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EPIDENDRUM PAPILLOSUM. WARTY-FRUITED 
EPIDENDRUM. | 
Class and Order. 
GyNAnDRIA MonanprIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia, v. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columne omnino v. parte connatum, limbo 
integro v. diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato v. tubercu- 
lato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et cuni- 
culum formans. Columna elongata; clinandrio marginato, 
sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Pollinia 
4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ameri- 
cane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudo-bulboso, 
nunc elongato, apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis 
elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi, v. 
paniculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Epipenprum papillosum ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis vel subtur- 
binatis membranulis glaucescentibus tectis 2—3 phyl- 
lis ; foliis strictis carinatis acutis scapo simplici multi- 
floro subeequalibus, sepalis obovato-lanceolatis acuti- 
usculis petalisque minoribus subspathulatis acutis ; 
labello semilibero 3-partito, laciniis lateralibus divari- 
catis obovatis, intermedio 3-plo majore obscure qua- 
drilobo versus basin calloso: columna bidentata ovario 
pedicelloque papillosis. Bateman. 
Epipenprvum papillosum. Bateman, MSS. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
sine Ic. f 
Another of the many interesting discoveries of Mr. 
Skinner, which has enriched the collection of Mr. Bare- 
MAN, at Knypersley Hall, where the specimen here figured, 
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