ORCHIDACEAE QUAEDAM AMERICANAE 
sepal 7 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide above the middle, elliptic- 
acute. Petals 7 mm. long, 1.75 mm. wide, narrowly lanceo¬ 
late, acute, broadest in the middle, 5-nerved, fleshy. 
Labellum, including the part which is adnate to the column, 
1 cm. long, dilated beyond the column into a transversely 
elliptical or subreniform lamina which is 7 mm. long, 10-11 
mm. wide, at the apex deeply retuse, sharply apiculate, 
margin irregularly lobulate. Disc bicallose at base, traversed 
longitudinally by three approximate conspicuous somewhat 
bullate ridges. Column stout, about 4 mm. long. 
A very distinct species with no near relatives in Central 
America. The rigid, thickened rachis and rigid triangular 
bracts that subtend the flowers give the sharply deflexed 
raceme a characteristic aspect. 
Guatemala, Department of Izabal, Jocolo, Harry 
Johnson 305^ April 10, 1920. Specimen from a tree bending 
over logs. 150 feet ? altitude. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 
22708.) 
Epidendrum palmense Ames nom. nov. 
Epidendrum magnibracteatum Ames in Sched. Orch. 
1 (1922) 16, non Kranzl. 
By an oversight the prior use of the specific name “mag¬ 
nibracteatum ” for a Colombian species was not noticed 
when the Costa Rican species, now given a new name, was 
published. 
Epidendrum prorepens Ames sp. nov. Rhizoma 
repens. Pseudobulbi fusiformes, diphylli. Folia lineari- 
oblonga, obtusa, coriacea. Pedunculus terminalis, ab- 
breviatus, pauciflorus. Flores tres, carnosi. Sepala lat- 
eralia anguste triangularia, apice carinata. Sepalum dorsale 
concavum, ligulatum. Petala anguste spathulata. Label¬ 
lum elliptico-ovatum, acutum, valde concavum. Columna 
carnosa, clinandrio trilobulato, lobulis lateralibus triangu- 
laribus, lobulo medio lineari obtuso. 
Rhizome creeping, elongated, rooting at intervals, 3-4 
mm. in diameter. Pseudobulbs 6-6.9 cm. long, about 7 
mm. thick near the middle, fusiform from a slender terete 
