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 Epidendrum umbellatum. Umbelled 



EpiDENDRUM. 



C/ass *md Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



Generic Character. 



C&lumna cum ungue labelli longitudinaliter connata in 

 tabum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masses pollinis 

 4, parallel®, septis completis persistentibus distinct®, basi 

 filo granulato elastico auctse. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



•Cpidendrum umbellatum ; caule simplici, foliis oblongis 

 subemarginatis, floribus in sinu folii terminalis confertis, 

 lamina labelli triloba : lobo intermedio emarginato. 

 Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6. p. 68. Prodr. 121. Wdhl 

 Sp. PI. 4. p. 117. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 218. 

 Persoon fyn. 2. p. 518. Bot Reg. 80. 



Epidendrum diffbrme ; foliis caulinis oblongis, floribus 

 terminalibus aggregatis, nectarii tubo longitudine corolla 

 Jacq. Amer. 223, t. 126. 



Descr. Stems simple, assurgent, the lower parts covered 

 oy the persistent remains of the stem-embracing- petioles. 

 Leaves alternate, fleshy, oblong-oval, emarginate. Flowers 

 growing in a nearly sessile umbel from the bosom of the 

 uppermost leaf, green, waxen, sweet-scented. Germen 

 *lub-shaped, an inch and a half in length, incurved. Five 

 petals, spreading; nearly equal, internal ones narrowest, 

 sides revolute. Labellum nearly circular revolute, three- 

 lobed : middle lobe deeply emarginate ; column straight, 

 truncated, hollowed at the point, on the under side of which only 

 1 l * attached to the labellum ,• anther a deciduous operculum, 



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