadly rounded apex, about 12 mm. long in 
the middle and 25.8 mm. wide near the cordate base, ob- 
Rive 
