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Epidendrum Sinense. Chinese 

 Epidendrum. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Gynandria Diandria. 



Generic CharaEler. 

 NecJarium undulatum, obliquum, reflexum. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms, 



EPIDENDRUM finenfe ; foliis enfiformibus nervofo-ftriatis 

 radicalibus, floribus nutantibus, petalis fub- 

 aequalibus,ne£tariorevolutomaculatofubtus 

 concavo, braftea germine parum breviore. 



EPIDENDRUM finenfe. Bot. Repof. 216. Bonn. Cantab. 166. 



This plant belongs to the genus Cymbidium of Swartz*, 

 and is very nearly allied to Epidendrum enjifolium of Lin- 

 N^us, figured by Dr. Smith,, in his Spicilegium Botanicum ; 

 fo nearly indeed that, perhaps, fome may be inclined to con- 

 fider both as varieties. It is a larger plant, the leaves wider and 

 more evidently nerved, the flowers larger, darker coloured, 

 and more nodding ; the bracte below each flower is above 

 two-thirds the length of the germen, whereas in enfifolia it is 

 fcarcely one-third the length ; and the germen is much curved, 

 which in enfifolia is nearly ftraight. But even thefe diftin&ions, 

 flight as they are, we can hardly infill upon, unlefs we had 

 feen more fpecimens of both in flower : there is however a 

 confiderable difference in the general appearance, and culti- 

 vators think them diftind. We have a drawing of the other 



* See the Profeflbr's paper on the genera of Orchid e^, in Trails relative fo 

 Botany, which we are informed was tranflated from the Swedifh language, by 

 our friend Mr- Charles Konig, two years prior to the publication. 



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