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District, Gardner 5^07- Nearly related to Epiden- 



drurn elongatum. Remarkable for its short falcate late- 

 ral sepals and round lip, without any sort of fringing. 

 (Not in cultivation.) 



Lip distinctly fringed more or less, and usually deeply 



lobed. 



II Lip with a concave lobed tubercle occupying the disk. 



11. E. xanthinum (E. ellipticum j^Jlavum, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. 



Hist. vol. 4.) ; foliis distichis oblongis carnosis, caule 

 longe aphyllo, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis sequalibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus trun- 

 catis grosse serratis intermedio cuneato denticulato, callo 



concavo acuto serrato Brazil. This is very like 



E. ellipticum, of which I formerly considered it a variety. 

 Its yellow flowers are however peculiar ; and upon further 

 examination I find the central tubercle of the lip desti- 

 tute of the shoulders that run off into the side lobes in 

 E. ellipticum.. According to Martius its stems are three 

 feet high. Mr. Gardner's (no. 5205), from the province 

 of Mines, are not half that size. (Not in cultivation.) 



12. E. elongatum (Jacq. B. M. t. 611. L. no. 54. Amphi- 

 glottis secunda, Salisb. E. secundum, Linn. L. no. 57.) ; 

 foliis distichis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, caule apice 

 longe aphyllo nunc ramoso squamoso, sepalis petalisque 

 patentibus lineari-lanceolatis asqualibus, labelli trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus truncatis denticulatis : intermedio duplo 

 majore dilatato cuneato emarginato biloboque denticulato 

 basi calloso : callo carnoso concavo acuminato crenato 



utrinque verruca crenata aucto. West Indies. 



Flowers bright rose colour. Leaves longer and thinner 

 than in E. ellipticum. It can hardly be doubted that the 

 Ep. secundum of Linnaeus belongs here ; its character 

 having been taken from a crushed and damaged specimen. 



13. E. ellipticum (Graham in Hook. Exot. Bot. t. 207. L. 

 no. 5^. Bot. Cab. t. 1216. E. crassifolium, L. no. 55.); 

 foliis distichis ellipticis obtusis concavis succulentis, caule 

 apice longe aphyllo nunc ramoso squamoso, sepalis peta- 

 lisque patentibus lineari-lanceolatis aequalibus, labelli 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis laciniatis : intermedio 

 minore truncato apice denticulato basi calloso, callo con- 

 cavo plicato acuminato utrinque in lobos laterales decur- 



