88 LTNDLEY ON THE GENUS EPIDF.NDRUM. 



the Diamond Plains near Tejuco, and in rock?/ places near 

 Itambe in Brazil ; Pohl also found it in the same country 

 (herb. Martii and Zuccarinii.) 



22. E. micranthum ; foliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acu- 

 minalis, panicula virgataj bracteis setaceo-acuminatis florum 

 dissitorum longitudine, sepalis oblongis carnosis obtusis subee- 

 qualibus, petalis linearibiis, labello oblongo quadrato indiviso 

 mulo. — A plant with flowers scarcely a line long, and all the 

 habit of Ep. tridactylum. — Peru, Mathews, (1858.)] (herb. 

 Hooker, Benthani et propr.) 



§ EuEfiDENDUUM ; florihus paniculatis. 



23. E. vincentiniim : caule ancipiti, foliis distichis anguste 

 lanceolatis acutissiniis panicula paiiciflor-i, lax,-* filiformi 

 brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis filiformibus, 

 labello subrotundo crispo. — A small delicate species, not more 

 than 4 inches high, with minute membranous flowers, dis- 

 posed in a short, loose panicle ; filiform pedicels. — St Vincents, 

 Guilding. — (herb. Hooker.) 



§ Euepidendrum; fiorihus racemosis. 



24. E. alternans i foliis distichis oblongo-linearibus oblique 

 retusis margine vaginisque scabris, racemo angusto terminali, 

 floribus subsessilibus, sepalis linearibus retusis, petalis cori- 

 formibus serratis, labello subrotundo-ovato serrato bilamel- 

 lato columns nanoc adnato. Var. a. bracteis ovatis herbaceis 

 obtusis pedicello longioribus, racemo corymboso, floribus 

 majoribus. Var. [3. bracteis minimis acutis pedicello brevi- 

 oribus, racemo flexuoso, floribus duplo minoribus. — Slender 

 plants about six inches high, with small racemose flowers. 

 The var. 0. is smaller in all its parts, but in the structure of 

 the flowers themselves I find no appreciable difference. — ?^^'^ 

 var. a. was collected in the ravines of Pichincha, at the height 

 of 1 0,000 feet above the sea, by Professor Jameson ; /3. i-« fi'O^ 

 San Carlos in Peru, and is No. 1897 o/ Mathews collections. 

 (herb. Hooker et propr.) 



25. JL. teime ; foliis distichis linearibus acuminatis oblique 

 emarginatis, tacemis acutis angustis simplicissimis (nunc casu 



