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EPIDENDRUM alatum. 
Winged Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipacem. (Oncnips, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 173.) 
EPIDENDRUM. Subgenus EncycLium, Lindl. 
E. alatum (Bateman Orch. Mex. t. 18. Epid. calocheilum, Hooker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 3898.) ; pseudobulbis ovato-oblongis diphyllis, foliis ensifor- 
mibus obtusis coriaceis obsoleté striatis paniculä multiflorä brevioribus, 
sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis spathulatis uniformibus patentibus, 
labello profundé trilobo basi intüs bicarinato lobis lateralibus eroso-den- 
tatis rotundatis intermedio oblongo undulato multó brevioribus omnium 
venis callosis et verrucosis, columns alis rotundatis. 
Of this once rare plant the gardens now abound in 
varieties, owing to the large importations from Guatemala, of 
which it is a native. The specimen here figured flowered in 
the conservatory of Mr. Rucker, in July, 1846. 
Its pale colour, and the peculiar markings upon its lip, at 
once distinguish it. ‘These markings consist of reddish warts, 
plates, scales or elevations, of various forms, arranged upon 
the veins, and therefore spreading from the base. 
We find nothing among the variations of sufficient im- 
portance to deserve special notice. 
The species thrives most when «suspended from the roof 
of the house, and fastened to a block of wood with a coating 
of sphagnum. It is increased by division when the plant 
begins to grow, blooms in Mav, and remains a long time 
in flower if the atmosphere is kept rather dry and cool at 
that time. 
October, 1847. U 
