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lanceolato-subspathulatis, acutis vel subacuminatis, tenuiter 

 quinquenerviis; petalis late oblongo-lanceolatis , acutiusculis, 

 margine integerrimis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello sub- 

 membranaceo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, ambitu late 

 rotundato-reniformi, profunda trilobate, lobis aequalibus apice 

 inaequaliter dentato-laceris, lateralibus antice rectis postice 

 rotundatis apice subtruncatis , intermedio late cuneato apice 

 truncate vel leviter emarginato, disco crista lineari angusta 

 fere usque ad medium lobi intermedii porrecta instructo basi 

 minute bicalloso ; columna longiuscula, subclaviformi, clinandrio 



subtruncato. 



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Epidendrum decipiens Lindl! Folia Orch., Epidendr. 70 

 (1853); Beichb.f. in Bonpland. II. 282, 111. 68, in Walp. 

 Ann. Bot. VI. 391; Gard. Chron. 1857. p. 268; Hemsl. in 

 Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 152. 



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Caules erecti, recti vel paulo flexuosi, pallide virides vel albes- 

 eentes, I —2 dm. longi, 4—5 mm. crassi. Folia patula vel erecto-patula, 

 rigida, basi artieulata satis concava, caeteruin sabplana, uninervia et obs- 

 cure nervulosa, supra nitida saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 

 4 — 7 cm. longa, l'/i— 2 1 /* cm. lata, uervo mediauo supra paulo impresso, 

 subtus vix prominente; vaginae persistentes, coriaceae, tenuiter multi- 

 striatae, pallide virides, 1—2 cm. longae. Pedunculus communis erectus, 

 strictus vel leviter flexuosus, pallide viridis, 2 — 3 dm. longus; squamae 

 8ubmembranaceae, arete adpressae, subtiliter multistriatae, pallidae, 3 ad 

 6 cm. lougae. Pedicelli plerumque erecto-patuli , subfiliformes, recti vel 



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paulo flexuosi, circiter l 1 /* cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, rigidiusculae, 

 satis concavae, obscure 3 — 5-nervulosae, 2— 5 mm. longae. Flores coc- 

 cinei vel flavo aurantiaci. Ovarium lineari-subclavatum, obtuse trigonum, 

 plus minusve arcuatum, 1 — l'/j mm. longum. Sepala patentissima vel 

 leviter reflexa, paulo concava, inferne longe attenuata, 11 — 13 mm. longa, 

 3— 4 mm. lata, lateralia satis obliqua. Petala saepius leviter reflexa, 

 membranacea, leviter obliqua, subplana, inferne satis attenuata, tenuiter 

 7-nervia, 11—13 mm. longa, 3 1 /*— 4 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, planum 



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vel plus minusve convexum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis plerumque 



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bifurcatis, 8—9 mm. lougum, 11—13 mm. latum. Columna erecta, satis 



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gracilis, superne satis incrassata, teretiuscula, subrecta vel paulo sigmoideo 

 flexuosa, usque ad apicem cum labello connata, 7— 8 mm. longa. Capsula 



perfecta iguota. 



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Habitat in Guiana anglica : Schomburgk; in Nova-Granata : Wars- 

 zeuncz; prope Ocaria altit. 1300 m.: Schlim n. 92 et 1032, Wageuer ; 

 prope Bogota : Holton n. 174. In Brasilia septtntrionali forxun aclhuc 

 invenienda. -— Floret Septembri — Octobri. 



82. EPIDENDRUM 1MATOPHYLLUM Lindl. rau- 

 libus elongatis, robustiusculis , basi non incrassatis, simplici- 

 bus, inferne teretiusculis plus minusve denudatis, superne 

 satis compressis et laxiuscule multifoliatis; foliis distichis, 

 majusculis, crassiuscule coriaceis, anguste longeque ligulatis, 

 apice obtusis et interdum oblique subemarginatis, basi semi- 

 amplexicaulibus et longiuscule vaginantibus; pedunculo com- 

 muni terminali, robustiusculo, simplici, foliis saepius paulo 

 longiore, inferne squamis paucis majusculis longe vaginantibus 

 apice anguste triangularibus breviter acuminatis lateraliter 

 paulo compressis remotiusculis vestito, apice breviter race- 

 moso densiuscule multifloro; bracteis triangulari-lanceolatis, 

 longe acuminatis, pedicellis multo brevioribus; floribus medi- 

 ocribus, longe pedicellatis ; ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis mem- 

 branaceis, aequilongis, lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acumi- 

 natis, tenuiter subreticulato-5-nerviis; petalis late rhomboideo- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, superne distincte vel obscure denticulatis, 



sepalo dorsali paulo longioribus subduplo latioribus; labello 

 submembranaceo, sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, ambitu 

 rotundato subcordato, plus minusve distincte trilobato, lobis 

 lateralibus nanis margine laciniatis, lobo intermedio amplo 

 obovato vel subrotundato basi utrinque serrato apice sub- 

 truncato margine leviter undulato; columna breviuscula, 

 claviformi, clinandrio margine tridentato. 



Tabula nostra XXX. Fig. II (habitus cum analyst). 



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Epidendrum imatophyllum Lindl.! Gen. and Spec. Orch. 

 106 (1831), in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. II. 671, in Bot. 



20 (1844). Folia Orch., Epidendr. 71; 



Begist. XXX. Misc. 20 (1844), Folia Orch., 

 Beichb. f. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. IV. 332, in Walp. Ann. 

 Bot. VI. 391, Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Amer. 54, in Linnaea, XL I. 

 131; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Arner. Bot. III. 232 et in Gard. Chron. 

 new ser. XX. 204 ; S. Le M Moore, Phan. Bot. Matto Grosso 

 Exped. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. 2. Bot. IV. 477. 



? Epidendrum flexucsum G. F. W. Meyer, Fl. Essequeb. 

 260; Lindl Gen. and Spec. Orch. 103; Focke in Tydschr. 

 Natuurk. Wetensch. I V. 65 ; Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 391. 



Rhizoma repens, breve, robustiusculura, tortuosum, teretiusculum, 

 leviter ramosum, hadicibus numerosis, elongatis, graciiibus, flexuosis, 

 albidis, valde ramosis. Caules erecti, stricti vel leviter flexuosi, pallide 



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virides, 4— 7 dm. longi, 5 — 7 mm. crassi. Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, 

 rigida vel rigidiuscula, basi artieulata satis concava, caeterum leviter con- 

 cava vel interdum subplana, uninervia et obscure plurinervuiosa, utrinque 

 nitida, supra saturate viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 8 — 15 cm. longa, 

 6— 20 mm. lata, nervo mediauo supra profundiuscule impresso, subtus 

 leviter prominente; vaginae persistentes, coriaceae, tenuiter multistriatae, 

 pallide virides, 3 — 6 cm. longae. Pedunculus communis erectus vel inter- 

 dum superne nutans, strictus vel plus minusve flexuosus, teretiusculus vel 

 leviter compressus, pallide viridis, 1 — 2 dm. longus; squamae 1 — 3, mem- 

 branaceae, arete adpressae, subtiliter multistriatae, albescentes, 2 — 5 cm. 

 longae. Pedicelli plus minusve patuli, subfiliformes, recti vel paulo 

 flexuosi, pallide virides vel rosei, 1 — 2 cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, sub- 

 membranaceae , satis concavae, tenuiter 3— 5-nerviae, fulvae vel pallide 

 roseae, 3 — 6mm. longae. Flores roseopurpnrei vel kermesini. Ovarium 

 lineari-clavatum, obtuse trigonum, tenuiter 6-sulcatum, rectum vel paulo 

 arcuatum, pallide roseum, 1 — I'/a cm. longum. Sepala patentissima vel 

 interdum leviter reflexa, paulo convexa, inferne satis attenuata, 10—12 mm. 

 longa, 3 — 4 mm. lata, lateralia subfalcata Petala patentissima, teuuiter 

 membranacea, subplana, paulo obliqua, inferne valde attenuata, reticulato- 

 7 — 9-nervia, 12 — 14 mm. longa, 5 — 7 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, sub- 

 planum vel plus minusve concavum, tenuiter multinervulosum, nervulis 

 plerumque leviter ramosis, 5—6 mm. longum et fere totidem latum. 

 Columna erecta , inferne gracilis, superne satis incrassata, teretiuscula, 

 leviter sigmoideo- flexuosa, pallide rosea, usque ad apicem cum labello 

 connata, 9— 10 mm. longa. Capsula patula vel subreflexa, anguste ovoidea, 

 basi abrupte acutiuscula, apice lougiuscnle attenuata, obtuse trigona, 

 tenuiter 6-costata, brevissime tenuiterque papilloso asperula, fusca, 4 cm. 

 longa, circiter 2 cm. crassa. ? . 



Habitat in prov. Bahia: Lhotzky ; crescit in Citro Anrantio prope 

 Ilheos: Luschnath; in prov. Minas Geraes inter Rio Grande et Diaman- 

 tina: Burchell n.S70l; ad eyham flum. Paraguay impendent em pixta Tres • 

 Barras prov. Matto Grosso : S. Le M. Moore n. 657 ; in ripa flum. 

 Japura prope Cupati cataractas et ad arborcs in pratis sylcaticis prope 

 Ceari prov. Alto Amazonas: Martius ; secus flum. Rio Negro: Spruce 

 n. 1660; prope Mandos: Barbosa Rodrigues. Etiam in Guiana gallica: 

 Leblond; in arboribus ad ripas fluvii Kourou: Poiteau; ad truncos ar* 

 borum prope Acarouany : Sagot n. 764; in Surinam: Splitgerber n. 353, 

 Bostmann n. 405, Nolte; in sylvis prope Aracucakreek : Kegel n. 1086; 

 ad truncos arborum in distr. Para: Kappler n. 1656; in distr. Para et 

 Sammacca : Wullschlaegel n. 1119; in arboribus ad rivum Tampati 

 fluminis Commewyni superioris tributarium : Focke ; in Guiana anglica: 

 Appun n. 246, Drake; prope Berbice: Schomburgk n. 426; ad Demerara: 



