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EPIDENDRUM CRASSIFOLIUM. ‘'THICK-LEAVED 
EPIDENDRUM. 
| Class and Order. 
GynaANDRIA MonanprIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. ) 
Generic Character. i 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia vel 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columnz omnino vel parte connatum, 
limbo integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vel 
tuberculato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et 
auriculum formans. Columna elongata ; clinandrio margi- 
nato, sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. 
Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbez 
(Americane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo- 
bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, raris- 
sme venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati racemosi, corym- 
bosi, vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ermenprum crassifolium ; foliis distichis oblongo-lanceola- 
tis crassiusculis acutis, caule apice longe aphyllo squa- 
moso, squamis superioribus lineari-oblongis zqualibus 
labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus dimidiatis denticulatis, 
intermedio obcordato denticulato majore basi calloso, 
callo carnoso concavo margine lobato, racemo brevi 
subcorymboso. 
ante og crassifolium. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 
ee ellipticum. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 1276. (not 
rah.) 
This plant is a native of Rio Janeiro ; and the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden is indebted for the possession of it to = 
well- 
