+. 2: ee 
5 gee 
Tas. 4572. 
EPIDENDRUM uIngEariro.uium. 
Narrow-leaved Epidendrum. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pe#.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v. angus- 
tiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Zabellum cum marginibus column 
omnino v, parte connatum, limbo integro y. diviso, disco szepius calloso, costato 
vy. tuberculato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et cuniculum formans. 
Columna elongata; clinandrio marginato, sepe fimbriato. -Anthera carnosa, 
2—4-locularis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbee (Ameri- 
cane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudo-bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. 
Folia carnosa, rarissime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corym- 
bosi, v. paniculati, terminales v. laterales. 
EprDENDRvM linearifolium ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis levibus cespitosis, foliis binis 
lineari-elongatis obtusis, panicula elongata laxa gracili, sepalis petalisque 
lineari-spathulatis patentissimis, labelli purpureo-picti fere liberi trilobi _ 
lobis lateralibus oblongis reflexis, intermedio subamplo rotundato integerrimo _ 
margine undulato, disco bicostato, columna superne biaurita. 
A native, probably, of Mexico. It was received at Kew as 
one of the collection of the late Mr. Clowes, but the name, if it 
had any, was effaced on the label. It does not appear to be any- 
where described: but its affinity is doubtless with a groupe of 
Epidendrum which I have called Hneyclia, and not far removed 
from #. gracile, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1765, from the Bahamas ; 
differing, however, abundantly from it in the much more slender 
and graceful character of the whole plant, in the smaller and even 
(not corrugated) pseudo-bulbs, much narrower and longer leaves, 
and in the small lateral lobes of the labellum. ‘The colour and 
markings of the flower are different. The lip here, and espe- 
cially the lobes, are most beautifully veined with purple. Flowers 
in June. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs scarcely exceeding an inch in length, 
clustered, ovate, quite even on the surface, the younger ones 
more or less sheathed with scales, bearing at their summit two 
very narrow linear Jeaves, 8-10 inches long, carinate, acute. 
APRIL Ist, 1851. 
