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species approaches the Brazilian Octomeria breviflora, Cogn., but the structure of the lip 
is very different. 
BULBOPHYLLUM RORAIMENSE, Rolfe, sp. n. Racemus multiflorus. Bractem oblong:e 
vel ovato-oblonge, acute. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, lateralia carinata. 
Petala ovato-oblonga, subacuta.  Labellum velutinum, pandurato-oblongum, 
obtusum, medio ad basin lateraliter compressum, basi utrinque auriculatum, disco 
elevato bicarinato. Columna brevis, utrinque bidentata. 
Scape moderately slender; raceme 3 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts oblong or ovate- 
oblong, acute, 23-3 lin. long. Pedicels 1 lin. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
4—5$ lin. long, lateral carinate. Petals ovate-oblong, subacute, 13 lin. long. Lip 2 lin. 
long, velvety, pandurate-oblong, obtuse ; front lobe expanded into an ovate-oblong blade, 
middle and base laterally compressed, with a rounded erect basal auricle on either side ; 
disc much elevated and channelled between the pair of obtuse keels. Column stout, 
1 lin. long, with two pairs of teeth; upper pair subulate-filiform, incurved, with a broad 
base, as long as the column, lower pair subulate-oblong, a third as long as the upper. 
Roraima, summit, 8600 ft., WeConnell & Queleh, 103.—Endemice. 
Allied to B. geraense, Reichb. f., but the scape and raceme more slender, the sepals 
proportionately broader, and the lip and teeth of the column different in detail. It is 
described from a single scape. 
ELLEANTHUS LINIFOLIUS, Presl, Rel. Haenk. p. 97. 
Ireng Valley, WeConnell A: Quelch, 301. Roraima, Schomburgk.—Also found in 
Cuba, Porto Rico, Nicaragua, Panama, Guiana, Brazil, and Bolivia. 
DIACRIUM BIcoRNUTUM, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xviii. (1851), p. 312. 
Kwaimatta Savannah, WeConnell & Quelch, 280.—Also found in Guiana, Trinidad, 
and Tobago. 
EPIDENDRUM GRANITICUM, Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. (1841), p. 83. 
Kwaimatta Savannah, Rupununi River, WeConnell Ar: Quelch, 279. Ireng River, 
im Thurn, 13.—Found in British and Dutch Guiana, and Trinidad. 
Nearly allied to Æ. oncidioides, Lindl., with which it is made synonymous by Lindley. 
EPIDENDRUM SCHOMBURGKII, Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1838), Misc. p.15; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887), p. 281. : 
Kotinga Valley, McConnell & Quelch, 135. “ Flowers red, of all shades."—fFound in 
Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil, and Bolivia. 
EprpeNDRUM FULGENS, Brongn. in Duperry, Voy. Coquille, Phan. p. 196, t. 43; Rolfe, in 
Orch. Rev. v. (1897), p. 264. | 
E. Schomburgkii, var. confluens, Lindl. Fol. Orch., Epidendr. p. 70. 
E. Schomburgkii, Appun, Unter den Tropen, ii. p. 199 (non Lindl.). 
