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EPIDENDRUM lancifolium. 



Lance-leaved Epidendrum. 



MONANDRIA 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^e § Epideni 

 EPIDENDRUM. Supra 1838. /ol 



E. lancifolium. Lindl. Gen. &• 



This plant, which has so much the habit of E. cochleatum, 

 is readily known by its regularly ovate sharp-pointed lip, 

 which is streaked with deep purple radiating lines upon a 

 pale yellow ground. 



It is one of that section of Epidendrum to which I have 

 elsewhere proposed the name of Osmophytum, in allusion to 

 the fragrance of many of the species, a quality in which this 

 also slightly participates. It consists of those species which 

 have an oval or fusiform pseudo-bulb, bearing a few leaves at 

 the point, racemose flowers, and a lip united firmly to the 

 column, usually shell-shaped, and rarely lobed. Below is an 

 enumeration of such species of the section as I am at present 

 acquainted with. 



Any one who can grow the old Epidendrum cochleatum, 

 or fragrans, can easily manage this with similar treatment. 

 It should be kept in a cool stove along with other plants of 

 like habits, many of which have been lately imported from 

 the high land of Mexico and Guatemala. It grows well 

 amongst brown turfy peat in a pot which is well drained, and 

 may be watered and syringed freely during its period of 

 growth, and at no time kept too dry. 







