a svi (3457. /) 
| EpIDENDRUM CONoPsEUM. Froripa Epi-, 
| ot Sha - DENDRUM. hae 
| Class and Order. 
_.GYNANDRIA Monanpria. 
é « 
(Nat. Ord.—Orcuwesi)) 94 {08 om 
Bak J 
a) 
: ‘ i¢ , Puyey on. botpon fey AbacS4 arypat a 
[aq tt800 stone 2A ir bee Ceara ae ee aera 
'-Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia vel 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Labellum 
eum marginibus columne omnino vel parte connatum, lim- 
bo integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vel taber- 
. eulato; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretuin et euni+ 
; culum formans. Columna elongata; clmandrio marginato, 
sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Pollinia 
4 -eaudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ameri- 
cane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo-bulboso, 
nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime vents 
elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi, vel 
paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl. j 
Specific Character. and Synonyms. a7? ree rn eaten Ed 
Epipenprum conopseum ; foliis binis subradicalibus rigidis 
coriaceis, scapis plurifloris, sepalis linearibus, obtusis 
petalisque angustioribus spathulatis patentibus, labello 
obcordato obtuse trilobo. 
{ Epipenprum conopseum. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 
5. p. 219. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 198. Kill. Carol. 
v. 2. p. 506. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v. 3. p. 757. Lindl. 
Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 106. 
EripenpRUM Magnolie. Muh. Cat. 81. 
A plant, I believe, of very rare occurrence in our collec- 
tions, and rendered the more interesting from being the 
only 
i 
