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in the present species they are round and flat. The leaves 

 of the former are striated, sometimes in threes, and have a 

 blotched or variegated appearance — of the latter they are 

 quite plain, and do not appear to be ever more than two. 

 The scape of the plant before me issues from a long thin 

 sheath, whereas the one referred to has no sheath. The 



umn 



and lip are also different from Dr. Hooker's fig 

 but in general character and appearance they nearly agi 

 except that E. variegatum is a much larger plant." 



+ 



The following new Epidendra form a part of the many 

 undescribed species now in our gardens ; the account of them 

 is from the pen of James Bateman, Esq. the author of one of 

 the most splendid works on Natural History that has ever 



ssued from the press ; it is needless to say tliat I speak of 



Orchidacese of Mexico and Guatemala," of which 

 part has appeared, and a second is in an advanced state of 

 readiness for publication. 



8. EPIDENDRUM papillosum. Bateman Mss. 



" E. papillosum ; folHs strlctis linearibus carinatls acutis In pseudobulbos pyrl- 

 formes glaucescentes tematim insidentibus, scapo erecto simplici multifloro 

 foliis subsequali, floribus distantibus, sepalls ovato-lauceolatis acutis. petalis 

 paulo angustioribus obtusis, labello semi-libero 3-partito, lacinus Jateralibus 

 obovatis, intermedia 3-plo majore obscure quadriloba versus basin callosa, 

 column^ bidentata, pedunculis paplilosis." 



Hab. in Guatemala. Skinner, v. v. c. 



th 



« Sepals and petals of a greenish brown, lip white, w 

 three minute pink veins. Column orange-coloured at its apex. 

 Next E. sQualidum, from which its habit alone would at once 

 distinguish it." 



9. EPIDENDRUM tessellatum. Bateman Mss. 



** E. tessellatum ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis 2-raro 3-pliylHs, foliis linearl- 

 lanceolatis scapo simpHci flexuoso multifloro paulo brevioribus, floribus 

 " ipatentibus, sepalis lanceolatls acutis mucronatis, petaljs(^ue minoribus 

 *i.«i„#:«. UK«n; Wht^A trilnbi larmns latpralihu.s rotundatis. intermedia 



su 

 su 



^%A l^*J w*— w**^*--^--— T —— - 



majore oblonga cucuUata callis tribus cristig 

 Hab. in Guatemala. Skinner. 



munita.^' 



'' Sepals and petals greenish on the outside, hut brown 

 the inside, and marked with regular streaks of a darker 



