Plate XLVl. 



EPTDENDRUM PHCENICEUM. 



K|wk*mlrtim plurnimun. Botanical lie*/* for 18-11, number 120 of the miscellaneous 

 matter* 



This bono of the few Orchidaceous plant* yet imported from Cuba, whore no doubt there 

 are great number* to reward lite search of the collector. It ha* been introduced by Me**r*. 

 Loddigcs, 



Beautiful as it i*. it approaches very nearly to the dingy Epidcndrum adenocarpon of Ln IJaw 

 tlld Lexarza. which i$ the tame as Mr. BatcmanV E. papillosum ; and differ* principally in the 

 structure of the lip, which in tlu* sped*** ha* two di*tniei elevated plate* at it* base, ending 

 abruptly* without throwing out any runner* into the main surface of the lip ; while in E. auYnocarpnn 

 there ore no plate*, but the whole base of the lip below the column is thick and fleshy, whence 

 diverge five ftlcttdc? radiating veins the central of which i* thickest. 



The p&eudoiiclbs are large, rotindi*li*ovsttc. 2-Ieavcd. The LEAVES are oblong, narrow, erect, 

 somowhat -twi* ted. The SCAPK i* much longer than the leaves, paniclcd, crec*, all over rough with 

 minute a*j>eritie*, from two to three feel high- The flowers are scemle**. The sepals and 

 PETALS are of a leathery texture, deep purple, slightly mottled with j;recn *pcck*, obovatedanccolatc 

 and widely spreading The MP i* nearly an inch and half long, of the dear bright violet of Cattlcya 

 labiata, with deep crimson vein* and stains ; it* side lobe* are paler, erect, oblong. Ovale and wavy 

 at the point where they are turned backwards : tin? middle lobe is nearly round, deeply einarginate. 

 with two elevated plate* ju*t below the column* 





