1870 



* EPIDEiNDRUM clavatum. 



Cluh-stfmmed Mpidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MOJV^A'DR/.l. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Epidendre^. 

 EPIDENDRUM.—Siiprd, vol. l.fol. 17. 



E. clavaUun ; caule clavato in pseudobulbum ovale desinente diphyllo, foliis 

 lanceolatis patulis, racemo simplici subffiquali, bracteis ovatis canaliculatis 

 acutis ovarlis inferioribus duplo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolato- 

 linearibus cequaliter patentibus, columna clavata,, labelli tripartitl basi bical- 

 losi lacinlis lateralibus ovatis subfalcatis margine posteriore denticukto : 

 intermedia unguiculata lamina ovata acuminata. 



Caules vetusti duri, clavati, subarticulati, erecti, in pseudobulbum ovale 

 desinentes^vesligiis follorum vayinantium vestiti, diphylli, foliis lanceolatis, 

 patulis, coriaceis. Pedicelli Jlorum inferiorum elongati sed non corymbosi. 

 Ovaria Jiliformia. Sepala et petala viridia fere unciani -longa, angusta. 

 Columna virens. Labelli lamina nivea. 



Found in August, 1834, near Cumana. Communicated 

 to this work in July, 1835, by the late Lord Grey of Groby. 

 It is not a pretty species, but it is very distinct from any 

 previously described, and is remarkable for its stems being 

 dilated at the upper en.d, like some of the species of Den- 

 drobium. 



The station of the plant will be near Epidendrum concolor. 

 It Mas procured by Mr. John Henchman for Messrs. Lowe 

 and Co. of Clapton, by whom it was introduced along with 

 Trichopilia tortilis and Mormodes atropurpurea. 



* See fvl. 1415. 



