( 3534.) 
Eprpenprum mAcrocuiuwuM. LaArGE-LIPPED 
EPIDENDRUM. | 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipeg. ) 
Generic Character. 
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 
cuniculum formans. Colwmna elongata; clinandrio mar- 
ginato, sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. 
Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe 
(Americane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice vel bast pseudo-bul- 
boso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime 
venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi 
vel paniculati terminales vel laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character. 
Epipenprum macrochilum ; bulbis ovatis rugosis diphyllis, 
foliis lineari-oblongis, coriaceis obtusiusculis, sepalis 
petalisque oboyato-lanceolatis patentibus apicibus in- 
curvis, labello libero trilobo lobis lateralibus ovatis 
acutis columnam amplectantibus, intermedio maximo 
obcordato disco calloso ecristato lateralibus reflexis, 
columna aptera. 
A charming Epiphyte, introduced from Mexico, by 
Cuartes Horsraut, Esq., in whose fine collection at Ever- 
ton it flowered in June, 1836, when a drawing and speci- 
men of the handsome flowers were kindly communicated by 
Mrs. 
