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OBCHIDAGEAE 



EPIDENDRUM. 



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superiore: Xolte ; m Guiana angiica: Jenman n. 5916. // F Talbot; a 

 Demerora seen* /turn. Corentyn. Cuyumi et Guyana, et nd Berlin 



Sdumburgk n. 195; in insula Trinitatis; Herb. Bot Hard TrimL — 

 Floret Xovcmbri — Ju n io. 



6. EPIDENDRUM ODORATISSIMUM Lindl pseudo- 

 bulbis brevibus, ovoideis, non vel paulo compress w, apice 

 diphyllis vel interdum triphyllis, junioribus squarois pluribus 

 scariosis vaginantibus demum plus minusve laceris vestiti>. 

 vetustioribus nudis; foliis coriaceis et rigidiuscnlis, lineari- 

 loratis, apice obtusiusculis et saepius oblique leviterque emar- 

 ginatis; pedunculo communi foliis leviter vel satis longiore, 

 inferne vaginis pluribus minutis membranaceis pallidis obtdftU 

 satis distantibus vestito, superne panieulato, laxe pluri— multi- 

 tioro; bracteis brevissi mis , crasse coriaceis, margine mem- 

 branaceis, late subrotundatis, apice obtusis; floribus medi<>- 



cribus, breviuscule pedicellatis ; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; 

 sepal is 



siusculis, aequilongis, oblongis, dortalJ obtuiucalo, 



lateralibus abrupte acutis; petal is obofftto-cuneatis, obtusis, se- 



palo dorsali subaequilongis; labellocarnosulo, sepalis lateralibus 



vix breviore, usque ad basin libero, breviuscule lateqne ungui- 

 culato, profunde trilobato, margine integeirimo, lobis latera- 

 libus ligulato-oblongis, apice obtusis vel subrotundatis, inferne 

 columnam amplectentibus, apice oblique patentibus, lobo ter- 

 minali multo majore, late suborbiculari, apice apiculato, disci 

 callo elevato acuminata medio excavato lamina lateral! sen 

 plica utrinque adjecta prope basin; columna brevius< ula, clavi- 

 formi, apice dilatata et breviter bialata, alia latis obtusis 

 incurvis; anthera apice leviter retusa. 



Tabula nostra XII (habitus cum analyst). 



Epidendrum odoratissimum Lindl.! in Bot. Beg, XV 11 

 tab. 1415 (1831), Gen. and Sp. Orch. 99, Folia Orel,.. Epid. 

 p. 12; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PL IV. 426; Hichh. / in 

 Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 330, in Wawra, If in. Coburg. II. 85; 

 Warm. Symh. ad Fl. Bras. Centr. part. XXIX. 844 ; Barb. 

 Rodr. Struct, des Orch. tab. 2. fig. 3 — 4 ; Stein, Orchideenb. 234. 



Macradenia lutescens Lodd. Bot. Cabin, tab. 1556 (non 



R. Br.). 



Encyclia patens Hook.! in Bot. Mag. tab. 3013 (1830) 



(non Epidendrum patem Swart z, 1799). 



Epidendrum glutinosum Scheidw. in Allgem. Gartenz. 



1843. p. 110. 



Epidendrum Serronianum Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. L 50 (1877). 



Psecdobui.bi erecti vel ascendentes, longitudinaliter leviter vel ob- 

 scure aulcati, basi rotundati, apice paulo atteuuati, laevea, intense virides, 

 3 — 6 cm. longi, lVt— 2 1 /* cm. crassi. Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, 

 recta vel paulo arcuata, basi subconduplicata, superne plus minusve con- 

 cava, supra saturate viridia et nitida, snbtus paulo pallidiora, uninervia 

 et tenuiter multinervnlosa, 2 — 4 dm. longa, 1 — 2 cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profundiuscule canalicnlato, subtus satis prominente. Pedckculus 

 communis robustiusculus, erectus, rectus vel leviter flexuosus, teretius- 

 culus, viridis vel interdum dilute purpureus, 3—6 dm. longns, saepins 

 superne paulo ramosns, ramis brevibus, patulis vel erecto-patulis, simpli- 

 cibus; pedicelli graciles, patuli, pallide virides, paulo flexuosi, glabri, 

 laeves, circiter 1 cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, semiamplexicanles, pallidae 

 vel interdum purpurascentes, 1— 2mm. longae. FLOREspatentes, suaveolentes, 

 virides vel flavo-virides, saepius leviter dilute purpurascentes. Ovarii* 

 lineari-clavatum , obtuse trigonum, rectum vel paulo arcuatum, laete vel 



aaturati- Hlid*, cunlrt \ cat tottfQta. Si r*l.a pHt^ntiwima, plana vel 

 paulo conrava, tenuiter r«ti< ulato-7o< aria . inferm* leviter attrm.ata, 

 13—14 mm. looga, 4Vt — 6 mm. lata* IViai.a patentr ma, carnnMila, *ub- 

 plana, tminln reticulato-7— ^nerrU, inferse valde atienuaU, 12— 14 mm. 

 longa, Miperue 67t — 7 mm. lata. Lahki.lum erect ura , tenuiter roulti- 

 ncrvulosum, flavo-rfrtde, interdum leviter pur pnreo-striatum, 12— 13 mm. 

 longum, lobo terminali saepius piano. Oat una <-i.-ii:i, recta subtrigona, 

 aotioe leviter caualiculata, pallide viridis, 7—8 mm. long* Capscla 

 patula vel pendula, late oMongo-futi forum, basi aputque attenuate, acute 

 H-costata, leviter tricostaU, $*/• GKL longa, l 1 t cm. craae*. 



Var. p. CRISPDM Rcgd, Index Sem. llort. Ptiropol. 1856. 

 p. 19; Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. 17. 374 (1856). 



,J>iflert paiiirula r: ramis racenx sepali* pctalmque viridi- 



brunniis; labello citrino purpnu-o-Mnato venotto, 1c»)k> in termed io erftM." 



Habitat in prow ft Catharma: Frit: Muller; prope lilumennu ; 

 Dr. (iuill. Mullcr; !« prov. ftw de Jannro : Twcedie, Micrf n. 3544; 

 prop* BiO de Janeiro; Burchrll n. 99$$; ad Ku> d, .Janeiro rulta : 



Wawra n. 589; ud Serra 4a Qowea: Barbona J\ Irigueo; i*pr*e, Mwa* 



inacs; JiurrheU n 1105/22; ad Snm <h ItamU; 8dU n c 3(i7 ; prOpt 

 Caldnn: Rtanell *cr. JU. n 11'>1; ad LogOM Santa in sylvi* mpra ar~ 

 harm frequem ; Wartnin,;; m prov. Jiahia : Blanche! ; in Hramlta auntro- 

 ntah loco hand indicato : (ilazwa n 18514. Ktiam in (iuiana any/ira : 

 S(hombuffk n. Ui.'td; ad jlutn. Kssajurbo : Jenman n. 6354; m Novae 

 (iranatar prov. Antioania alt it. $00 - 800 w. : Lehmann n. 6S55. — Floret 

 Maio—Ocloltri. 



7. EPIDENDRUM PACHVANTHTM Lixdl. psendo- 

 bulbis ovatia, breribot, diphyllis; foliis coriaceia, rigid iuj»eilia% 



late ligulatis, apice oblique subrotundatis, dorso rotundatis, 

 marline leviter undulatis ; pedunculo communi foliis lottffiore, 



inferne vaginia pluribua minutis scariosis pallidis apice ab- 

 rupte acutis valde distantibus vestito, superne racemo>o, laxe 

 plurifloro; bracteis brevissimis . crasse coriaceis, margine 



anguste Bcarioafa, lata trlangularibua , apice obtusis vel ab- 



nipte acutis; floribus niajusculis, breviuscule pedicellatia ; 

 ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis crasse carnoaia, aequilongis, 

 oblongis, dorsali obtusiusculo, lateralibus acutis; petalis obo- 

 vato-oblongis, apice complicatis obtuaiaqne, aepalo dorsali sub- 

 aequilongis; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, 

 usque ad basin libero, breviuscule lateque unguiculato, pro- 

 funde trilobato, margine integerrimo, lobis lateralibus ligulato- 

 oblongis, apice oblique truncatis, ascendentibus, inferne colum- 

 nam semiamplectentibus, lobo terminal! multo majore, anguste 

 obovato, apice abrupte acuto, basi calloso trilineato convexo; 

 columna longiuscula, claviformi, apice dilatata et breviter 

 bialata, alis latis rotundatis incurvis. 



Epidendrum parhytmthum Lindl.! in Bot. Reg. XXIV. 

 Misc. p. 31 (1838), in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. II. 67 l y 

 Folia Orch., Epid. p. 10; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot VI. 326. 



Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, basi conduplicati, caeterum plana vel 

 leviter concava, uninervia et distincte multinervulosa, supra saturate viridia, 

 subtus paulo pallidiora, 2 dm. longa, 27—32 mm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra paulo impresso, subtus leviter prominente. Peduncciab communis 

 satis gracilis, erectus, paulo flexuosus, tore tin sail us, purpurascens, simplex; 

 pkdicklli satis graciles, en< lo-patuli , leviter flexuosi, purpurascentes, 

 cirtiUr 1cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, semiamplexicaules , fuscesccntes, 

 2— 3 mm. longae. Fi.oreh patuli. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, acutiuscule 

 trigonum, leviter arcuatum, 12— 15 mm. longum. Sktala patentissima, 

 rigida, plana vel paulo concava, tenuiter 7-nervia, inferne satis attennata, 



obscure viridia, superne dilute purpureo-fusca, 22— 23 mm. longa, I— Vft mm. 



M Eat. Gar n 



