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tibus, labelli trilobi laciniia lateralibus semiovatis acutiusculis cucullatis 

 intermedia maxima ovata ; callo ad laminse basin sito obsolete antrorsum 



evanescente. Mexico. A beautiful plant, with very large flowers, 



apparently pink or purple. The sepals and petals are two inches long, 

 and the middle lobe of the lip is an inch long and three-quarters of an 



broad 



** Labelli lobo medio rotundato. 



recums 



27. E. bractescens (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 122.) ; pseudobulbis 



ovatis csespitosis 3-4-phyUis, foliis linearibus, scapo debih 3-4-floro. 

 bracteis infimis fohaceis floribus longioribus supremis obsoletis, flonbus 



nutantibus longe pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque l™"*™*^'^ 

 minatis discoloribus labeUo longioribus kbelh hben lobis ^er^usapice 



obtusis subdentatis intermedio ungmculato subrotundo-ovato 



mult6 longiore secus unguem elevato sulcato P ub ^ sce ; te '— X* * C0 ^ 

 This is one of the prettiest of the small species of Epidendrum. The 

 pseudobulbs are exactly ovate, closely clustered, and ^"J*^* 

 Eieeon's eee The flowers have a beautifully but delicately painted 

 white lip, The gay effect of which is heightened by the contrast with the 

 dinjrv purple of the long narrow sepals and petals. 



28. rSE (Batem.n £ Bet. Reg. 1841. misc . ^P-^taM 

 lonsis diphyllis, foliis linearibus canahcula is acutis racemo simpUc 

 «Sbus sepalis petabsque lineari-lanceolatis *quaubus acutis, labelh 

 SSeXus LendLibus linear^ obtuse W«*> 

 media ovato-ob.onga . subundulata Jp.cta) acu a :—- *»-*. A 



pals and petals are dull purpl 



29. 



white, e ^ n ^/?\ r ^ y J!i n8 ; 1765) . foliis in pseudobulbos ovatos 

 E. grade (Lindl in Bot R ^^ 8 ™ acem0 Lplici longissimo, 



lined with purple. e nsiformibus obtusis supra et sub pseudo- 



Bess rz trw=A - — -• 



with elevated violet veins. . doDulbil! d i- 



31. E. «>*»>»«»> (L.»dl. in ^. t -.^;^7 b ™ T ioribns sepdis pettbaque 



***■ "TEJTJZ& TobSrTbKqndibu., labeSi trifobi liberi 



rrfafevabC erecris oblongis colnmnam amplexantibu. .pice rotun- 

 da. ISSto^SS «ri^^o.^ ± . Z ^™ r 



•jr U'3~bf bCtni. are rathe, large, a dnU reddish g«en. 

 with the Up delicately •^f.^J^^. ^dobnlbu ovatia atte- 



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