rather obtuse, a little tapering at the base. Peduncle arising 
Tas. 4759. 
‘EPIDENDRUM STAMFORDIANUM. 
Mr. Stamford’s Epidendrum. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pr”.—Gynanprta MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4107.) 
ErrpEnDRuM (§ Psilanthemum) Stamfordianum; pseudo-bulbis fusiformibus, foliis 
oblongis obtusis coriaceis basi angustatis, racemo radicali paniculato, sepalis 
patentibus, petalis duplo angustioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis planis zequi- 
longis lateralibus oblongis rotundatis intermedia transversa biloba s. emar- 
ginata fimbriata. 
EPIDENDRUM Stamfordianum. Bateman, Orchid. Mex. et Guat. t. 11. Lindl. 
Folia Orchid. Epidendr. p. 28. 
EprpEnpDRvM basilare. Klotzsch, in Link et Otto Ic. pl. 2. p. 111. t. 45. 
In the valuable ‘ Folia Orchidacea,’ now in the course of 
publication by Dr. Lindley, that author describes no less than 
310 species of the genus to which our present species belongs. 
All are natives of the warmer parts of America, and nearly all 
are epiphytes. They are divided into twelve groups or sections, 
and our species will be found in the fifth of these, “ Psilanthe- 
mum” of Klotzsch, distinguished by the radical inflorescence, — : 
otherwise unknown in the genus, and the lip adnate to the 
column, and similar in structure to Amphiglottium: it em- 
braces only two known species, our present one, and Z. pur- 
purascens of Focke. #. Stamfordianum is a native of Guatemala, 
where it was discovered by Mr. Skinner, and of Santa Marta, 
where it was detected by Mr. Purdie, who sent plants to Kew. 
It bears large racemes of greenish-yellow, spotted with red, frag- 7 
rant flowers, which appear with us between February and May. 
Dzscr. Epiphyte. Pseudo-bulbs long, slender, fusiform, taper- 
ing below into a long jointed stalk, sheathed with scales, which | 
are very large, membranous, pale brown and pointed on the — : 
thicker portion of the pseudo-bulb. eaves three to four from oe 
the apex of the pseudo-bulb, five to seven inches long, coriaceous, 
Se Mat aa oo 
JANUARY Ist, 1854. ae 
