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EPIDENDRUM* oncidioides. 





Oncidium-flowered Epidendrum. 





GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 





Nat. ord. Orcuideje. § Epidendreae Lindl. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 



EPIDENDRUM.— Supra, vol. 17. fol. 1415. 



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§. Foliis in pseudobulbos insidentibwr*" Lindl. gen. et sp. o/Orchideous 



plants, p. 97. v^ 



E. oncidioides, foliis in pseudobulbos ovales ancipites 2-3 ensiformibus pani- 

 cula. terminali ramosa brevioribus, sepalis petalisque obovatis unguiculatis 

 patentibus, labelli liberi trilobi lobis lateralibus nanis oblongis column® 

 longitudine intermedio subrotundo cuspidato basi 5-costato. 



Pseudobulbi oblongi, ancipites, pallide virides. Folia 2-3, late ensi- 

 formia, subobtusa, fere bipedalia, 1$ poll, longa, pallide viridia. Scapus 

 fere d basi paniculatus, terminalis, 3 pedes longus, divaricatim ratnosus. 

 Flores odoratissimi. Sepala et petala sordide lutea, versus apicem fusco- 

 purpurea. Labellum sordide luteum, lineis quibusdum brevibus in discum. 



For this noble plant we are indebted to our indefatigable 

 correspondent Richard Harrison, Esq. of Liverpool, who 

 favoured us with a splendid specimen, along with a sketch 

 \ Mrs. Arnold Harrison, in June last. It has so much 

 the appearance of Oncidium luridum, that we at first sight 

 took it for a new species of that genus : it is, however, a 

 genuine Epidendrum, nearly allied to E. odor atmimum , 

 with which it agrees in its delicious and powerful fragrance: 

 w hen the specimen was unpacked, the whole air of the 

 room became perfumed as if a basket full of violets and 

 roses had been scattered over the floor. 



No doubt it is a native of some part of South America, 

 but of what country in particular is uncertain. Mr. Har- 



• See fol. 1415. 



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