1881 
* EPIDENDRUM Skinnéri. 
Mr. Skinner’s Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcHIDACER, $ EPIDENDRER. 
EPIDENDRUM.—Suprà, vol. 1. fol. 17. 
E. Skinneri ; foliis distichis lanceolatis acuminatis, caule apice longê aphyllo 
squamoso, racemo cylindraceo multifloro, floribus cernuis, sepalis lineari- 
lanceolatis, petalis ovalibus acutis, labello ovato acuminato integerrimo basi 
callo sulcato cristato. 
E. Skinneri. Bateman's MSS. 3 
Caulis erectus, teres, distichè foliosus, apicê aphyllus vaginatus. Folia 
5 poll. longa. Bractex lineari-lanceolate, pedicellis capillaribus paulo bre- 
vioribus. Flores pallidè purpurei, 13 poll. lati. Labellum cum columná 
semiconnatum, concavum, basi luteum, cuniculatum. 
For this beautiful species of Epidendrum I am obliged 
to James Bateman, Esq. jun. in whose hot-house at Kny- 
persley it flowered last January. He states, “that it was 
sent to him in the summer of 1835, from the neighbourhood 
of Guatemala, by his most excellent friend G. U. Skinner, 
Esq., to whose enthusiasm in the cause of science he is 
already indebted for many new and interesting plants. Ep. 
Skinneri is among the most free-flowering of its tribe; 
every one of its shoots, both great and~small, having been 
invariably succeeded by a spike of flowers.” 
The perfect state of the specimens, so short a time after 
the importation of the species, attests the skill of Mr. P. N. 
-—7* Seg fol. 1415. 
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