NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
There are two sheets of E. luteoroseum in Herb. Mus. 
Par. that bear the number 5233 of Galeotti’s Mexican ma¬ 
terial. One of these is marked “Type,” but I suspect that 
the actual type is represented by a sheet in Reichenbach’s 
Herbarium at Vienna which is accompanied by a drawing 
of the flower probably from Richard’s hand. This specimen, 
with several other types described by A. Richard from 
Galeotti’s Mexican collections, together with sketches and 
water color drawings, was loaned to Reichenbach by the 
Museum d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris. All of this material 
was sealed up with Reichenbach’s collection for twenty-five 
years, when at his death the extraordinary terms of his will 
were observed. One wonders if Reichenbach referred to 
these specimens when he wrote, “We now possess types of 
nearly all of his [Richard’s] species.” 
EpidendrumOvulumLmd/.inBot.Reg. (1843)Misc. 55. 
Epidendrum sisyrinchiifolium A. Rich. & Gal. in Ann. 
Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 3 (1845) 19. Encyclia ovulum Schllr. in 
Beihefte Rot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2 (1918) 473. Encyclia 
sisyrinchiifolia Schlir. in Beihefte Bot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 
2 (1918) 474. 
Roots coarsely fibrous. Pseudobulbs 3 cm. long, 1.5 
cm. in diameter near the middle, pyriform, bifoliate, some¬ 
times trifoliate, partly concealed when young by large 
sheaths which at anthesis are usually reduced to fibrous 
remains. Leaves linear-oblong, 7.5-10.5 cm. long, 3.5-5 
mm. wide, subobtuse or acute, coriaceous. Peduncle ter¬ 
minal, with the raceme about 15 cm. long. Raceme laxly 
few-flowered (3-flowered in Lindley’s type, 3-5-flowered in 
Pringle’s specimen, 3-flowered in Ghiesbreght no. 5). 
Bracts of the raceme about 2 mm. long, squamiform, acute. 
Pedicel with the ovary smooth, up to 3 cm. long, slender. 
Sepals fleshy, similar, 1.3-1.5 cm. long, about 3 mm. wide, 
oblong, obtuse. Petals 1.4-1.6 cm. long, oblong-spatulate, 
broadest near the tip, obtuse. Labellum 3-lobed, 1.4-1.8 cm. 
long (about 1.5 cm. long in Lindley’s type, 1.5 cm. long in 
Galeotti no. 5188); lateral lobes 2.5-3.5 mm. long from the 
obtuse tip to the base of the sinus formed with the middle 
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