NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
adds that the specimen was “given to me in S. Jose by 
Mrs. Ortuno.” 
Epidendrum muscicola Schltr. (muscicolum, 
sphalm.) in Fedde Repert. Beihefte 19 (1923) 214. E. lini- 
folium Ames Sched. Orch. 7 (1924) 7. 
Type material of E. muscicola, recently received, in¬ 
dicates that E. linifolium is conspecific. E. linifolium ap¬ 
parently differs from E. muscicola only in having somewhat 
narrower leaves. 
Epidendrum nutantirhachis A. & S. sp. nov. Herba 
robusta, caulescens. Caulis crassus, distichophyllus, foli- 
orum vaginis maxima pro parte inclusus, superne ramo- 
sus. Folia elliptico-oblonga, in apice rotundato oblique bilo- 
bata, interne decidua. Inflorescentiae breves, nutantes, in 
ramorum summitate. Sepala late patentia, petala abrupte 
reflexa. Sepala lateralia ovato-lanceolata. Sepalum dor- 
sale simile. Petala lineari-lanceolata. Labellum triangulari- 
cordatum, lateribus erectis. Discus callo magno omnino 
nccupatus. 
Plant stout, reaching 55.3 cm. in height (incomplete). 
Roots fibrous, rigid, more or less branching, issuing from 
the nodes of the stem. Stem stout, mostly concealed by 
ohartaceous leaf-sheaths, freely branching above with short 
branches, about 5-6 mm. in diameter below, somewhat com¬ 
pressed shining yellowish and longitudinally striate in the 
hried specimen. Leaves distichous. Ungulate, elliptic or 
®hiptic-oblong, up to 6 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide on the 
^ain stem, those on the branches much smaller, obliquely 
hilobed at the rounded apex, clasping at base, coriaceous, 
Mostly deciduous on the lower portion of the stem. In- 
horescences short, at the summit of short lateral branches 
^hich are often ramifying. Racemes nodding, 3- to 6- 
howered, up to 3 cm. long. Rachis sessile or nearly so, 
Usually fractiflex. Floral bracts horizontally spreading, 
uvate, conduplicate, about equaling the pedicellate ovary, 
orsally carinate. Flower small, fleshy; sepals horizontally 
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