EPIDENDRUM PANSAMALAE Schlechter 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
Epidendrum pansamalae Schlechter in Fedde 
Repert. 10 (1912) 485. 
While the type ( Tiirckheim 1062) is a native of 
Guatemala (Pansamala), a Costa Rican specimen recent- 
ly received is surely conspecific. This specimen would 
seem to differ from the typical form in several characters. 
The largest leaves reach a maximum length of 8 cm. and 
a maximum width of 1.1 cm., whereas the leaves of the 
type are described as 5—6.5 cm. long and 6.5-8 mm. wide. 
The lateral sepals have a conspicuous broad median keel 
toward the apex, a character which is not attributed to 
the type. The petals are broader than described or as 
shown in a drawing (in the Ames Herbarium) made un- 
der the supervision of Dr. Rudolf Schlechter and are ob- 
long-oblanceolate in outline rather than linear. The apical 
lobe of the lip is about 9 mm. instead of 6.75 mm. wide. 
The apices of the basal callus appear to be abruptly trun- 
cate and denticulate. The column is slightly shorter than 
typical. 
Costa Rica: La Fuente. At 1200 meters altitude. ““flowers aster 
purple’’. November 2, 1925. 4. Alfaro 217 (U.S. Nat. Herb. No. 
1315816). 
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