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EPIDENDRUM verrucosum. 
Warted Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORcH1DACEX. $ EPIDENDREX. 
EPIDENDRUM. Supra, 1838. fol. 53. 
E. verrucosum (Encyclium, $ labello trilobo) ; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis ensi- 
formibus obtusis, scapo pedicellis ovariisque verrucosis, racemo nutante, 
sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli trilobi lobis late- 
ralibus subfaleatis acutis nanis intermedio ovali crenulato basi serrato 
bilamellato, column:e alis 2 nanis truncatis. 
This beautiful and fragrant plant has been obtained from 
Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges with whom it flowered in July 
last. Among all the Encycliums not more than two or three 
are superior to it in attractiveness. 
It is not very nearly related to any kinds hitherto dis- 
covered: belonging to the same set as E. tessellatum and 
Candollii, from all which its stems and flower-stalks, closely 
covered with minute asperities, and its rich crimson flowers, 
which are as much as three inches in diameter, readily dis- 
tinguish it. Its closest affinity is perhaps with E. phoeniceum, 
a native of Cuba, and figured in the Sertum Orchidaceum, 
t. 46, and E. Hanburii, mentioned in this work at no. 60 of 
the miscellaneous matter of the present year; but both those 
plants have the middle division of the lip 2-lobed ; and they 
are not, that we are aware of, fragrant. 
Fig. 1. represents a front view of the column; 2. the label- 
lum spread open. 
This plant should be potted in turfy heath-mould, mixed 
with a few pieces of potsherds. When this operation 1s per- 
formed, care should be taken to keep the pseudo-bulbs always 
above the soil. In spring and summer, while the plant is in 
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