Lip 3-lobed or 3-lobulate. 
Petals lanceolate-oblong to ovate-oblong; lateral lobes of the lip 
transversely and obliquely oval or triangular-oval; base of the lip 
cordate 1. FE. paranthicus 
Petals narrowly linear or elliptic-linear; lateral lobes of the lip 
semiorbicular ; base of the lip rounded or cuneate 3. E.muscicola 
Lip simple, obscurely lobulate or bilobed. 
Base of the petals auriculate; lip narrowly lanceolate-triangular, 
acuminate 2. EK. gontorhachis 
Base of the petals not auriculate; lip not narrowly lanceolate-trian- 
gular, commonly abruptly acuminate to rostrate = 1. E.paranthicus 
1. Epidanthus paranthicus ( Reichb.f.) L. O. 
Williams comb, nov. 
Epidendrum paranthicum Reichenbach filius in Bot. 
Zeit. 10 (1852) 732— Ames, Hubbard & Schweinfurth 
Genus Epidendrum in U.S. & Middle America (1936) 
145. 
Epidendrum Sancti Ramoni Wriinzlin in Vierteljahrs- 
schr. Naturforsch. Gesell. Ziirich 74 (1929) 137. 
Range: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica 
and Panama. 
Mexico: Nagel & Monzén 6756, 7146. 
GuatemMaLta: Johnson 557; Liebmann s.n.; Tuerckheim 927, 1915. 
Honpuras: EHdwards 165. 
Costa Rica: Brade 1312; Brenes 534, 542; Lankester 383, 386; 
Pittier 2008; Standley 33916, 38560, 39484, 39503, 39570b, 39591; 
Standley & Torres 47748, 47761, 47986; Standley & Valerio 48548, 
50364, 50791, 50824, 52377; Stork 2209; Tonduz 17617; Valerio 52. 
Panama: Davidson 121. 
2. Epidanthus goniorhachis (Sch/tr.) L.O. Wil- 
liams comb. nov. 
HK pidendrum goniorhachis Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. 
Centralbl. 86, Abt. 2 (1918) 462—Ames, Hubbard 
& Schweinfurth Genus Epidendrum in U.S. & Mid- 
dle America (1986) 104. 
[ 150 | 
