EPIDENDRUM. 355 



gIaber,stiLljipedalis,poIystachyi]S, SpATHEmarciclrc. Spic^e solilari-p, gemici.-e auEIernfc, allerna?.dislaii- 

 tes, siihsesfjiifpollicnies, pamliP, Flores pedicell.-jti, |>tacreati, Bkacte^, ovatn^, aciil.-p, c.irmala?,glabrie,. 

 pedicellogJaLrohroviorcs. Calvx luLeus, glalKrj folioJa tria eMt^riora subren^x.t, dimiciiato^obovato- 

 ohlonga, acuU; Juo inrerioja JMera'ia linct^olato^spatbulata, oLru.^iiiscuJa, lon-iUiJine cxteriorum ; 

 labdlumcalycemfiuperans.aLasi ustjue a.l mo.^Ium cum gyuo.stemo ir. Inbum apice dilalatum conna- 

 lum^Iamirio pfana, trilob,, ; [obi^ laieralibus irrei^ularirer obov.nis, creuularis; lobo inlernieJIo lafcra^ 

 libu.s muho minore, proiunJe em;u-ioaio. OvAnn;:ir ghbrum. Ai^thera lerminalis, <(aaJrilocuians. 

 roLLirfismassKquatuoi^obovai«,cererice.T;,flavescentesjbin^pedTccfIocommum.brevissimoinsiiicnres, 



4 EPIDENDRUM FLOBiBUNomr. t Tab. LXXXVL 



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K. caule simplicl; foliis lanceolato-oblongis , acuiTunatis, suLmejnbranaccis ; pauicula lcr- 

 minali - calycis Jblioljs cxteiioribus rcflesi. , lanceolaiis ■ interioriljus filifor^mibus^ Ln>eUi lamina 

 qiiadnJobaj lobis laleralibus subrotundis, terminalibus linearibus, divcrgeulibus. 



Crescit locis temperatis , iwmorosis Pwinciie Bracamoreusis inter Amazonum jliimen, 

 pagum Puyaya et urhem Jaen , alt. 23o heTcip. % Flortt Augusto. 



Planta parasitica. Hadices fibrosa^. Cai^lis erectus, pedalis, tercs, gbber. Folia lanceolalo-oblonf-a. 



poir 



autsesfjuipolbcares. Flores (Jig. 5.) pediceikti , basi instrucli braciea ^ubulata , pedicello gb.Lro longiore. 



CALyxgIaber;folioIaiiia exterioralanceoiata, acut;,, basi angustara , refJcxa , viri Jia , quinque Hncas 



Jonga ; duo interiora Jjieralla f.lifoimiii, apice paullo dilar^la , teiiuissime membranacea , alba , patentfa, 



longitudiue exrerlorumj laLeUum calvce Jongius, cum gynostemo a b;^si usque supra mcdium in tubum 



apicedilaratNmconuEituin (Jig. lOjlamma plana, alba, quadilloba, Lasi liibcrculis duobiis cristata; loba 



ditolareraliasubrortmda; Juo (ciminaba Jinearia, obtusa, divergenti^ , lateraUbus duplo longlora. Ova- 



■RiVM glabrum. Amhera terminalis , bllocuIans,opercuIaJa(/?^. 2. o/;(?/ri^/;///i), Polljms massa-, mlbi nou 

 satis noia?, Capsula desideratur. 



Variat foljis oLlongis, lanceola^o-oblongjs et lincariLus. 



5. EPIDEINDRUM cernulm. t 



E. caule simpHci; foliis oblongis , oljiusis, coriaceis; spica cemiia; calycis foiiolis patcLi- 



tibus, lanceolans,morginerevolinis; exlcrionhus cuspidatis; kbelli lamina triloba , margme 

 reflexa ; lobo iiiLcrmedio ovato. 



Crescit ad arhores in crepidinihus Anditim Popayanensium, inter vilhim La Erre et con- 

 vallem Ya/iacatu , all. «80 Afjr. ie Floret Octobri. 



Pi-AMA parasitica. Caot.js erectus, tripedalis e( altior, simplex , teres, folialus. Folia oliloDg.-i, ob- 

 tusa, pkna, slr.aro-venosa, coriacea, Iripollicaria et iongior^ , pollloera lata, glaberriina, ilavo-viridia, 

 bas. vaginantia. Vag!_n.e slriata; , glabr^. Sp.c.v termiualis, oiilonga, tripoilicaris, ceruua, FcoiiKS pedlcel- 



lal.,bracteasu!)ula(asufridti,si.aveolenles.CALy^glabcr,tlavo-virMceDSifoHolaquinquelanceolala,mar- 

 gme revolula , crass.uscula; t.ia exteriora apicc cuspidata , ceteris paullo longiora; labcllum calyce paullo 

 brevius, usque ad raeJi.ioi cum gynoslcmo in tubum apice dilatalum connamm; lamina trilolia, niar- 

 lyov.Cn.N. ET Spec. Tcii[.sl. ,c 



