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ORCHID ACEAE : EPIDENDRUM. 



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20 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, lateralia vix obliqua. Petala patula, mem- 

 branacea, paulo obliqua, leviter eonvexa, temiiter 5-nervia, straiuinea, 

 16-18 mm. longa, 2-2 1 |« mm. lata. Labellum ereetum, satis convexum, 

 iu ferae margine revolutum, albo-flavesceus, basi liueis brevibus purpureis 

 omatum, 12-14 mm. lougum, ad medium 3-4 mm. latum. Columna 

 erecta, recta vel vix incurva, trigona dorso obtuso, albo-flavescens, usque 

 ad medium cum labello connata, 6 mm. longa. Anthbra. flava , apice 

 distiucte sulcata. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in Brasilia austro-orientalilocohaudindicato: Sella n. 5452 

 in Herb. BeroL; in prov. Minas Geraes prope Diamantina: Martins in 

 Herb. Monac. — Floret Maio. 



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III. Racemi pauciHori, foliis satis breviores. — Species 



44-50. 



44. EPIDENDRUM PENTOTIS Reichb. f. pseudo- 

 bulbis elongatis, leviter fusiformibus, satis compressis, juni- 

 oribus vaginis paucis magma membranaceis apice«obtusiusculis 

 pallidis vestitis, apice diphy His ; foliis majusculis, subcoriaceis, 

 anguste ligulato-oblongis , obtusis, interne longe attenuatis; 

 pedunculo communi foliis breviore, paucifloro, basi spathis 

 duabus satis parvis inaequalibus subcoriaceis obtusiusculis 

 lateraliter valde compressis dorso subcarinatis incluso; floribus 

 majusculis, breviter pedicellatis; ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis 

 carnosulis, aequilongis, ligulato-lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, 

 obscure 7— 9-nervulosis; petalis lanceolatis subspathulatis, 

 acutis vel breviter acuminatis, breviter angusteque ungui- 

 culatis, sepalo dorsali paulo brevioribus; labello supero, car- 

 noso, sepalis lateralibus multo breviore, indiviso, ovato- 

 trianguio, subcordato, basi utrinque obtuse auriculato, apice 

 acutiusculo, disco basi bicalloso, callis laevissimis depressis, 

 canali interjecto; columna breviuscula, crassiuscula, claviformi, 

 apice obtuse trilobata, lobo postico dente membranaceo 3—5- 

 denticulato anteposito, denticulo medio porrecto. 



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Epidendrum pentotis Reichb. f. in Linnaea XLI. 81 

 (1877) ; Hernsl. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 573 (1883); 

 Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 302. 



Pseudobulbi erecti , recti vel paulo arcuati, pallide virides, laeves, 

 basi apiceque leviter attenuati, 1—2 dm. longi , ad medium 1— P/2 cm. 

 longi. Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, mollia, basi articulata et sub- 

 condnplicata caeterum snbplana vel paulo concava, pallide viridia, uninervia 

 et temiiter multinervulosa, circiter 2 dm. longa, 2—272 cm. lata, nervo 

 mediano supra profundi uscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente basi 

 carinato. Peduxculus communis erectus; spathae basilares arete ad- 

 pressae, rigidiusculae, laeves, pallidae, 27a— 3 1 /* cm. longae. Pedicelli 

 graciles, recti, subtrigoni, 6— 8 mm. longi. Flores lutei. Ovarium liueari- 

 clavatuin, acute trigouum, rectum vel paulo arcuatum, pallide viride, 10 

 ad 12 nim. longa iu. Sepala patula, paulo flexuosa, leviter concava, basi 

 satis attenuate, circiter 4cm. longa, 6—7 mm. lata. Petala patula, car- 

 nosula, vix asymmetriea, snbplana, obscure 7— 9-nervulosa, 3 l /2 cm. longa, 

 7 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, valde concavum, auriculis basilaribus 

 incurvis, crassiuscule 9— 11-nervium, nervis rectis radiatis purpureis, 18 ad 

 20 miu. longura, 12-13 mm. latum. Columna erecta, recta, obtuse tri- 

 gona, albo-flavescens, usque ad medium cum labello connata, 8 mm. longa, 

 basi 3 mm. crassa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Geraes: Hort. Linden. 



45. EPIDENDRUM PRA GRANS Swartz: pseudobulbis 

 breviusculis, anguste fusiformibus, satis compressis, basi 2 ad 

 3 articulatis, junioribus vaginis paucis majusculis membranaceis 



apice acutis pallidis vestitis, vetustioribus denudatis, apice 

 monophyllis; foliis majusculis, coriaceis, ligulato-oblongis, ob- 

 tusis vel interdum acutis; pedunculo communi foliis satis 

 breviore, simplici, satis gracili, leviter compresso, basi spatha 

 mediocri submembranacea obtusiuscula lateraliter valde com- 

 pressa dorso acute carinata incluso, superne laxiuscule pauci 

 plurifloro; bracteis minutis, triangularibus vel triangulari- 

 lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis; floribus mediocribus, 

 breviter pedicellatis; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis sub- 

 coriaceis, aequilongis , lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, 

 tenuiter multinerviis; petalis ovato- lanceolatis, longiuscule 

 acunynatis, breviuscule angusteque unguiculatis, sepalo dorsali 

 paulo brevioribus ; labello supero, carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus 

 satis breviore , indiviso , saepius late ovato-subrotundato, 

 longiuscule acuminato, basi crasse calloso; columna brevi, 

 satis gracili, subclaviformi, apice obtuse trilobata, lobo postico 

 dente membranaceo longiusculo acuto anteposito. 



Epidendrum fragrans Swartz Prodr. Veg. hid. Occ. 123 

 (1788), in Schrad. Journ. Bot 11. 210, in Act Tips. VI. 67, 

 Fl hid. Occid. 111. 1487; Willd, Spec. PI IV. 114; Pers. Syn. 

 PI. II 5 IS; Andrews, Bot. Rep. X. tab. 645.; R.Br, in Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. edit. 2. V. 218; Bot. Mag. tab. 1039 ; Spreng. Syst. 

 Veget. Ill 735; Lodd. Bot Cab. tab. 1039 ; hindl. Gen. and Sp. 

 Orch. 97, in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. II. 671, Folia Orch., 

 Epid. 39 et 95, Orch. PI. Cub. 7, in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1858. p. 331; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. II tab. 217; Meisser, Misc. 

 Bot. 1838. tab. 95 ; Gardn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. I 

 542; Mutely Mem. sur. plus. Orch. Nouv. T e part. 6. tab. 1. 

 fig. 7 ; Reichb. f. Orch. Europ. tab. 4. fig. 1 — 7, in Linnaea. 

 XXV. 243, in Bonplandia, II 20, in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 357; Buchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 432; Griseb. Fl. Brit 

 W.-Ind. Isl. 615, Cat. PL Cub. 262; Sauvalle, Fl. Cub. 228; 

 L'Orchidcph. 1882—83. p. 439; Hemsl. Biol. Centr.Amer. Bot. 

 Ill 231, in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 204 (1883); Barb. 



Rodr. Struct, des Orch. 



Man 



part VI. 100; Stein, Orchideenb. 230; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 

 760; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit, 7. p. 385; Loesener in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIII 111; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 

 301; Journ. des Orch. VII 253. 



Epidendrum cochleatum Curt, in Bot: Mag. tab. 152 (1791, 



non Linn). 



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Epidendrum aemiilum Reichb. f. in Nederl: Kruidk. Arch. 

 IV. 332 (1859), in Linnaea XLI 130 (non Lindl). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum, robustiuscnlum, plus minusve tortuosum, 

 fuscum, creberrime articulatum, ramosum, radicibus numerosis, elongatis, 

 satis gracilibus, flexuosis , albidis. Pseudobulbj erecti vel ascendentes, 

 recti vel leviter arcuati, virides, laeves, utrinque satis attenuati praecipue 

 ad basin, ^—l dm. longi, 1— 172 cm. crassi. Folia saepius erecta, superne 

 interdum leviter recurva, rigidiuscula, basi articulata et subconduplicata, 

 caeterum plana vel leviter concava, utrinque intense viridia, uninervia et 

 tenuiter multinervulosa, 1— 2Va dm. longa, 2-37* cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profiinde canaliculato, subtus satis prominente basi carinato. Pe- 

 dunculus communis erectus, rectus vel leviter flexuosus, viridis, 4—11 cm. 

 longus; spatha basilaris arete adpressa, laevis, pallide viridis, 2— 5 cm. 

 longa. Pedicelli erecti vel erecto-patuli, graciles, recti vel paulo arcuati, 

 angulato-sulcati , 4— 6 mm. longi. Bracteae carnosulae, erecto-patulae, 

 satis concavae, virides, 2—5 mm. longae. Flores erecto-patuli, suaveolentes. 

 Ovarium lineari-clavatum, acute trigonum superne breviter trialatum, 



