NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Column very stout, 6 mm. long at the back, dilated above, 
terminating in an erect 4-lobulate wing with the middle 
lobules sharply and irregularly dentate. Anther pyriform 
with a dorsal triangular wing. 
This unusual species was described from herbarium 
specimens supplemented by flowers preserved in formalin. 
Epidendrum intermixtum belongs to that small group of 
species having both terminal and lateral inflorescences. It 
superficially resembles E. exasperatum Reichb. f., but it has 
a very dissimilar lip. The verrucose leaf-sheaths of this 
plant are unusual. 
The inflorescences, mingled among the leaves, suggest 
the specific name. 
Costa Rica, La Estrella, C. H. Lankester 1009, July 24, 
1925. 5000 feet altitude. “Flowers white, callus lemon; 
rare.” (Type in Herb. Ames No. 30991): La Fuente, Anas¬ 
tasia Alfaro s. n. ( U. S. Nat. Herb. 1207231). November 22, 
1924. 1200 meters altitude. Sepals and petals primrose- 
yellow, lip white: Two miles Southwest of Agua Caliente, 
H. E. Stork 1320, April 1, 1928. 5400 feet altitude. On 
tree. (Specimen in advanced state of development, with 
ovaries about 2 cm. long.) 
Epidendrum mirabile A. & S. sp. nov. Herba robusta, 
^pidendrum imbricatum Lindl. repetens. Caulis foliorum 
^aginis arctis omnino obtectus. Folia disticha, oblonga vel 
oblongo-elliptica, in apice abrupte rotundata, patentia. 
Inflorescentiae terminales, perbreves, plerumque biflorae. 
Flores spectabiles, magni, purpurei. Sepala petalaque ob¬ 
longa, acuta. Petala elliptica, acuta. Labellum elliptico- 
ovatum, acutum. Columna perbrevis, crassa, superne sen- 
sim dilatata. 
Plant tall and stout, over 40 cm. high (the basal portion 
not present). Stems straight or slightly arcuate, simple or 
rarely with a stout ascending branch, entirely concealed by 
loaf-sheaths, sometimes bearing at the nodes of the lower 
portion a few coarse fibrous roots, woody; internodes 2-3 
orn. long, the uppermost ones abruptly much shorter. Leaf- 
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