65 



0RCHIDACEA1 



EPIDENDRUM 



G6 



cava, tenniter moltinervia m-rvis ranms,.. ,,,„,„ ..v,,,.....,^.,, bam v,|,l, 



attennata, purpnreovinoaa el obscure flavo-veww „„,•!,„• flavwcrntia, 

 21— 22 mm. Ion-.,, 14-16 mm. lata Labku.u* erect urn, patiK .... 



2*/i cm. longum, hasi albo-fiaveecens , caeterum album el leviter dilute 

 rosenra, lobis lateralibus erect is et leviter incurvi* trailer brevit, ,ue 

 pnrpnreo-lineatia, loho terminali sub piano liueii Lougitadmalibai *au. 

 uumerosis leviter ramoaia pnrpnreo-Wolaceis oruato. Coluuva erecto, sub- 

 recta, seinicylindrica, dorso rotundata, 1 cm. longa, infe.ue fUvoviridia, 

 supeme davex-ens Anthbha anperae sub plana, flavo-aoranUaca, Ca.-m ..a 

 periecta ignota. 



Habitat in sylvis supra arbores ad Casa dt Pfdra propc 8. J<*i 

 d'El Rey prow Minus Grraes ; Barbosa RodmjutH; m proc Ptrmntdmco: 

 Hort. Sander.; in Brasilia loco hand ind«<tto: Hurt Linden. — Floret 

 Septembri. 



28. EPIDENDRUM [ONOSMUM Lwdl. pseudobulbia 

 subglobosis, apice di— triphyllis; foliia coriaceia, oblongo-lan 

 ceolatis, apice attenuates et obtusiuacnlia ; peduueulo communi 

 foliia multo longiore, interne vaginis plaribus scariosia pallidia 

 acutis valde distantibus vestito. Buperne simplici lax<- pauci- 

 floro; bracteis brevissimis , craaae coriaceia, marline mi1»- 

 scariosis, late triangularibua , acutis; Boriboa mediocribua, 

 breviuscule pedicellatis ; ovario gtaberrimo, laevi; aepalis 

 crassiuscule carnosis, aeqailonids, anguste obovatis, l<»u<:m<- 

 cule unguiculatis, apice rotundatii el minute apiculatia, obscure 

 multinerviis ; petalis late obovatis vd auborbicularibus, longe 

 angusteque unguiculatis, apice late rotundatia et obscure api- 

 culatis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongia; labello aubmembranacoo, 

 sepalis lateralibus aub&equilongo , fere usque ad basin libero, 

 breviter lateque unguiculato, profunda trilobato ainabua latius- 

 culis obtusisque, lobis lateralibus elongatia, oblique oblongia, 

 apice rotundatia et leviter undulato-snbdenticulatia caeterom 



margine integerriniis, lobo terminali majore, late obovato vel 

 subrotundato, apice leviter emarginato, margine undulato- 

 crispulo subcrenulato, disco costis duplicibus crassis basi apiceque 

 confluentibus superne acutis subcristatis munito; columna 

 longiuscula, subclaviformi, basi antice anguste foveolata, apice 

 minute anguste acuteque biauriculata. 



Epidendrum ionosmum Lindl.l in Bot. liegist. XXIV. 

 Misc. p. 49 (1$38), Folia Orchid., Epid. p 24; A. Rich, in 

 Ramon de la Sagra, Fl. Cub., Faner. II. 236; Duchartre, 

 Man. Gen. des PI IV. 428; Reichb. /. in Walp. Ann. Bot VI. 

 342; Hentsl in Gard Chron. new ser. XX. 2<>4 (1883); Rolfe 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. III. 716 (1888); Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI part. VI. 103; Stein, Orchideenb. 232: L. Linden Orch. 

 Exot. 761; Journ. des Orch. VII. 220. 



Encyclium ionosmum „Lindl". ex Stein, Orchideenb. 232 



(1892). 



Pseudobclbi 4 — 5 cm. crassi. Folia erecta, rigidiuscula, intense 

 viridia, basi subeonduplicata caeterum subplana, nniuervia et ten niter mnlti- 

 nervulosa, 8— 25 cm. longa, V/t — 8 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra leviter 

 canaliculato, subtus satis prominente. Pkdi ncui.cs communis ereems vel 

 snperne plus minusve nutans, gracilis, teretiusculus vel obscure quadran<:ulus, 

 pallide virdis; pepickj.u patuli, graciles, teietiusculi, pallide virides, 1 ad 

 V/% cm. longi; TAG IK A K laxiusculae, su peine triangulares, subtiliter striatae, 

 inferiores 10—12 mm. longae, superiores multo breviores; ubactbab patulae, 

 rigidae, fuscae margine pallidae, fere amplexicaules, 2—3 mm. longae. 

 Flours suaveolentes , patuli. Ovaricm obscure trigonum , tenuissime 

 6-sulcatum, pallide viride, plus minusve arcuatum, circiter 1 cm. longmu. 

 Srpala patent issim a vel plus minusve reflexa, satis concava, viridi-fusca, 

 margine interdum flavescentia, 19 — 20 mm. longa, 9 mm. lata, laterals 









paulo obliqaa. l'mi\ pateatiaaima vel r*e< i, earn a panlo aeym- 



laetri levitereoticara, obseun D>ultinervul< .. viridi fu-.a margmr Attguati 

 flavw uii.«. IS mm longa, tu n« 9 mm. Lata. Lai -cm < - turn, satis 

 concavum, fl.iv^nceoa, 18 19 mm lon>fnm. lobw iaferae teoaiter porpareo 

 multisiiiat.s. laleralibufl columiiam amplecteotibui spic« paialia. Ooi.ckva 

 erecta, rix iucuna, ialerne levity i at ten uata, dorso uIhum* carinata, Kofori 

 pallide ri rid is, mi pern e cauescens, 12mm lomja Anjhika mtvo-anrmatiaca. 

 I u'-i i \ perfect! tgnotau 



ILilnt.it in Brasilia loco hand tndu.ito; Thoma* Spencer. Ktiam 



in Quia n a anglica ad Ihmerora: Loddiaet, 



29. KPIDENDRUM ATROPURPUREOM Willi. 



paeadobol bis late ovoideis, paolo compressia, ag^regatta, apice 

 di — triphyllis, jomoribaa laevibus >quamis paucia acariotia Im- 

 bricatia raginantibua demum valde laceratia reatitis, vetaa- 

 tioribua denudatia el longit4idiaaliter irrt^ulariter aalcatia 

 foliia coriaceia, lisnilato-oblonfia, apice acatii vel acutiuaculia 

 pedunrulo communi foliia motto lotiKioiv, interne va^iaia pluri 

 bus bn'\ii.iis acarioaia palltdis obtuaia vald< ItalaiiUbUh vestito, 

 Buperoe simplici vel ratiaaime \ i\ ramono laxe paud plorifloro; 

 brarteia breviaaimia, coriaceia marline iiitardam leviter scan- 

 oaia, late triangularibua, obtuaia; floribua mt-ms, patulin; 

 ov.trin flaberrimOi laevi; aepaliK rarnosis. aeijuiiongis, oblongo- 

 spaihulatis, apice aubrotondatia et apiralatia, tenoiter niulti- 

 nerviia; petal ia anguste obovatU, baai lon^e anguateque augai- 



culatis, apice iutiui(lati> ct minute apiculatis, sepalo dorsali 



aubaequilongia ; labello aubmembranaeeo, sepalis lateralibus 

 aatia longiore, aaque ad baain libero, breviter lateque angui* 

 culato, profunda trilobato ainubua obtuaius ulis angu Laque, 

 lobia margine integerrimiK, lateralibua oblong is apioe obtusis 

 vel rotundatia, terminali multo longiore et latiore, late obovato 

 vel subrotundato, baai leviter unguiculato, apice dtatincte 

 emarginato, margine leviter andulato, diaci callo bilineat^ob 

 aoleto; columna longiuacula, claviformi, a basi ad apieem 



latiuseule bialata. 



Epidendrum alropurpureum WiUd.f Spec. W. IV US 

 (1805); Pers Syn. PI. 11.518; 8prtng Syd Veget III. 736; 

 Rekhb. f. in Bonpl II 19 et $81 (1854), in FL det Serres* 



IX 102, in Walp. Ann. Hot. VI 344, lintr. Orch. (\n1r, 



Atner. 38, tel 81; Da Buys*. UOrdUdepk 33$; Hemd. Bid. 



('< nir.-Amer. Bet. Ill 226, in Gard Chron. new §cr. XX 42 



(1883) ; Nickel* Diet of Gard 1.612; WMimm, Orch Alb. IV. 

 tab 149, Orch. Grow Mao. edit. 7. p. 378; Godefroid in 

 UOrchidoph, 1889. p. 76: Veitch . Mem. Orch. PI. part VI 

 96; Watson, Orchids, 238; Stem, Orchideenb. 223; B . I. 



Orch* 76; L. Lind. Les Orch. Exot. 738; Journ. des Orch. 



VII. 209. 



Hdleborine fleribus cUrcpurpurcis Plum Nor. VI Gen. ** 



(1703), PI. Amor. edit. Burm. tab. 178. fig. 1. 



Cyndndinm cordi<j> rum Kunthf in Humb. d Bonpl Nov. 



Gen et 8p. PI I. 341 (1815); Spi ng Sff$t. Vget. III. 725; 



Lindl Gen. and Spec Orrh. 169. 



Epidendrum aurojturpureum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 99 



(1831). 



Epidendrum macrochilum Hook! m Bet Mug. tab. 3334 



(1836), Gent. Orch. tab. 18; Drapiez, Encydogr. IV. Novemb. 

 1836 (Bot. Mag.), fig. 7; Lindl. in Bot. Beg. XXVI Misc. 



