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43. EPIDENDRUM pictum. 



E. pic^ttm; pseudobulbosum, foliis ligulatis coriaceis obtusis dorso rotundatis, 

 racemo erecto paniculate, sepalis petalisque obovato-linearibus subsequalibus, 

 labelli trilobi liberi lobis lateralibus linearibus acutiusculis subfalcatis 

 columnam amplexantibus margine anteriore plicato intermedio ovali acuto 

 crispo multo brevioribus, disco venis elevatis calloso. 



One of the numerous unpublished species resembling 

 JE. odoratisdmum ; with dull yellow flowers, neatly striped 

 with crimson. It is very nearly related to E. chlorantJium^ 

 from which its leaves readily distinguish it. Messrs. Lod- 

 diges received it from Demerara. 



smara 



44. EPIDENDRUM smaragdmum. 



, Tacili ad fastlgium ipsum folloso, foliis lineari-lanceo- 



latis acuminatis subdistichis, spica terminali pauciflora rigida nutante foliis 

 brev"- ^ • . . ' ^ . . ^ .. ^ •_,..., :_• 



bus, 



squarrosis ovario veninc 



igustis 



labello cuneato cordato carnoso apice tridentato basi bicalloso: laciniis aequi- 



witenn 



A species closely allied to E. orchidijiorum^ with 



sm 



bright green flowers of no beauty whatever, and hardly dis 

 tinguishable from the leaves. It is a native of Demerara 



whence it was obtained by Messrs. Loddi^es, It flowers ii 

 March. ^ ^ 



w S ^ 



45. PHYSINGA prostrata. 



PHYSINGA G. nov. (Epidendrks:). Sepala membranacea, sequalia, basi 

 connata. Petala minora, basi sepalis obliqu^ adnata. Labellum camosum, 

 tuberculatum, indlvisum, cum basi columnse connatum, sacco vesiciformi 

 basi auctum. Columna carnosa, nana, biloba, basi ima antberifera. Pol- 

 hnia 4, fills duobus geminatis pulvereis adnata. Stigma, area minuta, ma- 



_ dida, bidentata, supra faucem vesicae, 



P. prostrata. Caulis prostratus, brevis, anceps, dens^ et disticb^ foliosus. 

 folia crassissima, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, amplexicauKa, dilute purpura- 

 scentia, striata. Scanns tprminalic fiK^rv^vi^e T^^«of>.«f«o ^nT«ncn<!. ft.Q nol- 



striatis 



licca iongus, vaginis angustis, fusco-purpureis, acutis, cannatis, 

 arete vestitus. Flores pauci, parvi, apice ramorum, herbacei, dilutfe pur- 

 pureo suffusi. Calycis lacinise acuminatse, patentes, Petala angust^ 

 lanceolata, acutissima. Labellum albidum, obovatum, acutum, apice re- 

 curvum, basi auriculis camosis infiexis aucturo ; lineS. media callosa tuber- 

 cuhsque duobus antic^ procurrcntibus ; vesica spheeroidea, viridescens. 

 Columna alba, auriculis imis labelli brevior, basi ipsa tantum labello adnata. 



This is an Orchidaceous plant of no beauty, but one of 

 the most curious that I am acquainted with. It has much 



