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75. EPIDENDRUM purum. 
E. purum ($ Euepidendrum) ; caule elongato tereti, foliis ensiformibus ob- 
tusis, floribus paniculatis ramis (3) racemosis gracilibus foliis paulo 
erectioribus, sepalis angusté lanceolatis, petalis linearibus, labelli tri- 
partiti basi 5-costati laciniis ovatis acutis. 
A Caraccas plant, sent by Linden to Mr. Rucker, with 
whom it flowered in the beginning of September. The leaves 
are not half an inch wide, and six or eight inches long. The 
flowers are in a thin panicled raceme, of a light pale green 
colour, and about the size of those of E. nutans. 
76. ONCIDIUM spilopterum. 
O. spilopterum (Euoncidia, Pentapetala, micropetala, pandurata) ; pseudo- 
bulbis compressis oblongis diphyllis, foliis erectis oblongis scapo erecto 
racemoso brevioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis liberis, petalis conformibus 
latioribus, labello maximo trilobo subrotundo emarginato apiculato lobis 
lateralibus nanis obtusis, cristá anticé trilobá jugis quibusdam verru- 
cisque utrinque pone basin quasi 5-lobá, columne alis semicordatis 
crenulatis maculatis. 
A handsome Oncidium, with quite a peculiar habit, 
imported from Brazil by Messrs. Loddiges. Its flowers are 
large and yellow, with small brownish purple sepals and 
petals; the base of the labellum is the same colour; while 
the wings of the column are clear yellow, spotted with crim- 
son. The flowers grow in an erect raceme, longer than the 
leaves. It may be stationed between O. Lanceanum and 
Carthaginense. 
77. HABENARIA candida. 
H. eandida; caule diphyllo, folis undulatis acuminatis, spicá pauciflorä 
(4-5), bracteis acuminatis herbaceis ovario brevioribus, sepalis ovatis 
acutis subzequalibus dorsali horizontali, petalis indivisis galeatis obtusis, 
labello integerrimo ensiformi, caleare pendulo ovario dupló longiore 
apice bilobo. 
'The flowers of this rare Orchidaceous plant are scentless 
and snow-white, without the least trace or stain, except on the 
spur, which is pale green. They are of the size of those in 
Cynorchis fastigiata, of which the plant has the habit. Messrs. 
Loddiges received it from Sierra Leone, and it is No. 1901 
of their last catalogue. 
L — November, 1844. i 
