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75. EPIDENDRUM purum. 



S. purum (§ Euepidendrum) ; cm\e elongato tcreti, foliis ensiformibus ob- 

 tusis, floribus paniculatis ramis (3) racemosis gracilibus foliis paulo 

 erectioribus, sepalis angust^ lanceolatis, petalis linearibus, Isbelli tri- 

 partiti basi 5-costati laciniis ovatis acutis. 



A Caraccas plant, sent by Linden to Mr. Rucker, with 

 whom it flowered in the beginning of September. The leaves 

 are not half an inch wide, and six or eight inches long. The 

 flowers are in a thin panicled raceme, of a light pale green 

 colour, and about the size of those of E. nutans. 



76. ONCIDIUM spilopterum. 



0. spilopterum (Euoncidia, Pentapetala, niicropetala, pandurata) ; pseudo- 

 bulbis compressis oblongis diphyllis, foliis erectis oblongis scapo erccto 

 raccmoso bi-evioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis libcris, petalis conformibus 

 latioribus, labello maximo ti'ilobo subrotuudo emarginato apiculato lobis 

 lateralibus nanis obtusis, crista antice triloba jugis quibusdam verru- 

 cisque utrinque pone basin quasi 5-loba, columnse alis semicordatis 

 crenulatis maculatis. 



A handsome Oncidium, with quite a peculiar habit, 

 imported from Brazil by Messrs. Loddiges. Its flowers are 

 large and yellow, with small brownish purple sepals and 

 petals ; the base of the labellum is the same colour ; while 

 the wings of the column are clear yellow, spotted with crim- 

 son. The flowers grow in an erect raceme, longer than the 

 leaves. It may be stationed between O. Lanceanum and 

 Carthao'inense. 



77. HABENARIA Candida. 



H. Candida; caule diphyllo, foliis undulatis acuminatis, spica pauciflora 

 (4-5), bracteis acuminatis herbaceis ovario bi-evioribus, sepalis ovatis 

 acutis subsequalibus dorsali horizontali, petalis indivisis galeatis obtusis, 

 labello integerrimo eusiformi, calcare pendulo ovario duplo longiore 

 apice bUobo. 



The flowers of this rare Orchidaceous plant are scentless 

 and snow-white, without the least trace or stain, except on the 

 spur, which is pale green. They are of the size of those in 

 Cynorchis fastigiata, of which the plant has the habit. Messrs. 

 Loddiges received it from Sierra Leone, and it is No. lyOl 

 of their last catalogue. 



L~~Novemher, 1844. I 



