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10. E. refractum (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. xii.) ; folio car- 
noso ovato-oblongo coriaceo obtuso, pedunculo elongato 
spathis plurimis falcatis obtusis distinctis vaginato, racemo 
brevi 4—5-floro cernuo, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis 
acutis dorsali refracto, petalis ovalibus subconformibus, 
labello subrotundo cordato trilobo basi biverrucoso per 
medium calloso, lacinia intermedia abbreviata truncata. 
— — Caraccas. —— A very singular plant, with six or 
seven herbaceous, equitant, distinct falcate spathes on a 
peduncle about nine inches long. "The sepals are about 
three-quarters of an inch long. 
11. E. geminiflorum (Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 
1. 354. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. no. 26); caule repente 
ramoso, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, pedunculis 
subbifloris, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis patulis margine 
revolutis, petalis conformibus planis, labello ovato cor- 
dato subcucullato trilobo : lobis lateralibus rotundatis ab 
g- intermedio sinu brevi sejunctis.——Popayan.-——Stem 
i with dwarf, stiff, erect side branches. Flowers middle- 
sized, very fleshy, with extremely sharp pointed divisions. 
(Not in cultivation.) 
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*** Lip three-parted. 
12. E. longiflorum (Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1. 
354. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. no. 45) ; foliis oblongis obtusis 
striatis coriaceis, racemi nutantis pedunculo spathä max- 
ima breviore, sepalis petalisque lanceolato-linearibus 
acuminatis margine revolutis, labelli tripartiti laciniis 
lateralibus ovatis oblique truncatis revolutis : intermediä 
lanceolatá acuminatä margine revolutá duplö longiore. 
—-— New Granada and Popayan. A most noble 
plant, with its yellow flowers more than four inches 
across. Some of the leaves are about a foot long. (Not 
in cultivation.) j 
13. E. spathaceum (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 3. 85); foliis...., 
A racemis alternis densissimis pendulis spathis foliaceis fal- 
Y catis conduplicatis vix longioribus, sepalis rigidis striatis 
acutis, petalis filiformibus, labelli trilobi laciniis latera- 
libus subintegris intermediá ovali obtusá basi bilamellatä 
brevioribus. Peru. Obtained by Mr. Mathews out of 
the herbarium of Ruiz and Pavon, preserved at Lima. 
The masses of inflorescence of this plant are upwards of 
M — December, 1844. n 
