TROPICAL AMERICAN ORCHIDS 
rower leaves and a very dissimilar callus at the base of the 
labellum. [Plate 20: 1, lip and column x5k. 2, flower X4. 
3, petal X3%. 4, dorsal sepal Xd^. 5, lateral sepal X4}^.] 
Costa Rica, La Palma, H. E. Stork 417, July 8, 1923. 
On old stump in pasture. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 27168.) 
Epidendrum Schlechterianum Ames nom. nov. 
Epidendrum brevicaule Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 
Beihefte 17 (1922) 30, non Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Beihefte 
9 (1921) 81.' 
In his review of the flora of Peru, Schlechter proposed a 
new species under the name Epidendrum brevicaule. Later he 
used this name again for a species collected by C. W. Powell 
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