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Epidendrum vitellinum. Yolk-of-Egg 

 Epidendrum. 



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Class and Order. 



GYNANDRIA MONOGYN1A. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 

 Generic Character. 



Sepala patentia, aequalia. Petala sepalis aequalia, v. 

 angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum 

 cum marginibus columnae omnino v. in parte connatum, 

 limbo integro v. diviso, disco saspius calloso costato v. 

 tuberculato. Columna elongata : clinandrio marginato, 

 saepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2 — 4-locularis. Pollinia 

 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa. — Herbae (Ameri- 

 cans) epiphytal, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudobulboso . 

 nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa ; rarissime venis 

 elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi v. pani- 

 culati, terminates v. laterales. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Epidendrum vitellinum; pseudobulbis ovatis acuminatis di- 

 phyllis, foliis oblongo-ligulatis acutis basi vaginanti- 

 bus racemo terminal! erecto multifloro brevioribus, 

 sepalis petal isque ovato-lanceolatis acutis subaequa- 

 libus patulis, labello lineari apice angustato abrupte 

 acuto basi calloso et bifoveato semilibero. Lindl. 



Epidendrum vitellinum. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 97. 

 Bat. Reg. 1840,*. 35. 



Fine pseudo-bulbs of this highly ornamental species were 

 received from Robert Smith, Esq., of Oaxaca, Mexico, 

 which blossomed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, 

 »n November, 1843. Karwinski and Hartweg had pre- 

 viously gathered it in the same country, the latter on the 



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