BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CampBripGe, Massacuusetts, Fesruary 21, 1952 Voi. 15, No. 5 
ORCHIDACEAE PERUVIANAE IX 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
THE following article is the ninth in the series relating 
to the orchids of Peru. It consists of the descriptions of 
sixteen new species including those belonging to two 
new genera one of which represents a new subtribe. 
The generic order follows the system proposed by Dr. 
Rudolf Schlechter in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens 
und Museums Berlin-Dahlem 9 (1926) 563-591. 
Epidendrum breviracemum C. Schweinfurth sp. 
nov. 
Herba parvula, epiphytica. Pseudobulbi breves, an- 
gusti, approximati, apice uni- vel bifoliati. Folium ova- 
tum vel elliptico-ovatum vel ovato-oblongum, acutum, 
basi rotundatum vel subcordatum. Racemus terminalis, 
perbrevis, in anthesi recurvus, subumbelliformis, pauci- 
florus. Flores pro genere mediocres. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongo-lanceolatum vel elliptico-lanceolatum, acutum, 
mucronatum. Sepala lateralia oblique oblongo-lanceolata 
vel elliptico-lanceolata, dorso supra carinata. Petala lin- 
earia vel oblanceolato-linearia. Labellum columnae valde 
adnatum; lamina profunde trilobata; lobi laterales ali- 
formes; lobus medius elliptico-ovatus vel ovato-lanceo- 
latus, acutus vel acuminatus. Columna apice antice valde 
dilatata, 
Plant small, epiphytic, up to 10 cm. tall. Roots fi- 
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