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EpipENDRUM SKINNERI. Mr. SKINNER’S 
EPIDENDRUM. 
SEK KEKE KERR KEKE KKK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia vel 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columnz omnino vel parte connatum, lim- 
bo integro vel diviso, disco seepius calloso costato vel tuber- 
culato; nunc in calear productum, ovario accretum et 
cuniculum formans. Coluwmna elongata; clinandrio margi- 
nato, sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4 locularis. 
Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe 
epiphyte (Americane), caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo- 
bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, raris- 
sime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corym- 
bosi vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Land. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Epipenprum Skinneri; foliis distichis lanceolatis acumina- 
tis, caule apice longe aphyllo squamoso, racemo cylin- 
draceo multifloro, floribus cernuis, sepalis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, petalis ovalibus (seu ovali-lanceolatis) acutis, 
labello ovato-acuminato integerrimo basi callo sulcato 
cristato. Lindl. 
Eprpenprum Skinneri. Batem. MSS. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1881. 
From the rich and well cultivated collection of Dittwyn 
Lurwetyn, Esq., of Penllegare, Glamorganshire. It is a 
native of Guatemala, and first flowered in this country in 
the 
