1881 



*EPIDENDRUM Skinneri. 

 Mr. Skinner s Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONAlSlDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Epidendre^. 

 EPIDENDRUM.— Supril, vol. l.fol. 17. 



E. Skinnei-i ; foliis distichis lanceolatis acuminatis, caule aplce longe aphyllo 

 squamoso, racemo cylindraceo multifloro, floribus cernuls, sepalis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, petalis ovalibus acutis, labello ovato acurninato integerrimo basi 

 callo sulcato cristato. 



E. Skinneri. Batemans MSS. 



Caulis erectus, teres, distiche foliosus, apice aphyllus vaginatus. Folia 

 5 poll, longa. Bracteae lineari-lanceolatce, jjedicellis capillaribus paulh bre- 

 vioribus. Flores pallide purpurei, 1 \ poll. lati. Labellum cum columnd 

 semiconnatum, concavum, basi luteum, cuniculatum. 



For this beautiful species of Epidendrum I am obliged 

 to James Bateman, Esq. jun. in whose hot-house at Kny- 

 persley it flowered last January. He states, " that it was 

 sent to him in the summer of 1835, from the neighbourhood 

 of Guatemala, by his most excellent friend G. U. Skinner, 

 Esq., to whose enthusiasm in the cause of science he is 

 already indebted for many new and interesting plants. Ep. 

 Skinneri is among the most free-flowering of its tribe ; 

 every one of its shoots, both great and small, having been 

 invariably succeeded by a spike of flowers." 



The perfect state of the specimens, so short a time after 

 the importation of the species, attests the skill of Mr. P. N. 



* See fol. 1415. 

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