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obovatis, ramis volubilibus, labelli bifidi laciniis lan- 
ceolatis." —— Peru. 
58. E. cordatum (Fl. Peruv. Syst. 244); “ foliis cordatis 
amplexicaulibus, paniculä flexuosä, labelli bifidi laciniis 
acuminatis recurvis." —-— Peru.— — 
*** Lip distinctly 3-lobed. 
9. E. carnosum (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 3. 87); foliis dis- 
tichis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis: vaginis rugulosis, 
paniculä rigidà striatä multiflorä, bracteis duris ovatis 
cucullatis acutis ovarii longitudine, sepalis carnosis 
oblongis obtusis lateralibus hinc gibbosis carinatis latio- 
ribus, petalis sepalo dorsali conformibus, labelli postici 
trilobi carnosi lobis lateralibus rotundatis erectis inter- 
medio conico solido. Brazl. A rigid plant, with 
the habit of Ep. elongatum. The panicle is stiff, many- 
flowered. Flowers are pale yellow ; they are, when dry, 
hard, thick, and black, and evidently must be very fleshy 
when recent. | : 
60. E. durum (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 8. 87); foliis distichis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis: vaginis rugosis, paniculà sim- 
plici pauciflorá, bracteis duris ovatis cucullatis acuminatis 
ovariis æqualibus, sepalis oblongis acutis duris striatis, 
petalis angustioribus, labelli postici trilobi transversé 
rhombei lobis lateralibus erectis truncatis intermedio 
triangulari acuto. —— Guiana. Stems simple or 
branched, from nine to eighteen inches high, equally 
covered with hard distichous leaves. Flowers small, 
apparently yellow. The inflorescence is occasionally 
simple. 
61. E. purum '(Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. 75); caule 
elongato tereti, foliis ensiformibus obtusis, floribus pani- 
culatis ramis (3) racemosis gracilibus foliis paulo erectio- 
ribus, sepalis angusté lanceolatis, petalis linearibus, labelli 
tripartiti basi 5-costati laciniis ovatis acutis.—— A Carac- 
cas plant, sent by Linden to Mr. Rucker, with whom 
it flowered in the beginning of September. The leaves 
are not half an ineh wide, and six or eight inches long. 
The flowers are in a thin panicled raceme, of a light pale 
reen colour, and about the size of those of E. nutans. 
62. E. tridactylum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 81); 
caule fusiformi gracili apice distiché folioso, foliis angusté 
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