7^ E. Schlechter: Die Orchidefenflora^ von Ecuador. 



usque ad. 3 cm longis; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, ovario pedicellato 

 paulo brevioribus ; floribus parvulis, Ulis E. tenuicauUs Lehm. & Kränzl. 

 similibus, ut videtur albidis, glabris ; sepalis patentibus, anguste oblongis, 

 obtusis, basin versus paulo angustatis, nervo medio extus incrassatis, 

 8 mm longis, lateralibus obliquis; petalis deflexis e basi lineari apicem 

 versus sensim paulo dilatatis, obtusis, sepalis subaequilongis; labelli 

 ungue anguste lineari, marginibus columnae omnino adnato, c. 5,5 mm 

 longo, lamina cruciata alte trilobata, basi cordata, 5 mm longa, inter 

 apices loborum lateralium 6 mm lata, superne basi callis 2 parvulis, obo- 

 voideis, obtusis ornata, nervis 3 carinato-incrassatis antepositis, inter- 

 medio usque in apicem decurrente, lobis lateralibus patentibus oblique 

 rhombeis, obtusis, antice truncatis, intermedio cuneato-obovato, obtu- 

 sissimo, retuso cum apiculo obtuso minuto, 3 mm longo, supra medium 

 2,25 mm lato; columna leviter curvata, 6,5 mm longa, apicem versus 

 conspicue dilatata, auriculis oblique et perbreviter triangulis, obtusis; 

 ovario pedicellato glabro, c. 9 mm longo. 



Pichincha: In truncis arborum vetustis, in monte Pichincha. -^- 

 Sodiro, Junio 1886. 



Hier liegt offenbar die Pflanze vor, welche Lindleyin den Jameson- 

 schen Exemplaren mit dem peruanischen E. scabrum Ruiz & Pav. identi- 

 fiziert hat, von dem sie sicher spezifisch verschieden ist. 

 Epidendrum Ornithidii Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiphyticum, humile, habitu species Ornithidii in mentem revocans, 

 usque ad 6 cm altum; rhizomate brevi, decumbente; radicibus filiformibus, 

 flexuosis, glabris; pseudobulbis approximatis, ovoideis, unif oliatis, 1 — 1,3cm 

 altis, infra medium 6 — 9 mm diametientibus, unif oliatis; foliis erecto- 

 patentibus, lanceolato-ligulatis, acutis, coriaceis, 2,5 — 4 cm longis, infra 

 medium usque ad 1 cm latis; inflorescentia apicali, sessili, abbreviata, 

 dense pauciflora; bracteis ovatis, tenuibus, ovario pedicellato multo 

 brevioribus; floribus graciliter i>edicellatis, illis Sopronitis violaceae Ldl. 

 similibus, glabris, fide collectoris rubidis; sepalis leviter diver- 

 gentibus, intermedio oblongo-ligulato, brevi ter acuminato, 8 mm longo, 

 lateralibus oblique ovato-oblongis, apiculatis, concavis, intermedio aequi- 

 longis; petalis oblique ligulatis, acuminatis, sepalorum longitudine; labelli 

 ungue brevi, late lineari, 3 mm longo, columnae marginibus omnino adnato, 

 lamina circuitu reniformi-orbiculata, margine crenato-denticulata, haud 

 distincte trilobulata, obtusa, nervis 3 medianis parallelis incrassatulis 

 ornata, 6 mm longa, infra medium 8 mm lata; columna brevi crassius- 

 cula, marginibus labelli ungui omnino adnata, 3 mm longa, lobis apicalibus 

 brevibus semirhombeis; ovario graciliter pedicellato glabro, c. 1,2 cm 

 longo. 



Chimborazo: In silvis subandinis, Riobamba. — Sodiro. 



