well-known liberality of Mr. Loppices. It is undoubtedly 
the plant figured in the Botanical Cabinet under the name 
of E. ellipticum, which Dr. Linpuey refers to bis E. crassifo- 
hum: but I am far from certain that the two are really the 
same species. The leaves in Mr. Loppiczs are by no 
means thick for this groupe of Epmenprum, they are not 
obtuse, nor concave, and the shape of the middle lobe of 
the lip is different. Whilst ours is a Brazilian plant, the 
original E. crassifolium is a native of St. Vincent. Be that 
as it may, ours is an exceedingly pretty and lively-looking 
species, many stems in the same pot bearing their heads of 
bright, rose-coloured flowers in the month of March. 
Descr. Stems erect, wavy, terete, leafy ; leaves disti- 
chous, alternate, oblong, patent, or slightly recurved, 
oblongo-lanceolate, moderately thick, and somewhat cori- 
aceous, rather acute, obscurely striated, sheathing at the 
base, of a dark, glossy, green colour. The extremity of 
the stem runs out into a long jointed peduncle, sheathed 
with membranous bracteas, of which the upper ones have a 
tendency to become leafy. Spike corymboso - capitate. 
Flowers full rose-colour. Sepals and petals obovato-lanceo- 
late, spreading, nearly equal. Lip uppermost, its claws 
combined with the nearly triquetrous column, at the apex 
of which, the anther is sunk in a sort of cavity ; lamine of 
the lip deeply three-lobed, toothed, lateral lobes rotundato- 
cuneate, entire, the middle one the largest, obcordate: the 
disk fleshy, concave, with a thick wayed and lobed border. 
Fig. 1. Column and Lip :—magnified. 
