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tereti fruticoso ramoso, ramulis vestitis apice 2-8-phyllis, 
foliis oblongis coriaceis patentibus, racemis oblongis 
densis terminalibus subsessilibus cernuis, bracteis lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceis patentissimis pedi- 
cellis duplo brevioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis carnosis, 
petalis tenuioribus linearibus apice paullo latioribus, 
labello trilobo cordato basi tricalloso, laciniis lateralibus 
rotundatis, intermedia emarginata undulata.—— Mexico. 
—-— À plant with a large branching stem, leathery leaves, 
three or four inches long, and many pale stout roots. It 
is more curious than beautiful, resembling E. nutans in 
some respects, and quite destitute of brilliant colours. 
The flowers are a dull chocolate, only relieved by a patch 
of yellow in the middle of the labellum. The latter 
organ is so folded back at the sides and front, that 
although it is really almost circular, it has altogether 
the form of an old fashioned three-cocked hat. 
89. E. dacertinum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. 109); 
floribus racemosis, ovariis subsecundis longissimis pen- 
dulis bracteis setaceis multoties longioribus, sepalis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli 
adnati trilobi basi bilamellati laciniis lateralibus triangu- 
laribus intermedia lineari acuminata elongata, anthera 
immersà, ovario cuniculato. —— Guatemala. —— The 
flowers hang down on long stalk-like ovaries from one 
side of a short raceme. They are bright green, with the 
exception of the column, which is yellow, and the lip 
which is a little stained with purple, and has very much 
the appearance of a lizard’s tail, the hind legs being out- 
side the flower, and the head and shoulders buried 
within the cup. 
xt Lip 4-lobed, the middle division being emarginate or 
slit, or even 3-toothed. 
40. E. bifarium (Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1509. Willd. no. 19. 
. Swartz Prodr. 121); foliis distichis cordato-lanceolatis 
horizontalibus, spicä terminali flexuosä, rachi ancipiti, 
sepalis ovato-lanceolatis convexis, petalis brevioribus se- 
taceis, labelli dilatati trilobi lobis lateralibus subrotundis 
integris: intermedio bilobo.——Jamaica.——Stem two 
