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EPIDENDRUM pterocarpum. 



Wing -fruited Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. OrchidacejE. § Epidendre^. 

 EPIDENDRUM. Bot. Reg. 1838. fol 53. 



Subg. Encyclium. § III. Labello trilobo. 



^. pterocarpum (LmA\. in Hooker's Journal, 3. 82. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 

 128.) ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis subdipliyllis, foliis ensiformi- 

 bus acutis, racemo angusto, sepalis petalisque subeequalibus linearibus 

 acuminatis patentibus, labelli subrotundi trilobi cordati laciniis latera- 

 libus rotundatis intermedia multo longiore acuta basi bilineata callo 

 pubescente obscure tridentato aucta, capsula ovata tri-alata. 



We cannot say much as to the beauty of this plant, which 

 flowered with Messrs. Loddiges in December 181^. It how- 

 ever presents a remarkable instance of the formation of broad 

 wings by the fruit, which, when ripe, has three of them of 

 considerable size. 



The flowers are a brownish green, with a broad, rolled up 

 yellow variegated lip whose middle lobe is whitish. It is a 

 native of Mexico, and closely allied to E. tessellatum. 



Fig. 1. represents the column and lip. 



