188 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEZ (ROLFE). [Pogonia. 
acute; front lobe longer and slightly broader than the side lobes. 
Column clavate, obtuse-angled on either side of the apex. 
Wile Land. Upper Senaar: near Fazokl, Cienkowsky, 236. 
Only known to me from the original description, but said to be allied to 
P. carinata, Lindl, 
28. EPIPOGUM, Gmel.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 617. 
Sepals subequal, free, narrow, erect or ultimately spreading. Petals 
similar to the sepals. Lip sessile at the base of the column, ovate, 
broadly concave at the base or extended in a sac or short obtuse 
spur; side lobes auriculate or obsolete; front lobe spreading; disc 
papillose. Column short, thickened at the apex; clinandrium short 
or with a dilated. margin. Anther somewhat stipitate, incumbent, or 
suberect, much thickened at the back, 2-celled; pollinia 2, granular, 
often affixed bya pair of filiform stipites to a broad gland. Stigma 
broad, somewhat distant from the short, broad rostellum. Capsule 
ovoid, pendulous.—Leafless saprophytic herbs, with a nodose or some- 
what tuberous rhizome. Scapes simple, with a few basal sheaths. 
Flowers few, in a lax raceme, pedicelled, spreading or pendulous. 
Bracts small. 
A genus of 2 species, one sparingly dispersed in Europe and temperate Asia, the 
other found in India, Java, Australia, and West Tropical Africa. 
1. E. nutans, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, v. 36. Tuber ovoid or 
oblong, }-14 in. long. Scapes 4—14 ft. long, with numerous broad, 
loose sheaths, 3-9 in. long. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 2-3 lin. long. Flowers white, with purple 
spots. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3-4 lin. long. Petals similar to, but 
a little shorter than, the sepals. Lip broadly ovate, concave, acute 
or acuminate, crenulate, 4—5 lin. long; disc with a pair of verrucose 
keels from the base to near the apex. Column stout, about 1 lin. 
long.—Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. i. 177 ; vi. 137; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vi. 308; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 124. Galera nutans, Blume, Bijdr. 
416, fig. 3; Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 187. Blume, Coll. Orch. 
Archip. Ind. 139, t. 52, fig. 3, t. 54, fig. E. Limodorum roseum, 
Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 30. Ceratopsis rosea, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
384. Galera rosea, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 188; Blume, Coll. 
Orch. Archip. Ind. 139. Podanthera pallida, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 
v. 22, t. 1759. Hpipogum roseum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 177. 
E. Guilfoylii, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 30; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 308. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann, 784! 
Also found in North and South India, Ceylon, Java, and Australia. 
29. EPIPACTIS, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 619. 
Sepals free, spreading, subequal. Petals scarcely smaller than the 
sepals. Lip sessile at the base of the column; basal part, or hypo 
chile, broad and concave, rarely with a pair of staminodes at the 
base; front part, or epichile, articulated to the lower part, usually 
