63 



OROniDACEAE 



EPIDENDRUM. 



64 



nun 



areiiie leviter undulato, pluries costato, disco late crasseque 



bilameliato; columna breviuscula, claviformi, apice breviter 

 lateque bialata. 



Epidendrum dichromum Limit! in Bot. Begist. XXIX. 



Mi 



Cull, of Orch. 113 (E. decromum); Ducharlre, Man. Gen. des 



Walp 



Chron. 1866 p 219 el in Linnaea. XLI. 130; Bu Buyss. 

 L'Orchid. 335; Godejr.-Leb. L' Orchidoph. 1881-82. p. 150, 

 1887. p 304; Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 



152 



(1883); Nichols. Bid. of Gard. I. 513; Veiich, Man. Orch. 



PI. part VI. 95; Wat 



Orchids. 240; Stein, Orchideenh. 



228; Bois, Les Orch. 77; L. Lind. Les Orch. Exot. 759; 

 Williams, Orch Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 382, Journ. des Orch. 



VII, 209. 



Epidendrum Guesnelianum Hort. ex Henshatt, The Cult. 



of Orch. 113 (1845). 



1'seudobulbi erecti vel ereeto-patuli, leviter arcuati, saturate virides, 

 primum laeves, demum loDgitudinaliter plurisnlcati, 6— 12 cm. longi, 2V« ad 

 4 em. crassi. Folia erecta superue interdam plus minusve recurva, basi 

 subconduplicata, intense viridia, uninervia et obscure multinervulosa, 

 l l /j— 2 l /« dm. longa, l 1 /*— 3 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profundiuscule 

 eanaliculato, subtus satis prominente. Pedunculus communis satis gracilis, 

 teretiusculus, erectus, rectus vel superne plus minusve nutans, pallide 

 viridis, superue saepius 6— 8-florus, 3— 7 dm. longus; pedicelli patuli, 

 graciles, paulo flexuosi vel leviter arcuati, laeves, 2—3 cm. longi. Bracteae 

 patulae, rigidae , semiamplexicaules, 2— 4 mm. longae. Flores odorati. 

 Ovarium lineari-clavatum, obtuse trigonum, leviter arcuatum , pallidum, 

 10—12 mm. longum. Sepala patentissima, plana vel paulo concava, 

 alba, 22—25 mm. longa, 7—9 mm. lata, lateralia paulo obliqua. Petala 

 patentissima, carnosnla, leviter asymmetrica, tenuiter multinervia, alba, 

 21 — 23 mm. longa, superne 11 — 13 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, satis 

 concavum, 21 — 24 mm. longum, roseum , basi flavescens et velutinum, 

 lobo terminali subplano, lobis lateralibns erecto-incurvis, margine antice 

 reflexo. Columna erecta, vix incurva, obtuse trigona, antice leviter con- 

 cava, alba, circiter 1 cm. longa, alis leviter incurvis. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Var. p. striatum Beichb.j. in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 218; 

 Du Buyss. L Orchid, 335; Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XX. 152; Stein, Orchideenh. 228; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 382. 



Sepala PETALAque alba, venis radiantibns intense purpureas ornata. 



Var. ?. amabile Batem. in Bot. Mag. tab. 5491 (1865), 

 Second Cent. Orch. tab. 112; Williams, Orch. Alb. X. tab. 452, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 382. 



Epidendrum amabile Godefroy in L! Orchidoph. 1887. 

 p. 304, cum tab. col. (non Linn, nee Reichb. j.). 



Racemi multiflori. Sepala PETALAque pallide rosea et inferne dilute 

 lntea. Labelli lobi laterales purpurei, extus flavo-striati ; lobus terminalis 

 pnrpureo-kermesinus, anguste albo-margiuatus et intense purpureo-liueatus. 



Var. 8. biflorum Cogn. 



Tabula nostra XIX. Fig. I (habitus cum analyst). 



Epidendrum biflorum Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. I 52 (1877). 



Racemi usque 1 m. alti, erecti, apice saepius biflori. Sepala pe- 

 TALAque pallide roseo-lilacina. Labellum interne pallide roseum lobis 

 lateralibns apice purpureas, lobo terminali purpureo, margine albo et lineis 

 ramosis intense purpureis ornato. 



Habitat in prov. Pemambuco: Quesnel; in prov. Bahia : Blanchet 

 n. 1520, 1703 et 1917 ; in prov. Minns Geraes: St. Hilaire B' bis n. 76, 

 Langsdorjf. Etiam in Surinam sylvis humidis seats flum. Saramaccam 

 prope Maviepaston: Kegel n. 1354. - Var. p. In Brasilia loco hand 

 indicate: Hort. — Var. y. In prov. Bahia: Hugh Low. — Var. 8. In 

 prov. Bahia ad Sertdo dos Lengoes: Barbosa Rodri<jucs. - 

 Martio—Maio. 



Floret 



27. EPIDENDRUM OSMANTHUM Barb. Rodr. pseu- 

 dobalbis elongato-obpiriforniibus, leviter compressis, apice 

 mono— diphyllis, junioribus squamis paucis scariosis vaginan- 

 tibus vestitis demum denudatis; foliis valde coriaceis, lineari-lan- 



s 



ceolatis, apice acutiusculis, basi condupliuatis, caeterum planiui 

 culis; pedunculo communi foliis multo longiore, interne vaginis 

 pluribus brevibus scariosis pallidis acutiusculis valde dis- 

 tantibus vestito, superne simplici vel rarius leviter ramoso 

 plurifloro; bracteis brevissimis, coriaceis margine late scariosis, 

 late triangularibus, obtusis; floribus majusculis, patulis, Ion- 

 giuscule pedicellatis; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis car- 

 nosis, subaequilongis, anguste obovatis, obtusis, apice leviter 

 incrassatis, tenuiter 11-nerviis; petalis late ovato-quadrangulis, 

 distincte unguiculatis, apice obtusis vel subrotundatis, sepalo 

 dorsali vix brevioribus; labello submembranaceo, sepalis late- 

 ralibus circiter aequilongo, usque ad basin vel fere usque ad 

 basin libero, brevissime lateque unguiculato, profunde trilobato 

 sinubis latiusculis obtusisque, lobis lateralibus magnis, sub- 

 orbicularibus, margine integerrimis, lobo terminali longiure 

 et duplo latiore, late subrotundato , apice profundiuscule 

 emarginato, margine crispulo, disco costis duplicibus crassis 

 basi apiceque confluentibus munito dein tenuiter breviterque 

 5-costulato; columna breviuscula, subclaviformi, basi antice 

 foveolata; apice biauriculata, auriculis latis subquadrangulis 

 antice porrectis. 



Tabula nostra XIX. Fig. U (analysis). 



Epidendrum osmanthum Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. II. 134 (1882); Bolfe in Orch. Bev. IV. 291. 



Epidendrum Godseffianum Bolfe! in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 XL 136 (Januar. 1892); L Orchidoph. 1892. p. 289; Orch. 

 Bev. II. 323; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 385. 



Epidendrum Capartianum L. Lind.! in Lindenia VI L 93. 

 tab. 333 (July 1892); Journ. des Orch. VII. 209; L. Lind. 

 Orchid. Exot. 758; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 380. 



Pseudobulbi erecti vel erecto patuli, longitudinaliter leviter sulcati, 

 basi late subrotundati, apice breviuscule attenuati, priinum laete virides, 

 demum fuscescentes , 8—12 cm. longi, inferne 4—5 cm. crassi. Folia 

 erecta vel erecto-patula, crassiuscula, intense viridia, uninervia et obscure 

 plurinervulosa, 22-47 cm. longa, 3—4 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra pro- 

 fundiuscule eanaliculato, subtus satis prominente. Pedunculus communis 

 erectus, satis gracilis, teretiusculus, viridis et dilute purpureo-viuosus, 

 maculis numerosis minutissimis oblongis albidis notatus, 6—8 dm. et 

 interdam usque 15dm. longus; pedicelli patuli, graciles, recti vel paulo 

 arcuati, albo-virides, leviter compressi, 1— Vf% cm. longi; vacinae trian- 

 gulares, pallide fulvae, tenuiter multineivulosae, inferiores 1 cm. longae, 

 superiores breviores; bracteae purpurascentes, patulae, 3—4 mm. longae. 

 Flores snaveolentes. Ovarium obscure trigonum, rectum vel leviter 

 arcuatum, albido-viride et dilute purpureo - viuosum, l l /i cm. longum. 

 Sepala patentissima vel subreflexa, inferne satis attenuata, fiavo-viridia 

 et dilute purpureo-vinosa obscure multi-venosa, basi flavescentia; dorsale 

 23— 24 mm. longum et 12 mm. latum; lateralia vix obliqua, 22- 23 mm. 

 longa et 10—11 mm. lata. Petala patentissima, carnosula, paulo con- 



