A NEW VARIETY OF EPIDENDRUM 
FROM COSTA RICA 
BY 
Louis O. WiLtLiams 
Epidendrum (§ Kuepidendrum) equitantifolium 
Ames var. aporophyllum L. O. Williams var. nov. 
A specie foliis brevioribus et latioribus differt ; pedun- 
culi elongati, foliorum apicem multo excedentes, ala mi- 
nore; labellum liberum fere ad columnae basim ; columna 
apice non abrupte decurvata. 
The variety differs from the species in having the 
leaves much shorter and comparatively broader with the 
angle of divergence seemingly greater; in having the 
peduncles much elongated and extending well above the 
apices of the subtending leaves and in having the wing 
of the peduncle less prominent. Furthermore, the pedun- 
cle of the variety does not simulate a leaf as does that of 
the species, and the lip is free from the column nearly 
to the base, not adnate nearly to the stigma. The apex of 
the column is not sharply decurved as it is in the species. 
Costa Rica: a fairly common orchid of hedgerows or exposed 
trees in pasture, Las Céncavas, flowers pinkish, October 1928, Lan- 
kester 1221 (Tver in Herb. Ames No. 35080). 
The following Costa Rican specimens, cited by col- 
lector and number, also belong here: 
959; Standley 38778, 33798, 
Brenes GO6; Lankester s.n., 757, 
51681, 51760; Standley & Valerio 
33893, 3IS35; Standley & Torres 
47206. 
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