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EPIDENDRUM DENSIFLORUM. CLUSTER-FLOW- 
ERED: E\PIDENDRUM. 
KKK KEE KEKE KEE EK EK EEE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuipex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia 
vel angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Label- 
lum cum marginibus column omnino vel parte connatum, 
limbo integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vel 
tuberculato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et 
cuniculum formans. Columna elongata; clinandrio mar- 
ginato, 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- 
sime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corym- 
bost vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Epipenprum densiflorum; caule elongato tereti folioso, foliis 
ellipticis coriaceis acutis, pedunculo terminali ramoso, 
floribus densissime spicatis, petalis anguste spathulatis, 
labello orbiculari trilobo, lobo medio brevissimo bilobo 
laciniis ovatis acutis patentissimis. 
A very fine new Ermenprum, native of Mexico, whence 
it was sent by Mr. Parxginson to the Woburn collection, 
where it blossomed in great perfection in September, 1839. 
Its elongated, rounded stems, its very long, branched pedun- 
cle, densely spiked flowers, narrow petals, and peculiar 
shape of the labellum, will readily distinguish this from 
every species of the Genus hitherto described. 
Descr. 
