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EPIDENDRUM POLYANTHUM: 
MANY-FLOWERED EPIDENDRUM. 
E. polyanthum ; foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, caule ramoso racemis plurimis multifloris 
cernuis basi spathaceis sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis striatis petalis linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi lobis 
lateralibus ovatis dimidiatis denticulatis : intermedio lineari retuso disco tricostato.—Lindl. Gen. et Spe. 
Orchid. 106. 
Epidendrum polystachium, Pavon MSS. 
Habitat in Mexico, Pavon; in Guatemala, Hartwee. 
Description, 
Stems from one to three feet long, thicker than a goose-quill, bearing several distichous, oval, 
lanceolate, acuminate LEAVES, about six inches long. At its upper extremity the stem is destitute of 
leaves, but amply furnished with large inflated, sheathing, sharp-pointed Bracts, from which issue 
numerous many-flowered RACEMES. SEPALS ovate, or inclining to obovate, with rather sharp 
points, orange-coloured. PETALS shorter than the sepals, and so narrow as to resemble fine hairs. 
Lip attached to the upper extremity of the column, three-lobed—the lateral lobes divided, and 
somewhat scimitar-shaped, not so broad as the intermediate lobe, of which the margins are pressed 
inwards in such a manner as to present the appearance of two teeth; a three-ribbed process is situate 
at the junction of the column with the lip; the latter is a rich orange colour. Coxtumn stipitate, 
twice the length of the lip. 
THIS pretty Epidendrum, although long since known to botanists from Pavoy’s description and the 
specimens in La MBERT’S herbarium, has but lately been seen in this country in a living state. It flowered 
for the first time in Messrs. Lopprees’s collection, and afterwards in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, to whom it was sent from Guatemala by their zealous collector, Mr. Harrwec. As yet, however, 
the cultivated plants have not exhibited the vigour and beauty of the native specimens ;—a circumstance 
that may be attributed to their tender age, and which will probably cease when they are more fully 
established. ‘They grow freely under ordinary treatment in a moderate temperature. 
