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OKCHIDACEAE: El'lDl NDRUM 



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Epideudrum aurilum Lindl.! in Bot. li i. XXIX. Misc. 4 



(1843), Folia Orch. Epid. p. 6; Beichb. / in Bonplandia, IV. 



214, et in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 33.; : Hemd. Biol. Centr.- 



Amer. 111. 226; Autran et Dmrand, Hort. Boi>< Jul. 



Epidendrum Lindenianum A Bich. et Gal. in Ann Sc. 



Nat. ser. 3. III. 20 (1845); Lindl Folia Orch., Epid. p. 27. 



Cattleya micrantha Klotztvh ex Beichb. j. Xenia Orch. I 

 136 (1856). 



Epidendrum sarcoglossum A. Bich. ex Beuhli. J. in Saund. 

 Bef. Bot. II. sub tab. 87 (1869). 



Rhizoma robustiusculum, elon^atum, leviter ramosutu, plus miuusve 

 tortuosuin, crebre articulatum, squamis scariosis brevibus abrupt* arutis 

 arete adpressis fulvis vel pallida fuse is w-stitum. Pskudobui.bi en*cti vel 

 ascendeules, recti vel plus miuusve areuati, loogJtmUnmlitof lev iter pluri- 

 suleati, deinum audi, basi .\\% attcnuati et pluri - annulati 27t— 5 em. 

 lon«?i, 5 — 12 mm. crassi ; squamae arete vaginuntea, imbi icatac, acutius- 

 culae, laeves, pallide atramineac, supcriores 2—3 em., latcrioiea vix 1 cm. 

 longae. Folia erecta, recta vel superne b-vitcr rccurva, basi < <>n«luplicata, 

 8iiperue plana vel leviter eoncava, uninervia el leu inter inulhncrvulosa, 

 utrinque intense viridia, 10 — 18 cm. longa, G — 14 mm. lata, nervo aiediano 

 supra leviter canaliculato, subtus satis promineote fere carinato. PlDOV* 

 CUl.ua communis Kit is gracilis, rrectus, rectus vel leviter arcuatus, intense 

 vindis, 3 — 10cm. longus; pedicelli erecti, graciles, breves, annulati, papillis 

 tenuissimis brevissimisque deusiuscule vestiti B*aCTKak eic< tae, azures ... 

 laeves, pallide straraineae, 2 — 2'/» CIO . longae. Fi.oiik.s patuli, aauveolen 

 Ovarium lineari-clavatum, leviter areuatuiu, trigonun et (ere tn.ilaiuui, 

 ', cum pedicello circiter l'/t cm. longum. SKPA.LA sulpburea pallide 

 flava vel interdum fere alba, subtiliter 5-uervia, lb* — 20 mm. long*, 

 2 1 /* — 3 mm. lata, dorsale satis concavum superne leviter incurvum, latc- 

 ralia subplana superne satis recti rva. Petaj.a erecta, carnosula, subplana, 

 paulo obliqua, pallide flava, 10 — 12 mm. lon^a, circiter 3 mm. lata. 

 Labellum ad medium ilavum caeterum Aavetoeoe, inferne erect urn satii 

 concavum, superne patulo-recurvum subennvexmn , 11-10 mm. Ionium, 

 2 1 /*— 3 mm. latum. Column* a erecta, superne paulo incut \ a, aotice Canal l- 

 cnlata, pallide flavo-viridis, 7 — 8 mm. longa. Capsula peifecia ignota. 



Habitat in Surinami sylvis ma.rimis inter Saramaca et Copinami : 

 Kegel n. 1451; in Cost n- Rica ad Turialba : Wcndland ; in Guatemala: 

 Skinner; ad Mazatenanyo : Bernoulli n. U56 ; in Mexico prope Oarara : 

 Leibold, Ehretibcrg , S<hiide , Juryensem n 75s, Galeotti n. 5114, Li<b- 

 man ; in prov. Vera-Cruz ad Miradores: Linden n. 210, Heller n. 87 et 1 1 1 ; 

 prope Orizaba: Bourgeau n. 2089. In Brasilia septcntrionali forsan adhuc 

 invenienda. — Floret Januario—Junio. 



B. Hymenochila Lindl. Folia Orchid. Epid. p. 3 et 9 

 (1853); Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 321 et 326; Benth. 

 et Hook. Gen. PI. 111. 529 ; Pfitz. in Engl, und Prantl, Nafurl. 

 Pflanzenjam. II. 6. p. 145 ; Veitch Man. Orch. part. VI. 83. 

 Labellura trilobatum , lobis lateralibus angustis, lobo inter- 



medio membranaceo, difformi, saepius multo raajore. 

 cies 3—32. 



Spe- 



n a t i i s . 



I. Labelli lob us inter medius acutissimus vel aenmi- 

 — Species 3—8. 



3. EPIDENDRUM CHLOROLEUCUM Hook, pseudo- 

 bulbis brevibus, oblongis, paulo compressis, apice dipbyllis, 

 squamis pluribus scariosis vaginatis; foliis coriaceis rigidisque, 

 lineari-ligulatis, apice rotundatis et obscure emarginatis; pe- 

 dunculo communi foliis aequilongo vel paulo longiore, vaginis 

 pluribus ininutis acutis valde distantibus vestito, apice racemoso, 

 laxe paucifloro; bracteis minutis, crasse coriaceis, late trian- 

 gulares, acutis, pedicellis multo brevioribus; floribus medio- 

 cribus, longiuscule pedicellatis ; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; 



Orchid. II. 



sepalis crassiuscuiis, aeqaalibos. anguste Imceolatis, acutis; 



fetalis cuneato-ligulatis, acutis. sepalo dorsali subaequilongis ; 

 labello carnosulo. sepalis lateralibus paulo hreviore, fere usque 

 ad basin libero, interne longiuscule lateque unguiculato, pro- 

 funde trilobato, lobis lateralibus lineari-ligulatis, obtusis, 

 ereetis. inllexis, lobo tenninali multo majore, elJjptico-ovato, 

 apice acuto vel breviter acuminata, margine crenulato-crispulo, 



venis incrassatis contiguis percurso, disco inferne obscure 



trilamellato, carina medio rhombeo impiessa per istbmum ; 

 columna breviuscula, subclavifonni , aj.ice auriculis obscuris 

 vel minutis obtusisoue instruct*. 



Ejiidcndrum chlorohucutn Hook ' in Bot Muq. tab. 3557 



(1837); Drapie*, Eneydogr, V. (Bot, Mag.), Mors, uy. 2; 

 Lindl. Folio Orch., Epid. ;». 13; Reichb.f. in Noderl. Kruidk 



Anh IV. 322 (,./,/. s !t n. Focke), w Walp. Ann Bot. VI /. 



in Linnoto, XLI 130; Ihu/mrtn. Man. dm. des Pl.JV 426, 



Epidendrum ddoranthum Lindl. ! in Bot. Beg, XXIV. 

 Mis, p. 25 (1838) it in Hook. Load. doom, oj Bot, 11. 671. 



Uaiu( i numcrosue, dense fsseieulat.ic, elongatae . natiw graeilea. 

 eiuefaae, leviter llexuosae. l'sirjxmiuij ereeti, obscure snbati, basi paulo 

 Ittenuati, pallid i, 3 — 4 em loOfi, 7-Khum. <t.is-i Foi.ia ei la, strieta. 

 basi breviter sub00lldO})lieata, kiijmtik' jilana \e] levitei eotieaxa, umiiervia 

 et subtilitrr mult m< rvulosa, atrilique intense viridia, 15 — 24 em. longa, 

 8 — 12 mm. lata, nervo mediano supra levitei eaoalieulato, subtUN paulo 

 promiuente. l'i in \( i 1.1 | eommunis gracilis, eiectus, inf«rne re<tus vel 

 paulo llexuosus, apice leviter £ciiiculuto-f1cxuoNitt , teretiuseulus, viridis, 

 l , /»~2 , /i dm. longus; pcdieelli patentisMini, ^raeiles, leviter areuati, 



teiefiust -till , glabrf, laeves, eiMiter 1 (in. longi. Hhac'TKAK patentissimae, 



laeves, l'/i — 2 mm. longae. Flan. is plus minusv< patuli, inodori. Ovarium 

 lineari-clavatum , obttltfl trigmiiiin , 1« \ 1 1 « r airualum, Mtide, 5 — 6 mm. 

 longum. Si I'M. A p. ii ula, subplana, t< muter 7-n<f\ia, basi s.itis attenuata, 

 pallidr Viridia, iniinaeulata, 13 14mm. lon^a 8— S'/l »»»"» b<'-» IViai.a 

 jiatula, plana, sulunrmbranaeea, subtilitei 5-ner\ la, basi anguste ungiiif ulata, 

 pallida viridia, 12 — 13 mm. long.i, 3 , /t— 4 mm. lata. I^ahki.hm erect urn, 

 satis concavum, tenuiter plorinarvuloHum, album, 11 — 12 mm. bmgum. 



COLOMVA (irda, recta vel vix incurva, s«Mui-cyhmlri<a, aniice canaliculata, 

 pallide viridis, b— 7 mm. lon^a Cai*SCL4 nutans, fusca, obbmga, basi 

 apiceque leviter attenuata et acuta , obtuse trigona, leviter 6-costata, 

 25 — 27 mm. lonua. 1 cm. craKsa. 



Var. p. PUSCO-LUTBUM Begel, Index Sem, Hort. Petrop. 



1857. p. 29. 



Flores fusco-lutei. 



Habitat in Guiana anglica ad Demerara : J. Allcard y Schomburgk, 

 Jenman n. 591; in sylvis humidi* Surinami supra a r bores prope Para- 

 maribo, Vaderzons et Cassepoerehnk: Kegel n. 484 et 874 — Var. (3. In 

 Mexico Hccund. Kegel, loc. cit. — In Brasilia sept entrionali forsan adhuc 

 invenienda. — Floret Augusto— Novembri. 



4. EPIDENDRUM YAUAPERYENSE Barb. Rodr. 

 pseudobulbis elongato-conicis, paulo compressis, apice diphyllis, 

 squamis pluribus scariosis demum laceris vestitis; foliis 

 coriaceis, lineari-ligulatis, acutis; pedunculo communi foliis 

 aequilongo vel paulo longiore, inferne longe nudo, apice pani- 

 culato, laxe plurifloro; bracteis minutissimis; floribus medio- 

 cribus, breviter pedicellatis ; ovario glaberrimo, laevi ; sepalis 

 crassiusculis, subaequilongis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis; petal is 



cuneato-oblongis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, sepalo dor- 

 sali subaequilongis; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus satis 

 breviore, usque ad basin libero, basi brevissime et latiuscule 



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