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* EPIDENDRtJM ochraceum. 



Yellow- Ochre-coloured Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace-e, § Epidendre^. 

 EPIDENDRUM. Bot. Reg.volW.foL 17. 



E. ochraceum ; pseudobulbis obverse pyriformibus caespltosis sursum attenuatls 

 1-3-phyllis, foliis linearibus acutis recurvis scapo sequalibus, spica terminali" 

 laxiflor^, bractcis rigidis acutis squamiformibus, sepalis petalisque subaequa* 

 libus lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello postico sublibero trilobo medio cal- 

 loso: laciniis lateralibus inflexis truncato-rotundatis den ticulatis intermedin 

 brevi emarginat^, callo piano apice tridentato, columna apice tricorni, clinan- 

 drio denticulato, ovario triptero. Bot. Reg* 1838. misc. no. 15. 



Calycina foliola 5y pateniiay subt^gualia, Jusca^ duobus interioribus la* 

 teralibus paulo angustioribus et basi angustatis, omnibus liberis. Labellum 

 basi cum gynostemio connatum, (respectu germinis) erectum^ Jlavum^ lamind 

 trilobdj lobis lateralibus gynostemii partem superiorem amplectentibus^ in- 

 termedio basi in prono denticulis tribus lutds instructo. Gynostemium apice 

 tripartitum, laciniis laceris. Anthera terminalis operculata 4'locularis, 

 corpusculis polliniferis 3 cereaceris fceta^ pedicellatis parullelis. Schiede mss. 



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This pretty little plant inhabits several parts of tropical 

 America. Messrs. Loddiges received it from Oaxaca; Mr. 

 Skinner found it in Guatemala ; and I have specimens from 

 Schiede and Deppe, for which I km indebted to Professor 

 Schlechtendahl, collected near the Hacienda de la Laguna, 

 in Mexico, flowering in August. 



In July 1836, L first received specimens from Sir 

 Charles Lemon's garden, along with an account of the plant 

 by Mr. Booth, which I take this opportunity of subjoining. 



" This singular little plant was gathered in Guatemala, 

 by George Ure Skinner, Esq. and brought jto this country 



See Bot. Reg. vol. 17. fol. 1415. 



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