CENTRAL AMERICAN ORCHIDS 
camera-lucida drawing of a flower from Powell’s specimen 
of E. lorifolium and Reichenbach’s sketch of a flower of 
E. palpigerum. 
Figure. 1, Epidendrum imatophyllum Lindl. drawn 
with the aid of camera-lucida from Lindley’s sketch. (Apicu- 
late tip of labellum not shown.) 2, E. lorifolium Schltr. 
drawn with the aid of the camera-lucida from a flower 
furnished by C. W. Powell. 3, E. palpigerum Reichb. f. 
drawn with the aid of the camera-lucida from Reichenbach’s 
sketch of the type flower. Drawings by Blanche Ames. 
Epidendrum Lankesteri Ames sp. nov. Caules elon- 
gati. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, utrinque 
attenuata, basi vaginantia. Pedunculus valde bialatus, 
complanatus. Bractea inflorescentiam subtendens com- 
planata, nervosa. Inflorescentia breviter ramosa. Brac- 
teae inflorescentiae glumaceae. Pedicellus cum ovario 
gracilis, glaber. Sepala spathulata, obtusa, usque ad basim 
angustata, coriacea. Petala filiformia, uninervia. La¬ 
bellum integrum; lamina subrotundata, obtusa, margine 
obscure lobatum. Discus prope apicem columnae bicallosus, 
callis erectis valde complanatis. Columna infra apicem 
valde attenuata. 
Stems elongated, slender, probably leafy, but in the 
fragment which constitutes the only available material there 
is a single leaf. Leaf about 15 cm. long, 1.8 cm. wide near 
the middle, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, acute, gradually 
narrowed toward the base where it sheaths the stem. Pe- 
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