115 



ORCHID ACEAE : EPIDENDRUM. 



116 



382; B.Br, in Ait. Hort. Kew edit, secund. V. 218; Andrews, 

 Bot. Bepos. VII. tab. 441; Bot. Begirt. I tab. 67; Spreng. 

 Syst. Veget. III. 736; Booh, in Bot. Mag. tab. 2844; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cabin, tab. 472; Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orel. 104, in 



'/ 



Wright 



Man 



f- 



Nederl Kruidk. Arch. IV 333, in Bonplandia III 68, in 



Walp 



W. 



lie, Fl 

 Warm. 



Amphiglottislurida Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. I. 294 (1812). 

 Epidendrum amphistomam A. Rich, in Ram. de la Sagra, 



Fl 



Caui.es ereeti vel ascendentes rarius penduli, recti vel plus minusve 

 arcuati, pallide virides vel fuscesceutes, 1—6 dm. longi, 3—6 mm. crassi. 

 Folia patula vel erecto-patula, rigidiuscula, basi articulata valde concava, 

 caeteruin plana vel plus minusve concava, margine saepius leviter undu- 

 lata, supra intense viridia et nitida, subtus subglauco-viridia, longitudinaliter 

 fusco-lineata, uninervia et tenuiter multinervulosa, 5—12 cm. longa, 1 ad 

 4 cm lata, nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde pro- 

 minente inferne carinato; vaginae persistentes, coriaceae, tenuiter multi- 

 costatae, lateraliter valde compressae et ancipites, pallide virides vel fus- 

 cescentes, 2—3 cm. longae. Pedunculus communis erectus apice nutans, 

 rectus vel paulo flexuosus, pallide viridis vel purpureo-fuscus, 2 — 3 l \*([m. 

 longus; vaginae submembranaceae, adpressae, tenuiter striatae, pallide 

 fulvae, 2 — 4 cm. longae. Pedicelm patuli vel erecto-patuli, filiformes, 

 recti vel paulo flexuosi, 4 — 8 mm. longi. Bracteae patulae, membrana- 

 ceae, uninerviae, satis concavae, 2 — 5 mm. longae. Flo res patuli, saepius 

 viridi-purpurascentes. Ovarium anguste lineari-subclavatnm, rectum vel 

 paulo arcuatum, 4—5 mm. longum. Sepala patula, paulo concava, 

 inferne satis attenuata, 7— 8 mm. longa, 2 l /a— 3 mm. lata, lateralia valde 

 obliqua. Petala tenuiter membranacea, patula, paulo obliqua, inferne 

 satis attenuata, distiucte uninervia, 6— 7^2 mm. longa, s /4 — lmm. lata. 

 Labellum erectum vel erecto-patulum, subplanum, apice paulo recurvnm, 



* 



tenuiter 5-nervulosum, nervnlis ramosis, 4— 5 mm. longum, 6 — 7 mm. 

 latum. Columna erecta, leviter incurva, usque ad apicem cum labello 

 connata, 4 mm. longa. Capsui.a late elliptico-oblonga, obtuse trigona, 

 tenuiter 6-costata , basi apiceque breviter attenuata, fusca, 18— 20 mm. 

 longa, circiter 1cm. crassa. 



Var. p. virescens Lindl. Folia Orch., Epidendr. 65 (1853); 



i 



Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 435; Reichb. f. in Walp. 



Ann. Bot. VI. 385. 



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Epidendrum virescens Loddiges, Bot. Cab. tab. 1867. 



Epidendrum musciferum Lindl. in Hook Journ. of Bot. 

 L 6. (1834). 



\ 



Flores subdimidio minores, virescentes 



(1853) ; Duchartre, loc. cit. 435; 



Orch 

 f. 



Walp. loc. 



cit. 385. 



3666 (1838). 



Mag. tab. 



Pedunculus communis breviusculus. Flores quam in typo paulo 

 majores. Labellum violaceum, margine flavnm. 



Habitat in arboribus prov. Rio de Janeiro: Lund; prope Rio de 

 Janeiro: Burchell n. 1875; in prov. Minas Geraes ad Palmita : St.-Eilaire. 

 Etiam ad ramos arborum Surinami prope plantationem Jagtlust: Split- 

 gerber; in regione Para Surinami: WidlsMaegel n. 1120 ; in Venezuela 

 prope Ocana altit. 1000 m.: Waaene.r : in Nmm Omnntn »*.**» j M fcw. 



altit. 500-800 m. : Lehmann n. 6856; in Nicaragua: C. Wright n. 2; in 

 Mexico propp. Mir ador prov. Vera Cruz altit 300— 400 m.: Sartorius; in ins. 

 Cuba: Poeppig, Otto n. 54, Eggersn. 5395; in Cuba orientals prope Monte 

 Verde: C. Wright n. 628; ins. Jamaica : Swartz, Bertero, March n. 1281, 

 Dr. Morris, Dr. Banrofl, Eggers n.3504; ins. S. Domingo: Schomburgk, 

 Mayerhoff'n. 82, Eggers n.2298,]2459 et 2459l> , Prenleloup n. 577, Picarda; 

 ins. Puerto-Rico: Sintenis n. 513, 1814, 4283, 4360, 5039, 6131, 6217 et 

 6341 ; ins. Barbados ad arbor es in „ Turners Hall Wood" : Eggers n. 7332; 

 ins. Antigua: Wullschlaegel ; ins. Guadeloupe: Duchassaing; ins. Domi- 

 nica: Imray n. 273 et 309, G. A. Ramage, Nicholls n. 144; ins. Mar- 

 tinica in sylvis umbrosis ad arbores frequens : Jacquin, Duss n. 1028 et 

 1030; ins. S. Lucia: Anderson; ins. S. Vincent: Guilding , H. H. et 

 G. W. Smith n. 1149; ad arbores montium „ St.- Andrews 1 ' : Eggers n. 6780. — 

 Var. |3. In Surinam: Hostmann n.576«; in sylvis maximis Surinami 

 prope Mariepaston: Kegel; in Columbia occidentali prope Panama: 

 Cuming n. 1288. — Var. Y- In ins. Guadeloupe supra arbores ad mont. 

 Matouba: Duss n. 3486. — Floret Octobri— April i. 





76. EPIDENDRUM CAMPESTRE Lindl. caulibus 

 brevibus, robustiusculis, basi valde incrassatis pseudobulbosis, 

 simplicibus, teretiusculis vel paulo compressis, iDferne squamis 

 majusculis membranaceis vaginantibus triangularibus acumi- 

 natis deraum laceratis vestitis, superue plurifoliatis ; foliis 

 distichis, mediocribus, coriaceis, lineari-oblongis, apice ob- 

 tusiusculis demum saepius fissis, basi subamplexicaulibus et 

 breviuscule vaginantibus ; pedunculo communi terminal]', satis 

 gracili, simplici, foliis multo longiore, inferne squamis majus- 

 culis inferne vaginantibus superne triangulari-lanceolatis et 

 longiuscule acuminatis lateraliter satis compressis dorso sub- 

 carinalis remotiusculis vestito, apice breviter racemoso den- 

 siuscule pluri— submultifloro; bracteis lanceolatis vel tri- 

 angulari-linearibus, longiuscule acuminatis, ovario paulo bre- 

 vioribus; floribus parvis, breviter pedicellatis; ovario glabro, 

 laevi; sepalis membranaceis, subaequilongis, late lanceolatis, 

 acutis, quinquenerviis, lateralibus falcatis; petalis anguste 

 oblongo-subspathulatis, obtusiusculis, sepalo dorsali aequi- 

 longis; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, 

 ambitu late suborbiculari-cordato, distincte trilobato, lobis 

 margine integerrimis , lateralibus amplis suborbicularibus, 

 terminali multo minore brevi profundiuscule emarginato lobulis 

 leviter divergentibus late subrotundatis, disco fere usque ad 

 apicem tenuiter tricristato basi callis 2 parvis linearibus con- 

 fluentibus munito; columna breviuscula, claviformi, clinandrio 

 profunde quadrilobato, laciniis quadratis. 



« 



Epidendrum campestre Lindl! in Bot. Regist. XXX 





Mm. p. 17 (1844), Folia Orch., Epidendr. 66; Reichb. /. in 

 Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 386. 



Caules ereeti, recti vel paulo arcuati, pallidi, 7—15 cm. longi, 

 basi l 1 /*— 2 cm. crassi, deinde insensim attennati, apice 3—4 mm. crassi. 

 Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, rigida, basi articulata valde concava, 

 caeterum subplana, pallide viridia, uninervia et subtiliter multinervulosa, 

 5 — 12 cm. longa, 8— 16 mm. lata, nervo mediano supra paulo impresso, 

 subtus leviter prominente; vaginae persistentes, coriaceae, tenuiter raulti- 

 costatae, lateraliter paulo compressae, 1— 27a cm. longae. Pedunculus 

 communis erectus, strictus vel paulo flexuosus, pallide viridiy, 2-3V«d*na- 

 longus; squamae submembranaceae, arete adpressae, subtiliter multistriatae, 

 pallide virides, 3— 6 cm. longae. Pkdicelli erecto-patuli, filiformes, recti 

 vel leviter flexuosi, 5— 7 mm. longi. Bractkae patulae, membranaceae, 

 tenuiter 3— 5-nerviae, satis concavae, paulo flexuosae, 4—7 mm. longae. 

 Flores patuli, nt videtur purpurei. Ovarium lineari-clavatum , obtuse 

 trigonum, rectum vel leviter arcuatum, 4— 5 mm. longum. Sepala patula 

 vel erecto-patula, satis concava, inferne valde attenuata, 7—9 mm. longa, 



