134 ' ^- Schlechter. 



Epidendrum hastilabium Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiphyticum, gracile, 35 — 40 cm altum; rhizqmate brevi; radicibiLs 

 filiformibus, flexuosis, glabris; pseudobulbis gracilius cylindraceis, 1 — ^2-fo- 

 liatis, vaginis 2 alte amplectentibus dimidio inferiore obtectis, 7 — 9 cm 

 altis, medio fere 4 — 5 mm diametro; foliis suberectis, anguste ligulatis, 

 •obtusiusculis, 8 — 11 cm longis, medio fere 9~ 10 mm latis; inflorescentia 

 erecta, stricta, gracili, pedunculo c. 11' — 12 cm longo, spatha ancipiti 

 c. 8 — 9 cm longa arcte amplectente obtecto, racemo ipso dense multi- 

 floro, cylindraceo, c. 14 cm longo, 2 cm diametiente; bracteis patentibiis 

 patulisve, anguste ianceolatis, acuminatis, ovario graciliter pedicellato 

 multo brevi oribus; floribüs in sectione inter minores, patentibus, glabris; 

 sepalo intermedio recurvo, oblongo, obtusiusculo, carnosulo, vix 5 mm 

 longo, lateralibus valde obliquis, oblongis, acuminatis, subporrectis, inter- 

 medio aequilongis; petaHs suberectis, oblique ligulato-oblongis, obtusis, 

 apicem versus subcrenulatis, basin versus paijlo angustatis, uninerviis^ 

 quam sepala paululo brevioribus ; labelli ungue lineari, marginibus columnae 

 omnino adnato, 3 mm longo, lamina hastato-trilobata, 3 mm longa, basi 

 callis 2 oblongis, obtusis parvulis ornata, lobis lateralibus basilaribus 

 falcato-retrorsis, oblongis, obtusiusculis, margine subcrenulatis, c. 1,2 mm 

 jongis, intermedio e basi latiore lineari-ligulato, apice dilatato retuso cum 

 apiculo ; columna leviter curvata, " apicem versus paulo ampliata, 3 mm 

 longa, auriculis semirhombeis, obtusis ; ovario graciliter pedicellato, glabro, 

 c. 1 cm longo. 



Antioquia: c. 3000 m. — M. Madero. 



Am besten dürfte diese charakteristische AuUzeum- Art neben E. 

 grammatoglossüm Rchb. f. ihren Platz finden. Sie ist am nächsten verwandt 

 mit dem unten beschriebenen E. trimeroglossum Schltr. 



Epidendrum ionodesme Schltr., nov. spec 



Epiphyticum, erectum, validum, certe ultra 60 cm altum; cauiibus. 

 simplicibus bene foliatis, infra apicem c. 6 mm diametientibus, vaginis 

 ioliorum arcte amplectentibus omnino obtectis; fohis erecto-patentibus, 

 oblongo-ligulatis, acutis, 11 — -13 cm longis, medio fere 2,5 — '3 cm latis,. 

 coriaceis; inflorescentia paniculata pluriramosa, pedunculo paulo com- 

 presso vaginis 2 alte et arcte amplectentibus acutis omnino obtecto, c. 13 cm 

 longo, panicula ipsa c. 25 cm longa, ad 25 cm lata, ramis densius multi- 

 floris; bracteis erecto-patentibus Ianceolatis vel deltoideis, acuminatis, 

 ovario pedicellato, multo brevioribus; floribüs in genere mediocribus, 

 glabris, fide collectoris violaceis, labello albidis; sepalis patentibus, ob- 

 longisj obtuse apiculatis, nervis 3 extus prominulis ornatis, 1 cm longis, 

 basin versus angustatis, lateralibus obliquis; petalis anguste linearibus,. 

 decurvis, apicem versus paulo dilatatis, obtusis, 1 cm longis; labelli ungue 



