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EPIDENDRUM verrucosum. 

 War ted Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^. § Epibendre.^. 

 EPIDENDRUM. Supra, 1838. fol. 53. 



E. verrucosum (Encyclium, § labello trilobo) ; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis ensi- 

 formibus obtusis, scapo pedicellis ovariisque verrucosis, racemo nutante, 

 sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli trilobi lobis late- 

 ralibus subfalcatis acutis nanis intermedio ovali crenulato basi serrato 

 bilamellato, columnse alis 2 nanis truncatis. 



This beautiful and fragrant plant has been obtained from 

 Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges with whom it flowered in July- 

 last. Among all the Encycliums not more than two or three 

 are superior to it in attractiveness. 



It is not very nearly related to any kinds hitherto dis- 

 covered : belonging to the same set as E. tessellatum and 

 Candollii, from all which its stems and flower-stalks, closely 

 covered with minute asperities, and its rich crimson flowers, 

 which are as much as three inches in diameter, readily dis- 

 tinguish it. Its closest affinity is perhaps with E. phoeniceum, 

 a native of Cuba, and figured in the Sertum Orchidaceum, 

 t. 46, and JE. Hanburii, mentioned in this work at no. 60 of 

 the miscellaneous matter of the present year ; but both those 

 plants have the middle division of the lip 2-lobed ; and they 

 are not, that we are aware of, fragrant. 



Fig. 1. represents a front view of the column ; 2. the label- 

 lum spread open. 



This plant should be potted in turfy heath-mould, mixed 

 with a few pieces of potsherds. When this operation is per- 

 formed, care should be taken to keep the pseudo-bulbs always 

 above the soil. In spring and summer, while the plant is in 



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