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about twice as large as in that species. — (Not in culti- 

 vation.) 

 Q. E. Scutella ; foliis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis distichis, 

 spatha brevi lata acinaciformi pedunculo a3quali, racemo 

 umbellato paucifloro, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, 



labello oblongo cordate piano ecalloso. In the woods 



of Guayan^ on the western slope of Pichincha, rare. 



(Hartweg.) Flowers greenish yellow, very large. Lip 



full an inch long. Spathe very broad, about half an inch 

 lono-. 



3. E. mancum; foliis 3-4 oblongis obtusis carnosis oblique 



emarginatis supremo spathse longitudine, racemo stricto 

 multifloro foliis multo longiore, floribus carnosis, sepalis 

 subrotundo-oblongisobtusissimis, petalis spathulatis apice 

 concavis, labello minimo postico carnoso concave indiviso 



callo maono marg-ine membranaceo in medio. On the 



Cordillera^ near Loxa^ flowering in July, (Hartweg.) 



Flowers rather small, orange and yellow. 



4. E. adenoglossum (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 3. 86) ; foliis 



carnosis lineari-oblongis obtusis, racemo elongate sim- 

 plici terminal! e spatha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto, 

 sepalis ovatis reticulatis, petalis linearibus 3-veniis acutis, 



labello lineari basi callis 3 instructo. Peru. 



Flowers small, in a thin spike. — (Not in cultivation.) 



5. E. ventricosum (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 3. 86) ; foliis lineari- 



laneeolatis acutis, racemis angustis multifloris e spatha 

 lineari ortis, floribus membranaceis, sepalis subsequalibus 

 oblongis acutis, petalis filiformibus, columna ventricosa, 



labello ovato cordate acutissimo basi bicalloso. Peru. 



A slender plant, with the stem about six inches up 



to the commencement of the spathe. Racemes from 4 — 5 

 inches long, including the spathe which covers the whole 

 peduncle. Flowers purple, small, membranous. — (Not 

 in cultivation.) 



* * Lip more or less three-lohed. 



6. E, brachyglossum ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice rotundatis 



obliquis, racemo elongate simplici terminali nutante e 

 spatha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto, floribus carnosis, 

 sepalis obovatis concavis, petalis linearibus 3-veniis acutis, 

 labello brevi trilobo : laciniislateralibus nanis intermedia 

 ovata : callis duobus lamell9eformibus tuberculoque inter- 



