NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Panama, Province of Veraguas, San Juan, C. \¥. Powell 
380, February 1924. 1200 feet altitude. 
Epidendrum fundi Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphytica 
ramosa. Caules vaginis foliorum valde rugulosi. Folia lin- 
eari-oblonga, obtusa. Flos singulus. Sepala lateralia lanceo- 
lata, apice cymbiformi, conspicue trinervia. Sepalum dor- 
sale oblongum, usque ad apicem attenuatum, valde tri- 
nervium. Petala linearia, usque ad apicem angustata, tri¬ 
nervia. Labellum basi columnae adhaerens; pars labelli li¬ 
bera ovato-cordata, acuminata, acuta. Discus labelli valde 
nervosus, nervo medio prominenti. Columna carnosa, trun- 
cata. 
Roots slender, fibrous, glabrous. Stems branching, 
foliose, whole plant 19-20 cm. tall. Sheathing bases of the 
leaves 8-11 mm. long, strongly complanate, when dry con¬ 
spicuously rugulose, transversely wrinkled. Leaves 2-2.5 
cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, linear-oblong, tapering gradually 
toward both ends, 1-1.5 cm. apart, obtuse, mid-nerve promi¬ 
nent beneath. Peduncle slender, sheathed by a scarious 
strongly complanate conduplicate bract. Flowers solitary. 
Lateral sepals 6.5 mm. long, lanceolate, cymbiform at the 
tip, prominently 3-nerved with a supplementary nerve usu¬ 
ally present. Dorsal sepal 8 mm. long, scarcely 2 mm. wide 
near the base, tapering gradually to the thickened apex, 
prominently 3-nerved. Petals 7 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, 
linear, tapering gradually to the obtuse tip, prominently 
.3-nerved with the nerves approximate. Labellum adnate to 
the column, 6 mm. long (including the adherent base); free 
portion 5 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. wide, ovate-lanceolate 
from a cordate base, strongly concave in front of the column. 
Disc nerv'ose, the nerves prominent, with the middle one 
forming a distinct keel on the upper surface. Column stout, 
scarcely 2.5 mm. long, entirely adnate to the lahellum. 
Near allies of this species OLva Epidendrum rugosum Ames 
and E. Sanchoi Ames, which are in part clearly distinct in 
having pustulose emergences on the leaf-sheaths and several- 
flowered racemes. Epidendrum singuliflorum Schltr., another 
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