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EPIDENDRUM NocTuRNUM. NIGHT-sMELLING 
E.PIDENDRUM. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuineEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis qualia, y. 
angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v, reflexa, Labellum cum 
marginibus columnz omnino vel parte connatum, limbo 
integro v. diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato v. tubercu- 
lato ; nune in calcar productum ovario accretum et cuni- 
culum formans. Colwmna elongatum, clinandrio marginato, 
sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Pollinia 
4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe Americane 
epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudobulboso, nunc elon- 
gato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis elevatis 
striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi, v. paniculati, 
termanales v. laterales. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Epipenprum nocturnum ; foliis distichis oblongis obtusis 
coriaceis, flore solitario terminali, sepalis petalisque 
linearibus acuminatis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis 
lateralibus ovatis integerrimis intermedio setaceo bre- 
vioribus, caule superne valde compresso. 
Epmenprum nocturnum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1349. (Jacq. 
Amer. p. 225. t. 138.) Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 
736. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 105. Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 713. me 
Epmenprum nocturnum was so named, its original de- 
scriber tells, because, though scentless during the day, - 
night 
