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EPIDENDRUM TESSELATUM. CHEQUER-FLOW- 
ERED EPIDENDRUM, 
KEKK KEK EERE REKER ER ERE RE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuines. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columnz omnino vy. parte connatum, limbo 
imtegro v. diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vy. tubercu- 
lato; nunc in calear 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, corymbost v. 
paniculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Epipenprum fesselatum ; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus compres- 
sis 2—3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapo simplici 
multifloro paulo brevioribus, floribus subpatentibus, 
sepalis lanceolatis mucronatis petalisque minoribus 
subspathulatis acutis, labelli liberi trilobi lobis latera- 
libus rotundatis, intermedio majore oblongo cucullato, 
venis tribus parallelis cristigeris munito. Bateman. 
A native of Guatemala, and sent to Knypersley, in 1836, 
by Mr. Sxiyner, where the drawing, from which the accom- 
panying figure was taken, was made by Mrs. Wiruers. 
«My invaluable friend, G. U. Skinner, Esq., who has, I 
believe, already discovered a larger number of new Orcui- 
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