A. 
“Tas. 8551. 
EPIDENDRUM prRorvsvumM. 
Mexico. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE, 
Errenprum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 528. 
Epidendrum (§ Encyclium) profusum, Rolfe; species ab EH. ambiguo, 
Lindl., panicula densiore, floribus minoribus, sepalis et petalis latioribus, 
et labelli lobis minute crenulatis nec crispulo-undulatis differt. 
Herba epiphytica. Pseudobulbi ovoidei, apice subattenuati, sulcati, 3-7 cm. 
‘  Jongi, 2°5-4 em. lati, 2-3-phylli. Folia ligulata, subobtusa, coriacea, 
18-35 cm. longa, 1°5-2°5 cm. lata, Scapi terminales, 4°5-5-5 cm. longi ; 
panicula subcompacta, multiflora, rami subflexuosi, 10-15 cm. longi. 
Bracteae ovatae, subobtusae, 2 mm. longae. Pedicelli graciles, circiter 
2 cm. longi. Flores mediocres, speciosi, circiter 4°5 em, diametro, 
Sepala et petala patentia, pallide flavo-viridia, sepala oblongo-lanceolata, 
subobtusa, 2°3 cm. longa ; petala spathulato-lanceolata, subobtusa, 2°3 em. 
longa. Labellwm trilobum, 1°8 cm. longum, album, prope apicem purpureo- 
lineatum ; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, basi columnam involventes, apice 
subrecurvi, minute crenulati; lobus intermedius ellipticus vel suborbicu- 
laris, obtusus, minute crenulatus, circiter 1 cm. latus; venis radiatis 
minus elevatis et verruculosis. Colwmna oblonga, 8 mm. longa.— 
Epidendrum ambiguum, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1913, p. 215, nee Lindl.— 
R. A. Roure. 
The attractive Epidendrum here figured was obtained 
for the Kew Collection in 1911 by purchase from Messrs. 
Sander and Sons, St: Albans, In the house devoted to 
tropical orchids it has thriven well under the conditions 
suitable for other species of the same genus, and in June 
1913 it flowered for the first time. It had been received 
under the name FE. Candollei, Lindl., a species figured at 
t. 3765 of this work under the name L. cepiforme, Hook., 
but on flowering it showed itself to be very distinct from 
that plant and to be more closely allied to E. aromaticum, 
Batem., and more especially to F. ambiguum, Lindl. At 
first, indeed, it occurred to Mr. Rolfe that it might 
actually be a form of the last-mentioned species, which 
is somewhat imperfectly known. Further study, how- 
ever, showed that our plant differs from E£. ambiguum in 
having a denser panicle, with shorter and broader sepals 
Aprin, 1914, 
