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formerly regarded it as a species of the section Spathium. 
It is however an Amphiglottium with a nearly sessile 
panicle, and only two or three herbaceous sheaths at the 
base. It connects Spathium and Amphiglottium. 
27. E. pallidiflorum (Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2980. L. no. 41.); 
foliis distichis oblongis linearibus obtusis pedunculo 
distanter vaginato brevioribus, floribus paniculatis, 
sepalis petalisque lanceolatis obtusis patentibus, labelli 
trilobi lobis subzequalibus rotundatis : intermedii trisulei 
2.callosi marginibus involutis. —— St. Vincents. 
Flowers pale yellowish white, with a purple stain on the 
end of the column. The specimen figured in the Bota- 
nical Magazine was very weak. Its inflorescence is 
really a loose panicle. . 
28. E. gladiatum (L. no. 47.) ; foliis paucis distichis gladiifor- 
mibus, racemis subsessilibus terminalibus fasciculatis co- 
F . rymbosis recurvis, sepalis oblongis obtusis margine reflexis 
| petalisque spatulatis patulis, labelli trilobi carinati basi 
bituberculati lobis lateralibus. subquadratis rotundatis 
intermedio multó minore emarginato.— — Mexico. 
A small species, not more than eight or twelve inches high. 
The leaves are three or four inches long, and as many 
lines broad. Mr. Hartweg found it in Mexico, and 
therefore the habitat of Peru given by me formerly, on : 
authority of Pavon’s herbarium, was probably a mistake. 
99. E. anisatum (La Llave. L. no. 62.) 5 foliis distichis ellip- 
tico-lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque patentibus linearibus 
} obtusis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus obtusis Inter- 
medià profundé bilobà: lobis acutis. Mexico. 
This is very near E. gladiatum, and is perhaps the same 
species. The flowers are described as being of a dingy 
colour, and emitting a smell of Anise at night. The lip 
is said to have three purple lines at the base. (Not in 
cultivation.) 
30. E. polyanthum (L. no. 50. Bateman Orch. Mex. et 
: Guat. t. 94. E. bisetum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. 
y misc. 148.); foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
caule ramoso, racemis plurimis multifloris cernuis basi 
spathaceis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis striatis, petalis 
linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi tricostati lobis latera- 
libus subeuneatis retusis: intermedio lineari retuso, 
ovario scabro. —— Mexico, Guayaquil.— — Flowers bright 
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