22 
flexuoso, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis rhomboideis, labello 
acuminato subquadrato margine lacero. Essequebo. 
——Stem two or three feet high, compressed, zigzag 
from sheath to sheath. Leaves six inches long. Flowers 
purple. A doubtful plant, of which little is known. (Not 
in cultivation.) 
B. Flowers panicled. 
24. E. Martianum (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 4.); foliis 
distichis angustis lanceolatis, caule apice ramoso squamis 
concavis obtusiusculis vaginato, racemis corymbosis, peta- 
lis linearibus obovatis obtusis sepalis multo angustioribus, 
labello cordato subrepando basi bituberculato axi elevata. 
Brazil.—— Allied to E. fuscatum. Stem from 13 to 
2 feet high. Flowering stem stiff, erect, branched, much 
longer than the leaves, which are narrow and sharp 
pointed. (Not in cultivation.) 
25. E. laxum, (Poppig et Endlich. n. g. et sp. 2. p. 2); 
** caulibus basi repentibus, adscendentibus, ancipitibus ; 
foliis lanceolato-oblongis, acutis ; panicula terminali elon- 
gata, laxa, multiflora; sepalis erectis, subzequalibus, lance- 
olatis, acutis ; labelli columna triplo longioris, ovalis, sub- 
cordati, apice breviter trifidi, nudi laciniis integerrimis, 
intermedia majore, acutiore."—-— Peru.——Stems above 
a foot high on a long creeping rhizoma. Leaves seldom 
more than three on each, with a spiny point. Panicle a 
foot long or more. Flowers small, pale green. (Not in 
cultivation.) 
26. E. rubrocinctum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1848, misc. 20. 
E. densiflorum, Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3791??); foliis 
oblongo-ligulatis acuminatis apice carinatis paniculä 
amplà cernuà subsessili parum brevioribus, sepalis 
oblongis concavis acutis coriaceis, petalis angusté linea- 
ribus, labello transverso cordato trilobo suprà tricarinato; 
lobi medii trilobi dente intermedio minuto, columná 
inappendiculatá.—— Brazil. If E. densiflorum is the 
same as this, which I suspect, then the name of rubro- 
cinctum must be changed, but I am not certain. The 
sweet-scented flowers are adull yellowish green, bordered 
with dull purple ; the lip is more yellow than the sepals. 
It has much the habit of E. nutans, but is a plant of 
more beauty. Not having seen sufficient specimens, I 
