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latis, basi contrafctis; inflorescentia terminali, abbreviata, 1- — 2-flora, sub- 

 sessili, spatha singula ampla, cucullata, subacuminata, c. 2 cm longa; 

 bracteis tenuibus, parvulis, ovario pedicellato multo brevioribus; floribus 

 illis E. difformis Sw. paulo majoribus, erectis, glabris; sepalis patentibus 

 ligulatis, obtusis, 5 — 'T-nervüs, marginibus recurvis, 1,6 cm longis, laterali- 

 bus obb'quis, basi oblique adnati.s ; petalispatulis, oblique et anguste lineari- 

 bus, obtusis, basin versus sensim paulo angustatis, uniner viis, quam sepala 

 subaequilongis ; labelli ungue lineari, columnae marginibus omnino adnato* 

 6 mm longo, lamina suborbiculari-ovali, obtusissima, margine leviter sub- 

 crenulato-undulata, basi breviter et obtuse bicallosa, 1 cm longa, medio 

 fere 9 mm lata, lateribus et apice decurvula; columna leviter curvata, 

 apicem versus sensim ampliata, 6 mm longa, auriculis oblique semiqua- 

 dratis, antice truncatis; ovario pedicellato gracili, glabro, teretiusculo 

 c. 1,7 cm longo. 



Cauca: c. 2000 m. — M. Madero. 



Im Wuchs und allgemeinen Aussehen erinnert diese sehr charakte- 

 ristische Spezies der Spathmm-Gru-ppe sehr stark an gewisse Commelina- 

 Arten, z. B. C. africana L., wozu sowohl die Blattform als auch die breite 

 tütenförmige Scheide stark beitragen. _^Sie gehört in die Verwandtschaft 

 von E. scutella Ldl. 



Epideiidriim cyclopterum Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiph5^icum, erectum, 10 — -12 cm altum; rhizomate vaide abbre- 

 viato; radicibus filiformibus, elongatis, flexuosis, glabris; caulibus cylin- 

 draceis, unifoliatis, vaginis 2 amplectentibus obtectis, c. 2,5- — ^3 cm altis, 

 carnosulis, c. 3 mm diam^tientibus ; folio suberecto, ligulato, subacuto, 

 coriaceo, subtus carinato, 4,5 — 5 cm longo, medio fere 1- — 8 mm lato; 

 ^racemo nutante, subdense pluri-vel multi-floro, pedunculo c. 4 cm longo, 

 erecto, spatha ainplectente 2,5^ — 3 cm longa basi circumdato, racemo, 

 ipso usque ad 5,5 cm longo ; bracteis patentibus, linearibus, acutis, ovario 

 psdicellato c. 3-plo brevioribus; floribus parvulis, nutantibus, glabris; 

 sepalis oblongis, acuminatis, nervo intermedio extus apicem versus crenato- 

 carinatis, 1,1 cm longis, lateralibus obliquis, altius carinatis; petalis oblique 

 linearibus, acutis, basin versus sensim paulo angustatis, apicem versus 

 margine subcrenulatis, quam sepala subaequilongis, uninerviis; labelli 

 ungue lineari, marginibus columnae omnino adnato, 5 mm longo, lamina 

 alte 3-fida, basi cordata, superne call s 2 magnis, depressis, ovaiibus ornata 

 cum callo minuto interjecto et carina mediana tenui anteposita, 4 mm. 

 longa, infra medium 3,5 mm lata, lobis lateralibus oblique ovaiibus, margine 

 subcrenulatis, intermedio antico ligulato, obtusiusculo, c. 3,25 mm longo; 

 columna suberecta, 4 mm longa, apicem versus paululo ampliata, auriculis 

 "oblique semiquadratis ; ovario padicellato, gracili glabro, c. 1 cm longo. 

 Cauca: c. 2500 m. — M. Madero. 



Die Orchideenflora von Coiombia. Fedde Rep. Beih. VII. Bg. 9. 9 



