Cotomsia: Dept. Cundinamarca, Quebrada del Chicé, Bogota. Ter- 
restrial in shady woods. Flowers light green, lip bright green with 
violet veins. 2700-2800 meters alt. Martin Schneider 95 (Tyrr in Herb. 
Ames no. 68507.) 
Epidendrum superpositum Garay sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, ramosa, usque ad 40 em. alta; radicibus 
crassiusculis, glabris; caulibus superpositis, erectis vel 
paulo arcuatis, vaginis amplis omnino obtectis, apice 
2-3-phyllis; foliis ovatis, acutis, satis coriaceis, 3-6 cm. 
longis, 0.8-1.4 em. latis; pedunculo abbreviato, 1-2 cm. 
longo; racemo densifloro, subeapitato, recurvo; bracteis 
setaceis ovariis brevioribus; sepalo postico obovato, apice 
acuto, 8-nervio, 8-10 mm. longo, 3-4 mm. lato; sepalis 
lateralibus obliquis, obovato-falcatis, apice cuspidatis, 3- 
nerviis, 8-10 mm. longis, 4-6 mm. latis; petalis lineari- 
obovatis, obtusis, 1-nerviis, 8-10 mm. longis, 1-1.5 mm. 
latis; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus late rotundatis, 
margine leviter undulatis, lobo terminali antico, in medio 
exciso, sic bilobulato, disco basi bicalloso, 5-8 mm. longo, 
10-12 mm. lato; columna labello adnato; ovario cum 
pedicello ca. 1.5 cm. longo. 
This new species is apparently similar in appearance 
to Epidendrum obliquum Schitr., 17. soratae Rehb.f. and 
E.. Steinbachii Ames, but it differs from them in various 
floral structures, especially in the shape of the lip. 
Venezue_a: Junquito. G. C. K. Dunsterville 220 (Tyrer in Herb. 
Ames no. 68942). 
Hexadesmia Dunstervillei Garay sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, caespitosa vel prolifera, usque ad 20 cm. 
alta; radicibus filiformibus, flexuosis, glabris; pseudo- 
bulbis longe stipitatis, cylindraceis, bifoliatis, usque ad 
6 cm. longis; foliis ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, utrin- 
que attenuatis, apice acutis, 2-7 cm. longis, 0.7—2 cm. 
latis; inflorescentia satis abbreviata, pauci- (1—-2-) flora: 
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