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ORCHID ACE AE : EPIDENDRUM. 



136 



Epidendrum nodurnum Jacq. Emm. PI Carib. 29 (1760); 



Amer 



Sp 



Swartz Obs. Sot. 327, in Nov. Act. Upset. VI. 69, in Schrad. 



Willd 



Meth 



382; Loddiges, Bot. Cab. tab. 713; Spreng. Syst. Veget. 111. 

 736 : Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 105, Folia Orch, Epidendr. 



Wright. 7; Hook, in Bot. Mag 



Mag.) fig. 2; 



Misc 



Fl. 



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Walp 



404, Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Amer. 52, in Linnaea. XLI. 131; 



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Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Isl. 619, Cat. PI. Cub. 263; Gard. 

 Chron. 1872. p. 699 et 763 ; Sauvalle, Fl. Cub. 22S ; Hemsl. 

 in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 477 (1883), Biol. Centr.-Amer. 

 Bot. Ill 235; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. part VI. 107; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 233; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 762. 



Viscwm caryophylloides, etc. Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol. II. 



68. tab. 68 (1743). 



Epidendrum carolinianum Lamk. Encycl. Meth. Bot. I 



182 (1783). • 



Nyctosma nodurna Rqfin. Fl. Tellitr. II. 9 {1836). 



Epidendrum discolor A. Rich, et Galeott. in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat Bot. ser. 3. III. 22 (1845). 



Epidendrum carpophorum Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. 

 Orch. Nov. II. 148 (1882). 



Khizoma repens, breve, robustum, tortuosum, fuscura, kadicibus 

 numerosis, dense fasciculatis, plus minusve elongatis, satis gracilibus, 

 simplicibus vel paulo ramosis, leviter flexuosis, canescentibus. Caules 



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erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel paulo flexuosi, pallide virides vel fus- 

 cescentes, 1—6 dm. longi, 4 — 12 mm. crassi. Folia rigidiuscula, patula 

 vel erecto- patula, basi articulata satis concava caeterum subplana, supra 

 nitida, saturate viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, uninervia et subtiliter 

 multinervulosa, 7 — 12cm. louga, l 1 /* — 3 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra 

 profuudiuscule impresso, subtus satis prominente; vaginae persistentes, 

 coriaceae, subtiliter raultistriatae, pallide virides vel interdum dilute pur- 

 pureae, lateraliter valde compressae ancipites, 2—6 cm. lougae. Pkpicklli 





erecti, satis graciles, recti vel paulo arcuati, pallide virides, 1— 2cm. 



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longi. Bracteae patulae vel erecto-patulae, valde concavae, rigidae, sub- 

 tiliter multinervulosae, 3—5 mm. longae. Flores erecti, in nocte valde 

 suaveolentes. Ovarium lineari-snbfusiforme, obtuse trigonum, rectum vel 



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leviter arcuatum, pallide viride, 3 — 4 cm. longum. Sepala erecta vel 

 plus minusve patula, leviter concava, inferne paulo attenuata, albo-viridia 

 ochroleuca vel rubro-lutea, 3-5 cm. longa, dorsale 2 — 3 mm. latum, 

 lateralia paulo obliqna circiter 4 mm. lata. Petal a erecta vel patula, 

 membranacea, subplana, vix obliqua, basi paulo attenuata, albescentia vel 

 ochroleuca, 3—5 cm. longa, 2— 2 1 /* mm. lata. Labelt/um erectum, planum 

 vel plus minusve concavum, tenuiter multinervulosum , album demum 

 flavescens, 3—4 cm. longum, lobis lateralibus 12—15 mm. lougis, 4—5 mm. 

 latis, lobo intermedio 17a— 2 mm. lato. Columna erecta, paulo incurva, 

 basi satis gracilis, superne valde dilatata, lateraliter compressa, albo- 

 viridis, usque ad medium cum labello connata, l 1 /* — 2 cm. longa. Capsula 

 plus minusve pendula, calyce marcescente coronata, late oblongo-fusiformis, 

 basi satis attenuata, apice lougiuscule rostrata, obtuse trigona et tenuiter 

 tricostata, pallide viridis et albo-vittata, 4—6 cm. longa, l 1 /*— 2 cm. crassa. 



Var. p. latifolium Lindl. ! in Bot. Regist. XXIII. tab. 

 1961 (1837), Folia Orch., Epidendr. 81; Drapiez, Encyclogr. 

 Regn. Veg. V. Juin. 1837 (Bot. Regist). fig. 2. 



Planta satis robustior. Folia late elliptico-oblonga, apice rotun- 

 data. Flores subduplo majores. Labelli lobi laterales oblique ovati, 



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superne paulo attenuati, satis divergentes, usque 8-9 mm. lati; lobus 

 terminalis duplo longior, lineari-lanceolatus. 



Var. y- tridens Cogn. 



Epidendrum tridens Poepp. et Endlf Nov. Gen. et Spec. II. 



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Deutscli. Bot. Gesell. 



HI. 278. 



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Planta robustior. Caules usque 8 dm. longi et 2 cm. crassi. Foi.ia 

 oblonga, usque 17-18 cm. longa. Flores magni. Ovarium cum pedicello 

 usque 15 cm. longum. Labelli lobi laterales ligulato-oblongi, superne 

 longe attenuati, paulo divergentes, usque 3 cm. longi, 4 -5 mm. lati; lobus 

 terminalis paulo longior, linearis. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Serra do Mar prope Rodeio : 

 Barbosa Rodrigues; ad Carmo secus flum. Paquequer: Neves Armond 

 n. 112; in prov. Alto Amazonas secus flum. Quiania ad arbores : Spruce 

 n.3518. Etiam in Guiana gallica: Poiteau; prope Cayenne: Patris; ad 

 Acarouany: Sagot n. 762; in Surinam: Focke n. 126, Hostmann n. 36; 

 in arenosis prope J oden- Savanna: Kegel n. 1085; ad ramos arborum 

 praesertim Crescentiae prope plantationem Onoribo Berlyn in Para: Split- 

 gerber n. 671; in arboribus prope Paramaribo: Wullschlaegel n. 555 part; 

 in Guiana anglica ad Demerara : Parker , Jenman n. 604; ad flum. 

 Essequebo: Jenman n. 1319 et 3583; ad flum. Massaroonie et Esse- 

 quebo: Appun n. 247; ad flum. Corentyne : E. F. im Thurn ; ad flum. 

 Mazaruni: Jenman n. 703; in Ecuador ad pedem mont. Chimborazo 

 altit. 900m.: Spruce; in Venezuela prope coloniam Torar prov. Caracas: 

 Fendler n. 2142; in Nicaragua ad Segovia: Oersted; in Guatemala ad 

 Isabal: Godman et Salvin ; in Honduras ad flum. Belize: Sir A. Mo- 

 loney n.4; in Mexico meridionali: Galeotti; in Florida supra arbores ad 

 Everglades et in rupibus ad Arch Creek: A. H. Curtiss n. 0; in insul. 

 Bahama: Catesby; ins. New Providence: Eggers n 4362; in Cuba supra 

 arbores ad Pinal de Santa- Anna altit. 800 m. el ad Rio Yateras: Eggers 

 n. 5048 et 5075; in Jamaica: March, Macfadyen ; ins. Puerto Rico: 

 Bello, King; ad Siewa de Luquillo in sylvis montis Jimenes, prope Lares 

 in sylvula Coff. Aral), circa Anones ad arbores, et prope Usuado in 

 declivibus graminosis ad Salto- Arriba: Sintenis n. 1813, 6036 et 6344; 

 ins. S. Vincent: Guilding, H. H. et G. W. Smith n 1141; ifis. Guada- 

 lupa : Duchassaing ; ins. Dominica.* Imray n. 5 et 200; in Martinica ad 

 arbores satis rara: Jacquin, Hahn n. 1453, Duss n. 1032; ins. S. Lucia: 

 Herb. Bruxell. ; ins. Grenada: R. V. Sherring, Eggers n.5979; ins. Tri- 

 nitatis : Crueger n. 46, Dr. Bradford, Fendler n. 768 et 769; in Africa 

 occidentali ad Sierra-Leone: Wehvitsch ex Reichb. f. in Gard. Chr* 



1872 p. 763. — Var. 3. In Surinam supra arbores prope Paramaribo : 

 Wullschlaegel n. 555 part.; ins. Martinica ad arbores montis Morne Rouge: 

 Duss n.2074; ins. S. Vincent ad arbores in collibus prope Liberty Lodge 

 altit. 200 m.: Eggers n.6676; in Cuba ad Arrogo Grande aitit. 600 m.: 



Eggers n. 5295. 



Var. y- In rupibus et truncis vctustis montium Peruviae 



orientalis subandinae, semel tectum in jugis Cassapillo dictis a praed\o 

 Cuchero parum remotis : Poeppig ; in Columbia : Moritz n. 1067 ; in Su- 

 rinam : Hort. Van Imschoot ; in Puerto- Rico: Eggers, Sintenis n. 521, 

 1815, 2104 et 4397, Stahl n. 563 ; in Cuba orientali prope Monte- Verde : 

 Wright n. 1490. — Floret Octobri—Junio. 





94. EPIDENDRUM SPRUCEANUM Lindl. caulibus 

 elongatis, robustis, inferne teretiusculis plus minusve denu- 

 datis, superne valde compressis ancipitibus et remote sub- 

 multifoliatis ; foliis distichis, majusculis, crassiuscule coriaceis, 

 ligulato-oblongis, apice obtusis et interdum retusis, basi am- 

 plexicaulibus et longiuscule vaginantibus ; bracteis parvis, basi 

 vaginantibus , triangulari-ovatis, apice acutis vel breviter 

 acuminatis; floribus amplis, saepius fasciculatis, pedicellatis ; 

 ovario elongato, glabro, laevi ; sepalis submembranaceis, aequi- 

 longis, linearibus, acuminatis, pedicello longioribus; petalis 



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linearibus, longe acuminatis, sepalo dorsaii aequilongis; labello 

 submembranaceo, profunde trilobate, lobis lateralibus semi- 

 rhombeis, undulatis, apice dentatis obtusis (Lindl.) vel acu- 



