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EPIDENDRUM DIFFUSUM. SPREADING 
EpPIDENDRUM. 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum 
cum marginibus columnz omnino v. parte connatum, 
limbo integro y. diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato y. 
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—Herbe 
(Americane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo- 
bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, raris- 
sume venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati racemosi, corym- 
bost ». paniculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
EpipenpruM diffusum ; foliis oblongis, caule ancipiti, pani- 
cula terminali ramosissima, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis 
petalisque setaceis erecto-patentibus striatis, labello 
cordato acuminato basi bicalloso. Lindl. 
Epipenprum diffusum. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 3. t. 1503. 
Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 846. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. 
p. 737. Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orchid. p. 102. : 
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Not an uncommon inhabitant of the trunks of trees in the 
hilly parts of Jamaica, whence we have often received spe-_ 
Cimens for the Herbarium; and Professor Linpiey, upon — 
the authority of Pavon, gives it as a native also of Mexico. | 
Swartz 
