ORCHIDACEAE QUAEDAM AMERICANAE 
A very distinct species of the section Euepidendrum. 
The type specimen lying in the United States National 
Herbarium was referred to E. florijugum Rodr. by Dr. 
Rudolf Schlechter, from which it is quite distinct. 
Panama, Province of Colon, Rio Indio de Fato, if. 
Pittier 4265, August 24, 1911. Near sea level. (Type in 
U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 679376.) 
Epidendrum Diguetii Ames sp. nov. Aff. E. venoso 
Lindl., sed in lobis labelli et in magnitudine differt. Pseudo- 
bulbi ovoidei, in sicco flavescentes, diphylli. Folium ligula- 
tum, utrinque attenuatum. Pedunculus quam folium brevior. 
Racemus paucillorus. Sepala lateralia anguste oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta. Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala quam 
sepala angustiora, anguste spathulata, acuta. Labellum 
trilobatum, lobis lateralibus triangularibus, acutis, divari- 
catis, lobo medio suborbiculari, obtuso. Discus callosus 
prope basim, nervis tribus prominentibus ornatus. Columna 
apice trilobata. 
Roots fibrous, whitish. Pseudobulbs about 2.5 cm. 
long, ovoid, glossy, yellowish when dry and much wrinkled, 
diphyllous. Leaves ligulate, tapering near both ends, 
rounded or subacute at the tip, 8-9 cm. long, 9-11 mm. wide, 
midnerve prominent beneath. Peduncle with the raceme 
about 6 cm. long, shorter than the leaves, with two tubular 
abbreviated sheathing bracts near the base. Raceme few- 
flowered (1-3). Floral bracts about 3 mm. long, concave, 
triangular, acute. Pedicel and ovary 8-10 mm. long, 
glabrous. Lateral sepals yellowish, fleshy, narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, 1.4-1.6 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, spreading. 
Dorsal sepal similar. Petals narrower than the sepals, 1.4 
cm. long, narrowly spatulate, acute, very fleshy, margins 
revolute (when dry). Labellum 1.4 cm. long, 8 mm. wide 
across the middle lobe, whitish, stained sparingly with pale 
purple near the base, for the most part free from the column; 
lateral lobes minute, triangular, acute, hardly porrect, rather 
divergent, 1.5 mm. long from the tip to sinus formed with 
the middle lobe, 8 mm. long from tip to base of column; 
middle lobe 5.5 mm. long, suborbicular, rounded in front, 
