ORCHIDACE^ 27 



EPIDENDRUM PRINGLEI 



Epidendrum Pringlei, Rolfe ex Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17 : 



120(1904). 



" Densely tufted ; pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 7-10 lines long, 

 1-2-leaved; leaves linear-oblong, subobtuse, coriaceous, 2-3 inches 

 long ; scapes slender, erect, 2^-4 inches long, 1-2 flowered ; bracts 

 ovate, apiculate, 1 line long ; pedicels 6-8 lines long ; sepals broadly 

 lanceolate, acute, 5 lines long, reflexed; petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, 5 lines long, reflexed ; lip free from column, very shortly 

 stalked, limb dilated into a transversely oblong or suborbicular 

 blade, about 5 lines long by 7 broad, thickened at the base into 

 a two or three-keeled callus from which three slender nerves ex- 

 tend toward the apex ; column 2 lines long, broadly clavate. — 

 Mexico, State of Morelos, near Cuernavaca, on tops of moun- 

 tains, at 8000 ft. altitude; C. G. Pringle, May 12, 1898 [no. 

 7629]. 



" A species of the Encyclium section, nearly allied to E. has- 

 tatum Lindl., but more slender and smaller in all its parts. The 

 sepals and petals are somewhat fleshy, and appear to have been 

 dusky brown in colour, while the limb of the lip is membranaceous 

 and white. Of known species it can only be compared with the one 

 mentioned, but it is well characterised by its very slender habit. 

 Type in herbarium of the Ames Botanical Laboratory." 



Since the above description was written I have examined more 

 material collected by Mr. Pringle at the same time with the type, 

 and find the following additions necessary: peduncles up to (5^ 

 inches) 14 cm. high ; lip white, sometimes if not always irregularly 

 dotted with crimson-magenta. 



In May, 1904, Mr. Pringle visited the type locality of this Epi- 

 dendrum, but after diligent search over the lava fields on the moun- 



