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cemo denso paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis canalicu- 
latis ovario cuniculato æqualibus, sepalis petalisque 
linearibus acutis patentissimis, labelli trilobi basi bical- 
losi laciniis lateralibus subrotundo-rhomboideis inter- 
medio lineari spathulato acuminato convexo triplö lon- 
giore, columnæ cucullo fimbriato. Demerara.— — 
This species has white flowers closely arranged at the 
end of a flower-stem two feet long; and the latter when 
old produces young plants at almost every joint. The 
flowers have no smell. 
5. E. stenopetalum (Knowles & Westcott, Floral Cabinet, 
vol. 2. p. 175.); “pseudobulbis cylindraceo-oblongis ; 
foliis lanceolatis; floribus solitariis ; sepalis lanceolatis ; 
petalis angust? linearibus; labello trilobo, lobo medio 
cuspidato-purpureo, lobis lateralibus subrotundis albidis 
columnam involventibus."—-— Mezico.——-'* A delicate 
and pretty species," to me unknown. 
6. E. clavatum (Lindl. in Bot., Reg. t. 1870.) ; caule clavato 
in pseudobulbum ovale desinente diphyllo, foliis lanceo- 
latis patulis, racemo simplici subæquali, bracteis ovatis 
canaliculatis acutis ovariis infimis duplö brevioribus, 
sepalis petalisque lanceolato-linearibus zequalibus, co- 
lumná clavatä, labelli tripartiti basi bicallosi laciniis 
lateralibus ovatis subfaleatis margine posteriore denti- 
culato: intermedia unguiculatà ovata acuminatà.—-— 
Cumana.——Flowers green, with a small white lip. 
7. E. falcatum (Lindley in Taylor's Annals of Natural His- 
tory, Feb. 1840. E. Parkinsonianum, Hooker in Bot. 
Mag. Feb. 1840. t. 3778); caule ramoso carnoso mem- 
branis laxis imbricatis vaginato, foliis solitariis falcatis 
canaliculatis acutis, fasciculis florum sessilibus: pedun- 
culis elongatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis pa- 
tentissimis, labelli tripartiti basi bituberculati laciniis 
lateralibus oblongis dimidiatis integris intermediä lineari- 
lanceolata paulo longiore.——Mexico.——A very fine 
species, with fleshy branching short stems, long chan- 
nelled falcate leaves, and large pale yellowish flowers, 
springing from within a long pale yellowish-green mem- 
branous spathe. In Sir Wm. Hooker's figure only two 
flowers are represented, but in wild specimens there 
are four or more to each spathe. 
8. E. aloifolium (Bateman Orch. Mex. & Guat. t. 25.); 
* rhizomate repente parcè folioso, caulibus brevibus mo- 
