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EPIDENDRUM variegatum. 
Variegated Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcuipacez, $ EPIDENDREZ. 
EPIDENDRUM. Bot. Reg. fol. 17. 
E. variegatum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis 2-3-phyllis, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis obtusis, racemo simplici terminali, sepalis petalisque obovatis ob- 
tusis coriaceis, labello postico subrotundo acuto: callo baseos concavo 
emarginato dente columnæ posticá obtusá. 
E. variegatum. Bot. Mag. t. 3151. 
E. coriaceum. Jd. t. 3595. a variety. 
A native of Brazil, whence it has long since been imported, 
so that it now common in collections of Orchidacez, where 
it is valued for the delicious fragrance of its flowers, resem- 
bling nothing so much as Lily of the Valley. The figure 
now published was made many years ago in the collection of 
Messrs. Loddiges. 
In many respects it agrees with E. lancifolium a Mexican, 
and E. crassilabium a Peruvian species; but it differs from 
both in having the fleshy tooth, placed at the back of the 
anther, quite entire, blunt and rounded, not to mention other 
marks of distinction. Like Æ. fragrans it is very subject to 
variation, as must be obvious to any one who has remarked 
the peculiarities of the imported plants, which from time to 
time flower in collections, scarcely any two of which are 
exactly alike. Of these one is figured in the Botanical 
Magazine under the name of Æ. coriaceum. 
In general the sepals and petals are marked with distinct 
purple blotches, on a pale green ground ; but sometimes they 
are richly dotted, and occasionally are cream-coloured, with 
