Tas. 6145. 
EPIDEN DRUM SYRINGOTHYRSIS. 
Native of Bolivia. 
Nat. Ord. OrcuipEz.—Tribe Epmenpre&. 
Genus Eprpenprum, Linn. ; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid., part 2, p. 1). 
Epipenprum (amphiglottium) syringothyrsis ; caulibus 4-pedalibus suberectis 
gracilibus fasciculatis foliosis, foliis alternis distichis e basi vaginante 
viridi elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis recurvis coriaceis dorso carinatis 
lete viridibus, pedunculo spatha oblonga acuta brunnea vaginata ra- 
chique valido purpureis, racemo magno ovoideo densifloro nutante, flori- 
bus horizontalibus fusco-purpureis, bracteis parvis subulatis, pedicellis 
cum ovario 1—14-pollicaribus gracilibus, perianthio 1 poll. diam., sepalis 
elliptico-lanceolatis subacutis, petalis «equilongis linearibus, labello ad 
apicem columne sessili parvo ad medium trilobo, lobis lateralibus 
subquadrato-rotundatis integris, intermedio minore subquadrato trun- 
cato apiculato, disco albo callis 3 lamelliformibus, columna clavata exa- 
lata utrinque juxta foveam biloba purpurea. 
EPIDENDRUM syringothyrsis, Reichb. f. mss. 
A very tall and handsome species, which flowered in Mr. 
Veitch’s fine Orchid collection in May, 1868, and again with 
a larger raceme than that here figured in the same month of 
' the following year. It is a native of Bolivia, where it was 
collected, in 1866, by Messrs. Veitch’s collector, the late Mr. 
Pearce, and is evidently a member of the immense section to 
which F. evectum (Tab. nost. 5902) belongs, and of which the 
type is the long known YL. elongatum, Jacq. (Tab. nost. 611), 
which latter is one of the earliest cultivated tropical Orchids. 
From all its congeners that are known to me, it differs in the 
great size of the dense-flowered raceme, which, from its general 
resemblance to that of the Lilac in form and colour, has sug- 
gested to Professor Reichenbach, the specific name of syringo- 
. thyrsis. Its nearest ally is . porphyreum, Lindl., a native of 
Peru, which has a panicled inflorescence. Though long 
known under the name given above, no description of it has 
hitherto appeared. I have, however, confirmed the name by 
application to my friend Dr. Reichenbach, who at once for- 
FEBRUARY lst, 1875. 
