Tab. 4165 

 EPIDENDRUM longicolle. 



Long-necked Epidendrum. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandria Monogynia. 

 \Gcn. Char. (Vide supra Tab. 4107.J 



Epidendrum longicolle; caule erecto compresso folioso, foliis linearibus 

 apice angustatis, floribus aggregatis terminalibus nutantibus foliis bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuininatis patentibus, petalis linea- 

 ribus acutis supra columnam convergentibus, labelii trilobi lobis late- 

 ralibus semiovatis acutis integerrimis intermedio lincari-acuminato 

 paulo brevioribus, lamellis bicallosis ad basin. collo ovarii elongato. 

 Lindl. 



Epidendrum longicolle. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. n. 49. 



This, I believe, is a rare species; and, at present, in few 

 collections. It is a native of Demerara, and blossomed in the 

 stove of the Royal Botanic Gardens, in February, 1844. 

 What it lacks in beauty, is made up in fragrance. 



Descr. Stems clustered, erect, simple, rounded or com- 

 pressed upwards ; bare of leaves at the base, but clothed with 

 membranous sheaths, above leafy: leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 subdistichous. Fhmers terminal, clustered, shorter than the 

 leaves, white. Sepals and petals linear-acuminate. Up com- 

 bined with the column, three-lobed, with two pale yellow cal- 

 losities at the base ; lateral lobes large, semiovate, with a deep 

 sinus between them, in which is the narrow, linear, acute, 

 intermediate lobe. Ovary narrow, much attenuated. 



Fig. 1 . Column and Lip :— slightly magnified. 



