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same character occurs more or less completely in most Vanillas, and is 
very conspicuous in Vanilla palmarum. 
l. ErrsrEPHiUM elatum. Kunth. in H.B.K. nov. gen. et sp. 6. t. 632. 
E. foliis sessilibus amplexicaulibus oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatis 
multinerviis, floribus spicatis, bracteis ovato-oblongis acutis ovario 
dimidio brevioribus, labello obsolete trilobo interne barbato: lobis 
lateralibus columnam involventibus intermedio crenato undulato, co- 
lumne auriculis rotundatis. 
Hab. in regno N. Granatensi, prope Santannam alt-400 hexap; florens 
Julio, HBK ; (Brazilia, in prov. Goyaz, Pohl, secundum cel. Póppi- 
gium.) 
2. ErrsTEPHIUM sclerophyllum. 
E. foliis sessilibus subrotundo-ovatis ovatisque amplexicaulibus coriaceis 
multinerviis marginatis reticulatis, spicà elongatà multiflorà, bracteis 
minutis squameformibus, labello obovato undulato crispo indiviso con- 
voluto secus medium retrorsum ramentaceo. 
Hab. in Brazilia, prov. Min. Ger. Martius, (v. s. sp. in hb. Martius.) 
Is this the plant found in the province of Goyaz by Pohl, and referred 
by Póppig to the E. elatum ? If the figure of the latter in Humboldt is 
correct this must be different. 
3. Episrernium amplexicaule. — Póppig et Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. 592. t. 91. 
E. caule ramoso, foliis cordato-semiamplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis acu- 
minatis coriaceis utrinque nitidis parum reticulatis multinerviis, spicá 
terminali elongata, bracteis foliaceis ovario paulo brevioribus, petalis 
revolutis, labello subrotundo obcordato cucullato margine lacero secus 
medium barbato. 
Sobralia amplexicaulis. F! Peruv. syst. 233. Supra, p. 177. no. 5. 
Hab. in Peruvie versuris et fruticetis calidis, florens ab Octobre ad Feb- 
ruarium ; versus Chihuamccala in viciniis Cuchero, Péppig. (hab. s. sp. 
comm. cel. Matthews, no. 1893.) 
Stem from 3 to 7 feet long. Raceme as much as 10-flowered. Flowers 
campanulate, crimson, according to Póppig. 
4. ErisrEPHIUM monanthum. — Póppig et Endlich. l. c. 1. 53. t. 92. 
E. caule simplici, foliis ovato-oblongis basi cucullatis subcordatis mem- 
branaceis flaccidis multinerviis glaucis, flore terminali solitario, bractea 
spathaceá ovario longiore, petalis erectis, labello obovato integerrimo 
convoluto plano secus medium bilamellato ecristato. : 
Hab. in Peruvie fruticetis graminosis aridiuseulis inter Cuchero et Chi- 
huamccala, flor. Dec. Póppig. 
Stem erect, simple, 2 feet bigh. Flowers about 2 inches long; sepals 
yellowish lilac with 2 mucros at their point; petals white, deep violet at 
the point, according to Pöppig. 
5. Eeistepnium parviflorum, 
E. foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis reticulatis disease 
bracteis minimis acutis, spicis terminalibus et axillaribus laxis multifloris, 
floribus cernuis, labello crinito. 
