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ORCHIDACEAK: EP1DENDRUM. 



foliis distichis, parvis, rigidiusculis , lineaiibus. obtusiuscule 

 longeque acuminatis, apice oblique emarginatis, basi sub- 

 amplexicaulibus et breviuscule vaginantibus; pedunoulo com- 

 muni foliis satis longiore, simplici vel rarius bifurcate, fili- 

 form!, erecto, basi spatha brevi incluso, fere usque ad basin 

 densiuscule raultifloro; bracteis subcoriaceis, anguste ovativ 

 acutis, crasse uninerviis, cucullatis, pedicellis paulo longi- 

 oribus; floribus distichis, minutis, brevissime pedicellatis; 

 ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis subaequilongis , subcoriaceis! 

 lineari-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis; petalis filiformibus, acutis, 

 margine integerrimis , sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; labello 

 infero, carnosulo , sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo , satis 

 concavo, indiviso, anguste ovato, apice acuto, margine utrinque 

 paulo infra medium unidentato caeterum integcrrimo, disco ad 

 basin venis elevatis instructo; columna breviuscula, gracili, 

 subclaviformi, clinandrio margine subtruncato. 



Epidendrum tome Limit.! in Hook. Journ of Bot. 111. 88 

 (1841), Folia Orch., Epidendr. 84 ; Reichb. j. m Watp. Ann 

 Bot. VI. 407. 



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Caui.ks ascendent**, plus minusve arcuati, pallide virirtea, tenuit< r 

 striati, l'/i-2 dm. longi, 1— V/% mm. crassi. Foi.ia erecta vel rariua 

 erecto- patula, suhplana, basi cum vagina articulata, uninervia et sub- 

 tiliter multinervulosa , utrinque laete viridia, 4— 5 cm. longa, 2— 3 mm. 

 lata, nervo mediano supra leviter impresso, subtus satis prominente; 

 vacunae persistentes, tenuiler coriaceae, subtiliter multistriatae, sub lente 

 vix rugulosae, pallidae, 1 — l'/icoi. longae. Pkdunculus communis terctius- 

 culus, rectus vel leviter arcuatus, 15 — 24-floru.s, 5 — 9cm. longus; spatha 

 basilaris arete vaginalis, snbcoriace.i , apice acutiuscula, subtiliter rugu- 

 losa, 6—7 mm. longa. Pedickli.i erecti, capillares, 1 — 2 mm. longi. 

 Bkacteae satis patulae, valde concavae, basi subamplexicaules, 2 — 3 MB. 

 longae. Ovarium filiforme, 1 — 2 mm. longum. Skpai.a erecta vel paulo 

 patula, circiter 4 mm. longa, lateralia satis obliqua. Pktala erect a, 

 tenuiter membranacea, paulo obliqua, inferne leviter attenuata, circiter 

 4 mm. longa, l /i — '/» mnj « ^ ata * Labki.lum erectum, 2 — 2 ! /» nam. longum 

 Columna erecta, paulo incurva, usque ad apicem cum labello connata, 

 2 mm. longa. Capsula ignota. 



Habitat in arboribus ad Serra de Car aca prov. Minai Oeraes: 

 Martius. — Floret Aprili. 



70. EPIDENDRUM F1MBRIATUM Kunth: caulibus 

 breviusculis, gracilibus, teretiusculis, pluri— raultifoliatis, basi 

 saepius breviter denudatis, simplicibus vel interdura plus 

 minusve ramosis; foliis distichis, oblongo-linearibus, apice 

 obtusis et oblique retusis, margine erosulis scabrisque, basi 

 semiamplexicaulibus et breviuscule vaginantibus; pedunculo 

 communi foliis satis longiore, simplici vel rarissime ad basin 

 bifurcato, filiformi, erecto, basi nudo, fere usque ad basin 

 densiuscule multifloro; bracteis coriaceis, anguste ovatis vel 

 interdum triangulari-lanceolatis , apice obtusiusculis vel acu- 

 minatis, tenuiter trinerviis, cucullatis, pedicellis circiter aequi- 



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longis vel interdum longioribus; floribus distichis, minutis, 

 brevissime pedicellatis ; ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis sub- 

 aequilongis, carnosulis, ovato-oblongi*, apice obtusis et saepius 

 obscure retusis, tenuiter trinerviis; petalis lineari-oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine subtiliter serrulatis, sepalo dorsali aequi- 

 longis; labello infero, submembranaceo, sepalis lateralibus 

 paulo breviore, valde concavo, ambitu late subrotundo-ovato, 

 leviter trilobato, lobis rotundatis, margine plus minusve pro- 

 Orchid. II. 





tada wnato-fimbriatia, terminal! cutis majore, dt*oo inferM 

 tenuiter bicarinaU); columna brevi . craggiuscula, clinandrio 

 utrinque acute unidentato. 



ndrutn fimbriatum KunJh' M Humh. et Bonpl Xov 

 Otn. et Spec. 1 351 (1815); Spreng. Sf,« Vey* 111 736 



and Sp. Orch. 102, Orch Linden. 6, Foln Orch, 



Lindl Gen 



Epidendr. § . Be nth. PI Hmrtw 150 el 257; Reichb 

 Bonpland 11. 20, HI. 88, in Watp Ann. Bot. VI. 

 Ifemd. in Gard. Chron. new scr. XX. 204. 



Epidendrum alternant Lindl ! in Hook Jonrn o 

 111. 88 (1841). 



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CAtt.m erecti vel aaeeodeate* , r*cti \el aaapiaa plug mitumve 

 fieiuoai, pallidi, 1—4 dm. longi, 1— 2«/i »» craa«i, rami, aaepiua p.uoia, 

 ereeiis, gracilibua, breviuacul Folia erocta v#4 «wta-pattila . h**, a*,. 

 con cava cum vagina aMuwUt.i. racOcruni plana vel levtoar OMfttt 

 nervia et aubtilitei mult inn vuloaa, aupm Mt urate viridia, •ubtu. paulo 

 pallidiora, S-5 cm. longa, 2\t-6 mm. lata, terro medtaoo *um» Jevit* 

 iittpreaao, •tihtua aatu prominent e; > auikak per*Ui«mtr*, tenuiter am*****, 

 Kranliter multinoitatae, \ V \ it cr »r a brae, pallida*, 1 -2 cm longar I 

 nMS corarauuii teretlnaculua, rectus \el j.lu. mion«vr irrmattta, patlidoa, 

 S— lOcro. longut. Ptnu klu wcU veJ crecto-patuli, tli><<*mm t racU wl 

 leviter arcuiili, 1—3 mm. longi. Hka< ■■ . ai pati t>t)»»)tiiae*aJ aratlo-paf i/laa, 

 pallMlae, 2— ft mm. longM, 1—2 mm laCaa. I . oaaa pallute raaaf ««| 

 intenlnm albi et punctia rt»«eia vel violnoeia otnati < UH< m atiguaie 

 lineari-isuUlavatum, objure trigouum, rectum \4 levitn nrruitum, 2 ad 

 8 mm. longum. 8ktala patula vel eredo-patula, aatia uMKaava, bam bre 

 viter attenuaU, 3—4 mm l<.i.gn, |*fa— 'in.rn lata, lateral U lev itrr obliqua 

 PKTAt.A etecta vel erecto patula, membramtM, tfifemc natia atinntafa. 

 paulo concava, uninervia, Til aajrmmetito, 3— 3Vi mm. loaga. I mm. lata 

 Larei.mm erectum vel < << ■ to-patulum, aubtilitcr piuHnai um, 3— 4'/» n,tn 

 longum, 4 mm. latum. Com mka eretta, trr«M macula, paulo incurva, unq 

 ultra medium cum Inbello connata, 2 mm. longa. Catm i a pat«la # calve 

 peratstcnte coronata, late ovoidea, oUtune trigoua, tenuiler ' ita t SJ ad 



11 mm longa, 7— 9 mm. craaaa. 



Habitat in lioliriae pror. Caraltaya : WlldrU n 4<<- iw /Vtwcig 

 ad mont. Andimarrha ; Malhcwn n 1072 <t 1S'J7 ; in Andtlm* Ecuad+ 

 rcntibuM: Spnue n. 6041: in mont. Pirhincha: Jnmemn n 67 et 95, 

 Fr. Hall; in $ylvi§ prope Quay an; Hartweg n 1418; pfipe Qmtfo : 

 Jameson n. 9; in Nora-Granato: Moritz, Purdk in Andibm* J'opaya- 

 nenaium locis tubaprvt* Parami Pararenal* rt in convoUi flumini* FA 

 Vinogre alt. 2700 m.: HumMdt ; in nylvi* ad mont Qutndio inter frtl* 

 milla et El Moral pror. Mariqutta, altit 2soo m. : Linden n. 1188; in 

 Venezuela ad Paramo del Zumhmlor altit. 3700 m.: Linden n. 1473; in 

 prov. Ocana: Schlim n 736, Wagener: in pror. Mrrida ad Jaji altit 

 2300m.; Funrie et S<hlim n. 1193, in prov. Cornea*: Wagener. In 

 Branilia confer mina formn adhur invenienda. — Fford <><tabn. 



E. Amphi<;lottidka Benih. in Jlcnfh. et Hook. Gen 



Ifenul. 

 (part.) 



Itegist. 



Epidendr 



f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 310 el 373. 



Sect 



Sect. EtJEPi 



Acranthium § Amimiiglottium (part.) MM 



din. III. 255 (1855), X<nia Orch. 1 137. 



dendrum § Amphiolottium Pfitz. in Engl und Pranll, Naturl. 



Pfianzenjam. II. 6. p. 145 (1888) ; Stein, Orchideenb 



Rafin 



Reichb. f. 



Caulis pins minusve robusttw, simplex Tel rnrins paulo 

 ramosus, ramis non distincte incra*sati*. Folia plana, coriacea. 

 Kacemi brevea, densi, erecti, spicifoimes, nunc ad apicem 



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