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formerly regarded it as a species of the section Spathium. 

 It is however an. Amphiglottium with a nearly sessile 

 panicle, and only two or three herbaceous sheaths at the 

 base. It connects Spathium and Amphiglottium. 



27. E. pallidiflorum (Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2980. L. no. 41.); 



foliis distichis oblongis linearibus obtusis pedunculo 

 distanter vaginato brevioribus, floribus paniculatis, 

 sepalis petalisque lanceolatis obtusis patentibus, labelli 

 trilobi lobis suba3qualibus rotundatis : intermedii trisulci 



2-callosi marginibus involutis. St. Vincents. 



Flowers pale yellowish white, with a purple stain on the 

 end of the column. The specimen figured in the Bota- 

 nical Magazine was very weak. Its inflorescence is 

 really a loose panicle. 



28. E. gladiatum (L. no. 47.) ; foliis paucis distichis gladiifor- 



mibus, racemis subsessilibus terminalibus fasciculatis co- 

 rymbosis recurvis, sepalis oblongis obtusis margine reflexis 

 petalisque spatulatis patulis, labelli trilobi carinati basi 

 bituberculati lobis lateralibus subquadratis rotundatis 



intermedio multo minore emarginato. Mexico. 



A small species, not more than eight or twelve inches high. 

 The leaves are three or four inches long, and as many 

 lines broad. Mr. Hartweg found it in Mexico, and 

 therefore the habitat of Peru given by me formerly, on 

 authority of Pavon's herbarium, was probably a mistake. 



29. E. anisatum (La Llave. L. no. 62.) ; foliis distichis ellip- 



tico-lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque patentibus linearibus 

 obtusis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus obtusis inter- 

 media profunde biloba : lobis acutis. Mexico. 



This is very near E. gladiatum, and is perhaps the same 

 species. The flowers are described as being of a dingy 

 colour, and emitting a smell of Anise at night. The lip 

 is said to have three purple lines at the base. (Not in 

 cultivation.) 



30. E. polyanthum (L. no. 50. Bateman Orch. Mex. et 

 Guat. t. 34. E. bisetum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. 

 misc. 148.) ; foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 caule ramoso, racemis plurimis multifloris cernuis basi 

 spathaceis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis striatis, petalis 

 linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi tricostati lobis latera- 

 libus subcuneatis retusis : intermedio lineari retuso, 

 ovario scabro. Mexico, Guayaquil. Flowers bright 



