41. 
75 
to four inches high. Flowers greenish white. Bracts 
somewhat falcate, keeled, as long as the ovary. 
E. cauliflorum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 82); 
caule tereti, foliis ovato-oblongis planis acuminatissimis, 
corymbis brevibus axillaribus e latere caulis erumpen- 
— tibus, sepalis angustis oblongis patentissimis subæqua- 
42. 
43. 
44. 
libus concavis, petalis linearibus apice cuneatis acutis 
reflexis, labello columnæ arcuatæ clavatæ omninó accreto 
cuneato-subrotundo trilobo ; lobo intermedio truncato 
tridentato lateralibus rotundatis repandis, callis tribus 
linearibus in medio labelli lateralibus majoribus.—— 
Brazil. —— The flowers are about the size of those of 
E. nutans, of a pale straw-colour, and are remarkable for 
appearing from the side of the stout cylindrical stem, 
bursting forth from among the dry sheaths with which 
it is closely invested. 
E. patens (Swartz Fl. Ind. Oce. 1. 1495. Willd. no. 10. 
Bot. Cab. t. 1537); foliis distichis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
racemo terminali, sepalis petalisque subæqualibus oblon- 
gis acutis concavis patentibus, labelli quadrilobi lobis 
lateralibus subrotundis: anterioribus linearibus obtusis 
conniventibus. —— Jamaica ——Stem a span or foot 
high. Flowers pallid. Sepals keeled on the outside, 
and ferruginous. = 
E. parviflorum (Fl. Peruv. Syst. 945); “* foliis lanceo- 
lato-linearibus, racemo brevi, labelli triiobi laciniis sub- 
rotundis: intermediä bipartità acuta.”——Peru.—-— 
What I take for this plant was found at Jambrasbamba 
by Mathews, and is no. 1900 of his herbarium. The 
raceme seems always to be forked. E à 
E. viride (Fl. Peruv. Syst. 944); “foliis lanceolatis 
acutis, racemo terminali, labii trilobi laciniis lateralibus 
obcordatis, intermedia bifidáa.”——Peru.—— 
. E. torquatum (Lindl. in Benth, pl. Hartw. p.. 149); 
caule elongato aspero, foliis oblongis coriaceis obtusis 
distichis, spica sessili cernua, floribus corlaceıs sepalis 
ovatis acutiusculis, petalis tenuioribus. basi angustatis, 
labelli trilobi basi bidentati lobis lateralibus subtruncatis 
intermedio cuneato tridentato.—-—— Peru. Near E. 
scabrum, but with much larger flowers. A terrestrial 
plant. It variés very much in the size of the flowers. 
