161 



ORCEIDACKAK: KPIDENDRUM 



162 



Prodi 



Act. Upsal VI 68, m Schrad. Journ. Bat. II. 211. Fl huh 



JWs 



518; Poiret in Lamk. Encyd. Mitk Bot., Suppl 1.381; R Br. 

 in Ait. Uort. Kew. edit, secund. V. 219; Bot. Begvst. I. tab 17; 

 Hook. Exot. Fl. I. tab. 50; Spremj. Syst. Veget. III. 737 

 Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 105, Folia Orch., Epidendr. 56; 

 Mound, The Bot. V. tab. 226; Loddiges, Bot. Cab. Yll. tab. 



Man. Gen. des PL IV. 434: Rei 



li&Hk 



new ser. XX. 477 (1883); Warm. Suntb. Fl. 



Bras. Centr. part. XXIX. 844. 



Caules erecti, stricti vel paulo Hexuosi, tenuiter multiatriati, viridea, 

 4— G dm. loiigi, 7— 10 mm. crassi. Folia patula vel i f I fi ll pall ia, bail 



articulata et valde concava, caeterum subplana, uninervia et tenuitar 

 plurinervulosn, supra intense viridia . aubtua paulo pallidiora, 12-20 cm. 

 longa, 2— 3 1 /* cm. lata, saepius obtusiuscula, nerve mediano supra vix 

 impresso, subtus paulo promimnte; vaoinak membranaceae, tenuiter 

 multistriatae, pallide virides, 2— 5 ( in. longae. l*i m scui.ua communis 

 plus miuii8ve flexuosus, saepius valde arcuatus, 2 — 3 ! /i dm. bogus, rainia 

 divaricatis, elongatis, satis gcaeiUbus, llexuosla, aimplicibua, basi spatba 

 Pedicklli patuli, iilifonnes, plus minusvc flexuosi, 1— 2cm. longi. Bbactkak 

 patentissimae vel leviter refraetae, satis concavae, leviter flexuoaa 

 pallidae, 3— 5 mm. longae. Fi.orks vi i ides vel albo- virides, vespere odorati. 

 Ovarium lineari-clavatum, obtuse trigonum, panlo arcuatum, 10—12 mm. 

 longum. Sepala patentissima interdum subreflexa, rigidiuscula, satin 

 concava, inferne longe attenuata, dorsale 16—18 mm. longum et 4—5 mm. 

 latum, lateralia satis obliqua 17— 19 mm. longa et 5— ♦> mm. lata. PktaLa 

 patentissima, submembranacea, paulo concava, paulo obliqua, tenuiter 

 trinervia, 15 — 16 mm. longa, superne 2 mm. lata. Labkli.um Bftcto-patnlum, 



satis con vex n in, obscure multinervulosum nervulis leviter ramosis, 9 ad 

 10 ram. longum, 11— 12 ram. latum. Columna criTta, leviter arcuat 

 lateraliter paulo compressa, usque ad apicem enm label lo connata, 12 ad 

 13 mm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Var. p. dipus Lindl! Folia Orch., Epidendr. 56 (1853); 

 Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI IV. 434 ; Moore, III. Orchid. 

 PL, Epidendr. tab. 13; Iteichb. f. in Walp. Ami. Bot. VI 376. 



Epidendrum dipus Lindl. ! in Bot. Regist. XXXI. tab. 4 

 (1845); Ch. Morren in Ann. de Gand I. 114. 



Folia acuta rarius obtusiuscula. Paniculak breviores, vix nutantes. 

 Flores paulo minores, fusco- virides, labello albo. Labelli lobus inter- 

 medins bilobulatus, lobulis liuearibus patulis. 



Habitat in ins. Jamaica: Swartz, Mac Fadyen, Dr. Morris n. 2007, 

 WullscMaegel n. 1092, Jenman n. 10; in Vcnezuelae prov. Caracas propc 

 coloniam Tovar: Fendlcr n. 1770. — Var. |3. In saxis humidis ad rivulos 

 propc Mandiocca et in tnonte Corcovado prov. Rio dc Janeiro: Martiut 

 n. 66; in Rcstinga da Tijuca supra arbores: Olaziou n. 5701 ; in prov. 

 S. Paulo: Burchcll n. 3590; in Brasilia loco hand indicato : Loddiges, 

 Riedel. — Floret Augusto— Septembri. 



121. EPIDENDRUM POLYANTHDM Lindl. caulibus 

 plurihus, fasciculatis, elongatis, robustis, simplicibus, teretius- 

 culis, basi tumidis sabbulbosis, inferne plus minusve denudatis, 

 superne laxiuscule pluri— multifoliatis; foliis distichis, majus- 

 culis, submembranaceis, ligulato-oblongis, acutis, basi cuneatis 



iamplexicaulibus et longiuscule vaginantibus ; pedunculo 



communi terminali vel interdum demum laterali, foliis paulo 

 longiore, gracili, teretiusculo , irregulariter leviterque ramoso 

 interdum simplici, ramis elongatis, simplicibns, nutantibus, 

 densiuscule multifloris, basi squamis pluribus parvis mem. 



branareis nvatis aeutis imbriratisque vestiti- bracteii minu- 

 ti.wiiuis. -ubcoriaceis, triangular i ovat i^ aeutis; floribus parvis, 

 breritor pedicellate; ovario glabra, densiuscule vernuuloso- 

 scabro; sepalis subcoriaceis, aequilongis, oblongu, 



nervn>. 



dorsali obtuso, lateralibus vix latioribus falcatis icutiusculis; 

 petalis filiformibus, acutisMinis, superne paulo diiatat is, sepalo 

 dorsali aequilongis- vel paulo brevioribus; labello coriaeeo, 

 sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, ambitu late ovato, basi pro- 

 fundeemarginato-cordato, profundiusrule trilobato, lobis margina 

 intt rrimis, lateralildis semiovatis extus saepius plus minusve 

 lvtusis, interaedio satis producto li^ulato-subrertangulari apios 



IbtittCta emar^inato, disco inferne usque ad medium n.tssius- 

 cule tricarinato basi minute 1 alloso; columna lon^iuaeula, 

 crassiuscula, claviformi, clinandrio marline utrinque iilentato. 



I nidendrum polyanthum Lindl ! Qtn. and SftC Orch. 106 



(U I), w Bot llcgist \KV1U mm *(18UX XXX Mist. 

 p. (l^ii). Folia Orch . I uir. 00 (ercl var $); Bat cm. 



Orch. M and Guatcm. tab. 34; Bcnlh. PI llartw. 7X: 

 }. f. in B<mplandia IV. 215, in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI 

 Sound. Rcfu i. II. tab 112; Duchartre, Man. 



d,* PI. IV. 434; llemsl. Bid. Omtr.-Amer. Bot. Ill 



I, ch 



237; Warm Symh. Ft. Bras. (*>nlr. part. XXIX M/ 



1 d, 



S]>ec. 



Gen. 



n nn Kunfh). 



VII. 



Epidnidrum Ufdum Lindl. in Bot. Hcgist. 

 Misc. n. 14 S, p OS (1841). 



Epidmdrum funi/crum (li. Morren in Ann. Soc. <TAgi 

 d dr Bot. de and IV. 211. taJ). 198 (1848); Otto vt IHrfr. 

 Allgcm, GartetiM. XVI 334 (1848). 



Epidendrum (Spathium) cohran^ Klotzsch in Of to et Diefr. 



Walp. Ann 



i > /dend mm 



Ilcgcl 



1856, p. 19; Walp. Ann. Bot. VI 380 (non licichh. f.) 



Kuizoma repens, breve, craiwura, torttioautn , lumriBUH numerous, 

 dense fasciculatis, elongatis, robu*t ms< ulU, flexuonif, cmo«KC'ntjUu«. ('a» i.MI 

 erecti vel ascend en ten, stricti vel paulo flexuoMi, i"imit*r mnli tali, 

 hioVc viridrs, :\— | dm. longi, 4 -• mm. rras«.j. Folia mt< to-patuta vel 

 pat ula, superne interdum pins minuavo deflexa, basi articulata et Katia 

 concava, caeterum plana vel vix concava, nninervia et mibtilit^r multi 

 nervnlota, nupra intent viridia, Kiibtua natin pallidiora, I — 2 dm. longa, 

 2— 3 cm. lata, nervo mediano aupra leviter impfMOo, Kubtua Matin pro- 

 minente; vamnar aubcoriaooae, tenmter moltiwtriatae, pallide virides, 2 ad 

 4cm longae. Pbdokcitlok communi* n<tu« vel plus minusve arcuatna, 

 viridia, lVi— 2Vt dm. longua, ram it Kracillimia. PicniCBLLt |»a t « utisaimi. 

 aubfiliformea, recti vel arcnati, suhla* vea vel plna minusve dense vrrruruloso- 

 acabri, 4— 6 mm. longi. Hractkai patent issiraae vel plus minuiff recurvae, 

 aatia concavae, 1—2 mm. longae. Fi.nacs aaepm- pendnli. Ovarium 

 lineari-fulKlavatnm, obluae trigoniim, tenuiter triaalcatum, leviter arcuatum, 

 viride, 3— 4 mm. longum. SicrALA patentiasima, rigida, leviter concava. 

 inferne longe attenuata, ochraceo-brunnca, 8— 9 mm. longa, dorsale 2 1 /* ad 

 2Vtmm. latum, lateralia valde obliqua 2*/!— 3 mm. lata. Pktai.a tenuiter 

 membranacea, plot minusve patula vel reflexa t aaepioa tatis flexuoaa, 

 alba, aubtiliter uninervia, 6— 9 mm. longa, Labcixum erecto-patulnm, 

 anbplannm vel leviter concavom, aubtiliter plurinervuloaum, flavum vel 

 ochraceum callia albia, 5 mm longum, 4 -4 ! /t mm. latum. Coldmna erect a, 

 superne valde incraata in, lateraliter aatia com preaaa, leviter arcuata, flavo- 

 viridia vel albescens, uaque ad apicem cum labello connata, 6 mm. longa. 

 CUfttn.A iguota. 



Babitnt in prov. S. Catharina . Dcnm et Deryekt ex Ch. Morren, 

 loe. rit.; in xylvis ttupra arboren ad Logon Santa prov. Minn* Qerai* : 

 Warming. Kttam in Votuela: L«n*1>erqc ; in Guatemala: Wartcnrict, 



