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EPIDENDRUM FLORIBUNDUM. MANyY-FLOW- 
ERED EPIDENDRUM. 
KKK KEE EKER EERE KEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriaA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwes. ) : 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia, v. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columne omnino vy. parte connatum, limbo 
integro v. diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato v. tubercu- 
lato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et cuni- 
culum formans. Colwmna elongata; clinandrio marginato, 
seepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Pollinia 
4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa——Herbe (Ameri- 
cane) epiphyte, caule nune apice v. basi pseudo-bulboso, 
nunc elongato, apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis 
elevatis striata. YF lores spieati, racemosi, corymbosi v. 
paniculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Eriwenprum floribundum ; caule folioso, foliis lanceolato- 
oblongis acuminatis submembranaceis, panicula termi- 
nali, sepalis reflexis lanceolatis, petalis filiformibus, 
labelli quadrilobi basi bituberculati lobis lateralibus 
subrotundis, terminalibus linearibus divaricatis. Lindl. 
Epipenprum floribundum. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et 
Sp. v. 1. p. 353. t. 86. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 
109. 
Kindly communicated by James Bateman, Esq., who ob- 
serves, that “the figure was taken froma specimen in Messrs. 
Loppiexs’ Collection, by whom it was imported some years a 
ago from Mexico. The flowers of their plant were con- 
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