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* EPIDENDRUM noctúrnum; ß. latifólium. 
Broad-leaved Night-smelling Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEE, $ EPIDENDREZ. 
EPIDENDRUM, Supra vol. 1. fol. 17. 
E. nocturnum ; foliis distichis oblongis acutis, floribus subgeminis terminalibus, 
sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis patentibus, labelli lobis lateralibus 
ovatis integerrimis intermedio setaceo brevioribus. Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. 
Orch. 105. cum synonymis. E 
B. latifolium ; foliis oblongis obtusis subemarginatis, labelli lobo medio lineari- 
lanceolato, floribus dupló majoribus. 
Jacquin, filling the mountainous woods of Martinique 
its fragrance at night, and is now common in our hot-houses. 
The plant now figured, for which I am indebted to His Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire, differs from it in seyeral respects, 
especially in its much greater size, broader leaves which 
are of an oblong figure, and larger flowers. Mr. Paxton is, 
however, certainly right in considering it a mere variety of 
the species, under which it is here arranged. 
I received it from Chatsworth in Sept. 1836. 
The original Epidendrum nocturnum was found by 
wit 
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* See folio 1415. 
