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basi vaginantibus racemo erecto multifloro brevioribus, sepalis petaUsque 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis subaqualibus patulis, labello lineari apice angus- 



tato abrupte acuto. basi calloso et bifoveato semilibero. Mexico, in 



the region of Lichens and Jungerinannise. A most superb plant with 



. flowers of a brilliant orange. 



2. E. ligulatum (Llave. L. p. 98.) ; pseudobulbis ovatis depressis, foliis lan- 



ceolatis subcoriaceis striatis, scapo filiformi, sepalis petaUsque ligulatis 



reflexis, labello obcordato limbo subcrenato, capsula glabra trigona. 



Mexico. Flowers purplish brown with a yellowish lip. 



3. E. livid um (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 91.) ; pseudobulbis anguste 



ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis subundulatis ob- 

 tusiusculis, scapo paucifloro foliis breviorc, ovario triquetro, sepalis 

 erectis herbaceis linearibus mucronatis, petalis spathulatis obtusis sequi- 

 longis, labello libero lineari-oblongo obtuso crispo medio tomentoso serie 

 tripUci dentium elevatorum intermedia majore, columna triquetra apice 



tricallosa. Colombia. Flowers small, dull dingy purple, a little 



tessellated ; their lip pale dirty yellow, with a few dull purple veins. 

 *3. E. articulatum (Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenz. Sept. 22, 1838.) ; caule repente 

 radicante, pseudobulbis elongato-oblongis gracilibus compressis 2-3 

 phyllis, foliis linearibus acutis subcarinatis tenuibus, floribus subarti- 

 culatim-racemosis , sepalis linearibus acutis erecto-patentibus, petalis spa- 

 tulatis obtusis extus sordide pallide-ochraceis intus purpureo variegatis, 

 labello indiviso libero linguiformi basi angustato albido longitudinaliter 

 triseriatim cristato-gibboso ante columnam villoso-barbato margine erecto 

 subinflexo undulatim crispo transversaliter rubro-venoso, columna ob- 

 tuse-trigona couica apice glanduhs tribus flavis instructa labello duplo 



breviore, genuine trialato. La Guayra. 1 am unacquainted with 



this plant, which, if its Up were not stated to be undivided, I should 



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have supposed to be E. tessellatum. 



E. tripunctatum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 113); pseudobulbis 

 ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis ligulatis tenuibus apice recurvis 

 scapo bifloro pluries longionbus, sepalis patentissimis hneari-oblongis, 

 petalis duplo angustioribus, labello semiadnato obovato rugoso utnnque 

 ultra columnam emarginato, columna atropurpurea apice tnloba et luteo 



tripunctata. Mexico. This has long grassy leaves, and a very 



short scape. The sepals are twice as broad, and much larger than the 

 petals are, and a dull yellow green. The column is deep purple, with 

 three lobes, each of which is tipped with one pale orange-coloured spot. 

 The Up is rather more than half an inch long, not warted, and distinctly 

 emarginate near the apex of the column ; its colour is paleatron. 



E. asperum (Lindl. in Hooker's Journal, p. 6. Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 36) 

 pseudobulbis ovatis basi subangulatis diphylUs, folns conaceis ligulatis 

 carinatis acutis, scapo ramoso peduncuUsque subaspens, sepalis paten- 

 tibus obovato-lanceolatis obtusis, petalis magis cuneatis, labeUo semili- 

 bero cucuUato flabellatim cuneato crispo basi callo eleyato pubescente 



obovato medio depresso apice tridentato. Me 



Flowers duU dirty yeUow, with crimson veins pencUled on the lip. 



II. Labello trilobo ; nempe laciniis lateralibus nanis aut 



brevibus rotundatis nee intermedice cequalibus. 



Reg. 1839. misc. 76. Ep. cepiforme, Hooker 



Mag. t. 3765.) ; pseudobulbis 



May, 1842. 



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