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EPIDENDRUM? STENOPETALUM. ACUTE- 
PETALED EPIDENDRUM. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNnAnDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcutpex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia, 
vel angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Label- 
lum cum marginibus columna omnino vel parte connatum, 
limbo, integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vel 
tuberculato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario aceretum et 
cuniculum formans. Colwmna elongata : clinandrio margi- 
nato, sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Pol- 
linia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ame- 
ricane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo-bulboso 
nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa rarissime venis 
elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi, vel 
Paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl. i ick sal 
Specific Name and Character. 
Eripenprum stenopetalum ; caulibus erectis flexuosis arti- 
culatis striatis apice diphyllo, foliis lineari-oblongis 
obtusis coriaceis ; corymbo subumbellato sessili, sepa- 
lis petalisque ovatis acuminatis subequalibus paten- 
tibus, labello patente libero obovato obtusissimo basi 
intus subtuberculoso, columna apice dentata. 
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This very pretty Orchideous plant was received at the 
Glaseow Botanic Garden from cies. by favor of Mr. 
AcFADYERr, and flowered in that establishment in February 
and March of the present year, 1835. The plant is new to 
rofessor Linptey, but owing to the imperfect state of the 
anther, we cannot refer it with certainty to the present 
Genus. 
