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and the traveller is astonished to find specimens of an 
immense size placed by the side of others of the most tiny 
dimensions. While staying at Ohosaka I went to see the 
celebrated Pine tree before: the Naviwaja Tea-house, the 
branches of which are artificially spread out into a circum- 
ference of 136 feet. On the other hand, they showed me at 
Jeddo a dwarf tree in a lacquered box, with branches not 
occupying more than two square inches. They even know 
how to graft Conifers in Japan; and we saw dwarfed speci- 
mens on which almost every variety of Pines known in Japan 
was fixed by grafting.” 
59. EPIDENDRUM Lindeni. 
E. (Amphiglottium) Linden ; caulibus simplicibus strictis, foliis ovalibus 
obtusis emarginatisve coriaceis distichis, racemo oblongo obtuso, sepalis 
petalisque æqualibus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus subrotundis 
laceris intermedià cuneatà emarginatà dentatà suprà carinatà basi bitu- 
berculatà cristà crassà subrotundà plicatà ante tuberculos, clinandrio 
denticulato. 
This beautiful species was discovered on rocks near 
Merida by Mr. Linden, a most diligent and successful col. 
lector, to whom our gardens owe many of their fairest orna- 
ments. It forms no. 686 of his herbarium, the whole of the 
Orchids in which have been liberally placed in our hands 
for publication. From the ticket attached to the dried speci- 
mens, we learn that the plant appears in the form of three 
well-marked varieties ; in one the flowers are a bright car- 
mine, in another rose-coloured, and in a third of a yellowish 
orange. It was met with in August, 1842, at the height of 
5000 feet. Our living. specimens have been communicated 
by Messrs. Loddiges, (603), and, appear to belong to none. of 
Mr. Linden’s varieties, for the whole centre is rose-coloured, 
while the upper half of the sepals and petals is a dull but very 
pleasing salmon colour. The habit of the plant is quite that 
of E. elongatum ; it is however nearer E. Schomburgkii, the 
middle lobe of its lip having the deep. keel of that species. 
From all the described plants thus allied to E. Schomburgkii, 
E. Lindenii differs in having a large plaited or ribbed semi- 
circular erest, placed in front of the tubereles so frequently 
present at the base of the lip of this genus. | 
