ORCHID STUDIES, XI 
BY 
Louis O. WILLIAMS 
NEW SPECIES OF EPIDENDRUM AND DENDROBIUM 
THE PRESENT paper contains a description of an 
Epidendrum from Honduras and a Dendrobium from 
Burma. 
Epidendrum (§ Euepidendrum) dilochioides 
L.O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herbae probabiliter caespitosae, epiphyticae, usque 
ad 3 dm. vel ultra altae. Caulis simplex. Folia elliptica 
vel elliptico-oblanceolata, obtusa, coriacea. Inflorescentia 
racemus pauciflorus. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, 
carnosa. Petala late oblanceolata, paulo obliqua, obtusa. 
Labellum plusminusve orbiculare, trilobatum, bicallo- 
sum; lobus medius parvus, inconspicuus, mucroniformis. 
Columna generis. 
Probably caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 3 dm. or 
more tall. Stems 5-8 mm. in diameter, unbranched, cov- 
ered with the old leaf bases. Leaves 6-11 cm. long and 
1.5-2.8 em. broad, elliptie to elliptic-oblanceolate, ob- 
tuse, coriaceous, deciduous; leaf-sheaths persisting, final- 
ly shredding. Inflorescence a short, few-flowered (about 
8-flowered) raceme nearly equalling or shorter than the 
subtending leaves; bracts 1.5-3 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, 
ovate, acute, chartaceous, navicular, nearly as long as the 
flowers. Sepals about 11 mm. long and 5 mm. broad, 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, fleshy, with three principal 
nerves. Petals about 10 mm. long and 4 mm. broad, 
broadly oblanceolate, somewhat oblique, obtuse with 
three principal nerves. Lip about 10 mm. long and 11 
mm. broad, nearly orbicular in outline, fleshy, 3-lobed, 
with two small carinae extending from the apex of the 
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