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EPIDENDRUM fuscatum 

 Brown Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA 



Sect. V. Anther a termiiialis, mobilis, operculiformis, decidua. Pol- 

 lini$ massa cereacea?, laeves. Brozcn prod. 330. 



EPIDENDRUM. (Cah 0. Cor. 5-petala, patens. Labelfurn 

 ecalcaratum, lamina patula). Columna cum uugue labelli longitudinals 

 ter connata in tubum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masste pot tints 

 4 parallels, septis completes persisteutibus distinctse, basi filo granulate 

 elastico auctae. Brozcn in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 217. llerba perennes, 

 parasitica. Caps. 3-valvis: sem. p/urima, minutissima. 



-E. fuscatum, caule simplici, foliis oblongis acuminatisve, pedunculo ter- 

 minali elongate), spica globosa, columna petalis breviore* Szcartz in 



Nov. act. tips. (j. 69* 



Epidendrum fuscatum. Smith spicil. 21. t. 23. Andrews s reposit* 



441. Willd. sp.pl. 4. 120. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 218. 

 Epidendrum anceps. Jacq. amer. 224. t. 138. 

 Epidendrum secundum. Swartz obs. 325; (nee aliorum). 



Radix crasse fibrosa. Caudex tereti-compressus tectus vaginis foliorum % 

 basi subbulboso-tumidus. Folia coriacea, alterna, disticho-patentia, vaginan- 

 tia, carinata, lamina oblonga cum apicido brevi oblique reflexo, modbve sub- 

 lanceolata, glabra, subtiliter striata, saturate viridi, subtus pallidiore v. pur- 

 purascente. C aulis continuus, strictus, 1-2 pedalis, compressus, totus vaginis 

 alternis aridis carinatis acutis striatis internodia cequantibus vestitus. Spica 



ecunda, in corymbum digesta, refrac 

 (in vegetiore plant a forte plures?) 



germine triplo breviores. Pet. explanata, isometra, 3 latiora ovali-lanceolata f 

 2 linearia, 3-plo angustiora, modb dejlexa. Labellum petala superans, rotun- 

 datum, trilobum, lobo medio emarginato-retusum apicido in sinu. Columna 

 brevis, inclinata apice alis binis lateralibus truncatis suprh antheram biflexini 

 conniventibus. Germ, subteres, striatum. 



The above generic character allots a far narrower ex- 

 tent to the genus, than is admitted by that we had pre- 

 fixed to Epidendrum nutans in the seventeenth article of 

 this work. 



Fuscatum, like its congeners, is found growing on the 

 trunks and branches of the trees, somewhat in the manner 

 of the Misletoe with us. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, 

 seldom exceeding a foot and half in height, with the fibres 

 of the root thick and fleshy; stem sheathed by the lower 

 portions of the foliage ; leaves coriaceous, distich, patent f 



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