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I have received this little plant from several collections, 

 and have long since called it Encyclia ochracea; but I am 

 now convinced that the genus Encyclia must be reduced to 

 Epidendrum. Mr. Booth first sent it from Sir Charles 

 Lemon's garden at Carclew, it was afterwards drawn for this 

 work in Messrs. Loddiges' stove in July 1837, and the 

 figure will hereafter appear; it is, therefore, only necessary 

 to state that it is a small species, hardly exceeding six inches 

 in height, forming tufts of slender inverted pear-shaped 

 pseudo-bulbs, and with yellowish brown flowers. It was first 

 found in Guatemala by Mr. Skinner, and Messrs. Loddiges 

 received it from Oaxaca. It is near E. tessellatum. 



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16. EPIDENDRUM Schomburgkii. 



E. Schomburgkii ; foliis distichis oblongis obtusis margine sanguineo punctatis, 

 caule simplici apice aphyllo, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 53equalibus patentissimis, columna clavata elongata, labelli trilobi basi bical- 

 losi linea mediana elevata, lobvs lateralibus latis rotundatis laceris : inter- 

 medio cuneato apice triangular! crispo medio et utrinque acuminato. 



A noble species in the wa}^ of E. elongatum, with bright 

 / scarlet flowers, according to Mr, Schomburgk, its discoverer, 



from one of whose letters the following is an extract : 



" In both cases that I had opportunity of meeting with 

 this beautiful plant, it grew in company of Coryanthes, on 

 a tree on the banks of the river, exposed to full light ; the 

 bright colour of its flowers, the three-lobed finely fringed 

 lip, the long period it remains in flower, tlie form of its 

 leaves, spotted on the margin, will make it, should I have 

 been correct in my supposing it to be new, a great favourite 

 with the admirers of Orchidaceae."* 



The characters of this species have been drawn up from a 

 coloured figure and some dried flowers, sent home by Mr. 

 Schomburgk. It seems to grow about two feet high ; and 

 will be readily known by its deep green leaves, richly dotted 

 with crimson at the edge. The diameter of the head of flowers 

 appears from the drawing to be about five inches. 



17. EPIDENDRUM fucatum. 



l£i.fucatum\ pseudobulbis subrotundo-ovatis csespUosis monophylHs, foliis ligu- 

 latis conaceis obtusis scapo brevioribus, panicula nutante multiflora, bracteis 

 ovatis acutis squamiforaiibus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis tcssellatis 



