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long and beautifal fringes, or at least split into three pieces. 
They have a long horn-like stem, leafy only at the end, and 
their flowers invariably grow in racemes. These form the 
section Aulizeum, along with others of less conspicuous 
beauty, but similar in those points of structure. 
1. E. ciliare (Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349. Jacq. Amer. 224. t. 179. 
f. 89. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.69. Willd. no. 21. 
Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 784. Gen. & Sp. Orch. no. 18.— 
Auliza ciliaris, Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. c.); foliis in 
pseudobulbos geminatim insidentibus, sepalis petalisque 
linearibus acuminatissimis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 
setaceo-pectinatis intermedio setaceo brevioribus, spicä 
subquinqueflorá.—— West Indies, and tropical America 
generally.——Very near E. cuspidatum, but more 
slender, and with very delicate fringes to the lip. 
Sepals and petals very light green. Lip pure white. 
I have a specimen from Mr. Hartweg, found in the 
province of Bogota, with a raceme a foot and a half long, 
and enormous flowers. 
2. E. viscidum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 190.) ; caule 
tereti monophyllo vaginà alterä longiore infra folium, 
folio canaliculato mucronulato, racemo paucifloro, brac- 
teis herbaceis glutinosis carinatis ovarii dimidium æquan- 
tibus, petalis sepalisque linearibus acuminatis herbaceis, 
labelli tripartiti basi bicallosi laciniis lateralibus semi- 
rhombeis acuminatis setaceo-fimbriatis intermedià subu- 
latà brevioribus, clinandrio cucullato dentato. —-— 
Mexico.——Nearly allied to E. ciliare, from which its 
single narrow channelled leaf, smaller flowers, and gluti- 
nous bracts distinguish it. The blossoms have a weak 
smell like Cucumbers. 
3. E. cuspidatum (Lodd. Bot. Cab. 10. Ker in Bot. Reg. 
10. 783. Gen. & Sp. Orch. no. 19.— Epidendrum ci- 
liare, Bot. Mag. 463.) ; foliis in pseudobulbos ternatim 
insidentibus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, pe- 
talis conformibus latioribus, labelli trilobi lobis latera- 
libus falcatis laciniatis intermedio lineari subæqualibus, 
spicà subtriflorà.—— West Indies and Mexico.—— 
Flowers large, pale straw colour; lip with a deep yellow 
base. 
4. E. viviparum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 27.) ; caule 
fusiformi diphyllo pedunculo squamato pluries breviore, 
foliis oblongis horizontalibus subundulatis obtusis, ra- 
