EPIDENDRUM MrimnuM 





GYNANDR1A oiandria. L/kh. 



Obdo naturalis, ORCIIIDEyE. Joss. 







FoLi*©m»tfH» Unrobes toUM*i>*nic*l»tf* ( i^^ 



Planta pedal**, subpart lica. Radices filifonnc*, anuria Apongiosa 

 mdut«,nivcar,B«lbu*4olidu«,ovalas»iiaxUli* foliorum infcrionim 

 soliinrius. Cauli* simplex, wsrculij fi«i< variegate, inform folio- 

 Mi*, stipernc stipulalu*. Folia radicalia el caulina f lanctolala , 

 disliclia, subeoriacca, vaginantia, acuta, crccla- Slipular subulate- 

 Pamcula terminal!*, laxa, sex-ad uovemllora. Flore* imisciforme*, 

 interne violaceo-punciali , ad latera ncclarii gercnWs filament* duo 

 antcimironuta. Calyx nullus. Pciala quinquc, patcntia : iria exte- 

 rior*, duo inferior* paiiliilum angiuliora. Filament* duo, inter 

 ncctarium et pctala interior*, areuata, annulata, nnnuUs albi* fit 

 violftCCl* Ncctarium bilabialum : inferior! labio pclaloidco reflexo, 

 superior! labio campanulas, globoso, unidentato, ibiquc utlho- 

 rifcro. Stigma infra aiithcram. Aiuhcra bilocularis opereulata, 

 loculi* oblougis, distinct!*, basi pedicello commuiii uttidcotuW 

 Operculum cordatum, uniloculare, membranaceum. 



Ilabiiat in Peruvian Audibu*, tufa umbra arbusculorum. 



Pluttc haute d'un pied (5 decimetres). faus*c parasite, a ficur* 

 pourvues de deux filets en forme danteuncs. 



BlGDntt fibreuse*, ampler, revalues, eommc celle* dc I'Epidendrum 

 grandiflorum, d'nne substance apongicusc dc eouleur blanche. 



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