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EpipeNDRUM pycmmuM. Dwarr Epr- — 
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Class and Order. 4 
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GyYNANDRIA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.— OrcuipeE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. bellum 
cum marginibus columnz omnino v. parte connatum, limbo 
integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato v. tubercu- 
lato ; nune in calear productum oyario accretum et cuni- 
culum formans. Columna elongata: clinandrio marginato 
sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Polli- 
nia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ame- 
ricane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudo-bulboso, 
nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis 
elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi v, pa- 
niculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. Meg 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ErmpenDRuM pygm@um; caule repente radicante, bulbis 
oblongis diphyllis apice floriferis, floribus subsessi- 
libus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, labello columnz arcto adnato trilobo, lobis late- 
ralibus rotundatis incurvis intermedio integro acuto. 
Eripenprum pygmexum. Hook. in Bot. Misc. N. Ser. p. 
A9. t. 118. ined. oe 
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Descr. Stem about the thickness of a crow’s quill, elon- 
gated, wavy, creeping, clothed in part with dark brown, 
sheathing scales ; throwing out from beneath rather long, 
branching roots, and from above, oblongo-lanceolate, com- 
pressed, 
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