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* EPIDENDRUM nocturnum; /3. latitolium. 

 Broad-leaved Night-smelling Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MOiV^NDRM. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace*, § Epidendre*. 

 EPIDENDRUM, Supra vol. X.fol. 17. 



E. nocturnum ; foliis distichis oblongis acutis, floribus subgeminis terminalibus, 

 sepalis petalisque llnearibus acuminatis patentibus, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 ovatis integerrimis intermedio setaceo brevioribus. Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orch. 105. cum synonymis. 



/3. latifolium ; foliis oblongis obtusis subemarginatis, labelli lobo medio lineari- 

 lanceolato, floribus duplo majoribus. 



The original Epidendrum nocturnum was found by 

 Jacquin, filling the mountainous woods of Martinique with 

 its fragrance at night, and is now common in our hot-houses. 

 The plant now figured, for which I am indebted to His Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire, differs from it in several respects, 

 especially in its much greater size, broader leaves which 

 are of an oblong figure, and larger flowers. Mr. Paxton is, 

 however, certainly right in considering it a mere variety of 

 the species, under which it is here arranged. 



I received it from Chatsworth in Sept. 1836. 



* See folio 141.5. 



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