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EPIDENDRUM FUSCATUM. DINGY-FLOWERED 
EPIpENDRUM. 
| : Class and Order. 
GynanDrRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord. — Orcuipes. ry 
Generic Character. 
Columna cum ungue labelli longitudinaliter connata in 
tubum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masse Pollinis 
4, parallele, septis completis oe an ae 
basi filo granuisie elastico a Br. pal 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Epienprum* fuscatum ; cauli simplici, foliis oblong is acu- 
minatisve, pedunculo terminali elongato, spica globosa, 
columna petalis breviore. Willd. 
Erinenprum fuscatum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. v. 6. p. 69. 
Smith Spicil. Bot. p. 2. t.23. Willd. Sp. Pl. v.A. 
p. 120. Andr. Bot. Rep.t.441. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
_ v5. p. 218. Bot. Reg. 4. 67. Loddiges Bot. Cab. 
_ tAT2. 
NI RUM maces de 4m p. 224. t. 138. Loddiges 
Erinexprum Stee Swartz Obs. Ps 325. enien 
TE TIER C Fide se a y 
Descr. Parasitic. Roots thickish, white, flexuose fibres. 
“Blem tix to eight inches high, by no means bulbous, below 
sheathed with scales, an e, upwards more compressed, 
- leafy, leaves distichous, oblong, thickish, fleshy, the point 
t reflected, the base — \. At the sieht rises a 
Soe Rae care : Seda 
Fee Sanaa 
ne aueiel 
* From ews, upon, and derdpor, a tree ; "from the cireumstance of the species 
growing upon the trunks of trees in their native country. 
