144 ^- Sohlechter. 



lamina circuitu quadrata, alte 3-fida, basi profunde cordata, c. 4 mm 

 longa, medio fere 6 mm lata, callo cras'so quadrato antice 5-loi^nlato, latere 

 iitrinque cal^o parvulo inaequaliter bilobulato supra basin lobi inteimedij 

 adjecto ornata, apice carinula vel potius nervo mediane incrassato iisque in 

 apicem labelli decurrente anteposito, lobis lateralibus leviter retiorsis. 

 oblique laticuneatis, peralte in lacinias filiformes fissis, lobo intermedio 

 antico, e isthmo perbrevi laticuneato in laminam circuitu reniformem, 

 lateribus in lacinia filiformes satis alte fissam antice apiculatam dilatato, 

 lateralibus subduplo majore; columna graciliore, apicem versus ampliata, 

 7,5 mm longa, auriculis adscendentibus inaequaliter bilobulatis, lobulo 

 superiore serrulato-denticulato ; ovario pedi'cellato, glabro, gracili, c. 

 2 cm longo. 



Cauca: — • M. Madero. 



Durch die schmalen Blätter und das noch mehr und tiefer als bei 

 E. arachnoglossum Rchb.'f. zerschlitzte Labellum ist diese Spezies leicht 

 zu erkennen. 



Die Blüten scheinen gelb zu sein. 



Epidendrum prasinum Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiphyticum, parum ramosum, validiusculum ; caule ramisque dense 

 foliatis, teretibus, vaginis foliorum arcte amplectentibus, dense rugulosis 

 omnino obtectis, 5 — 6 mm diametro; foliis erecto-patentibus, rigidulis, 

 anguste ligulatis, apicem versus sensim paulo angustatis, obtusiusculis 

 cum mucrone' brevi, marginibus cartilagineis subcrenulatis leviter rtcur- 

 vulis, 11 — -M cm longis, infra medium 1 — -1,3 cm latis; racemo terminal], 

 erecto, sublaxe 10^ — 'lÖrfloro, usque ad 14 cm longo, peduncuio brevi 

 spathis 2 subfoliaceis laxe amplectentibus obtecto, rhachi flexuosa; bracteis 

 e basi deltidea setaceis, inferioribus ovarium duplo fere super antibus, 

 superioribus sensim paulo brevioribus; floribus in affinitate inter majores, 

 subcoriaceis, erecto-patentibus, glabris, fide coUectoris prasinis: sepaiis 

 anguste oblongis, acuminatissimis, 1,8 cm longis, lateralibus pbliquis, 

 extus carinatis, porrectis; pet aus reflexis, oblique lineari-ligulatis, acumi- 

 natis, basin versus sensim paulo angustatis, 3-nerviis, 1,5 cm longis: 

 labelli ungue anguste lineari, marginibus columnae omnino adnato, ö mm 

 longo, lamina alte 3-fida, basi cordata, callis 2brevibus basi ornata, callo 

 rotundato in basi utriusque lobi lateralis brevi aucto, carina mediana 

 usque in apicem labelli decurrente interposita et carina breviore utrinque 

 juxtaposita, tota 9 mm longa, infra medium 1,6 cm lata, lobis lateralibus 

 basilaribus rotundatis, obhque ovalibus, obtusis, intermedio lanceolato- 

 ligulato, obtusiusculo, 6,5 mm longo; columna levissime curvata, apicem 

 versus paululo ampliata, auriculis semirhombeis, obtusangulis ; ovario 

 cylindraceo, subsessili, glabro, c. 8 mm longo. 



