ORCHIDACEAE QUAEDAM AMERICANAE 
Colombia, State of Cauca, Cordoba, Dagua Valley, 
Pacific Coastal Zone, H. Pittier 592, December 1905. 
Epiphyte. 30-100 meters altitude. (Type in U. S. Nat. 
Herb. No. 530780.) 
Epidendrum alanjense Ames sp. nov. Pseudobulbi 
obpyriformes, diphylli. Folia ligulata, utrinque attenuata, 
coriacea, obtusa. Pedunculus quam folia brevior, pauci- 
bracteatus. Racemus pauciflorus, laxus. Flores flavidi. 
Sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, apice leviter incrassata. 
Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala elliptico-spathulata, acuta. 
Labellum trilobatum, lobis lateralibus triangulari-lanceo- 
latis obtusis, lobo medio orbiculari. Callus in disco per- 
magnus, elongatus, in Carinas tres productus. Columna 
infra apicem utrinque angulata. 
Pseudobulbs about 2.5 cm. long, obpyriform, bifoliate. 
Leaves up to 30 cm. long, 1.2-1.4 cm. wide, ligulate, co¬ 
riaceous, tapering toward both ends, obtuse, longer than the 
peduncle. Peduncle with the few-flowered raceme about 
20 cm. long. Flowers about six, each subtended by a short 
squamiform bract. Pedicel with the ovary 1.7 cm. long, 
slender, scabridulous. Lateral sepals 16 mm. long, 4 mm. 
wide near the middle, narrowly elliptic-oblong, spreading, 
fleshy, somewhat thickened near the tip. Dorsal sepal 
similar, 16 mm. long, 4 mm. wide near the middle, elliptic- 
spatulate, acute. Petals 15 mm. long, 3 mm. wide above the 
middle, elliptic-spatulate, acute, 5-nerved at the base, 
fleshy. Labellum 3-lobed, 13 mm. long (measured from the 
base of the column); lateral lobes 8 mm. long, 2 mm. wide 
near the middle, enclosing the column, triangular-lanceolate, 
obtuse, separated from the middle lobe by a short isthmus; 
middle lobe (isthmus included) 8 mm. long, 7.5 mm. wide, 
orbicular, margin entire. Callus cushion-like, extending 
beyond the base of the middle lobe, terminating in three 
raised nerves which reach nearly to the tip of the labellum, 
where they become branched and minutely papillose; on 
either side of the three central nerves there is a supplementary 
raised nerve with lateral branches. Column free, 7 mm. long. 
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