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jecto instructo. On the ivestli'n face of the Andes, near 



Nanegal (Hartweg.) A slender creeping rooted 



plant, with small flowers and the appearance of E. adeno- 

 glossum, but the leaves are narrower and the lip has a 

 different form. 

 E. leucochilum (Klotzsch in Gartenzeit. 1843. p. 145); 

 foliis distichis coriaceis patenti-recurvis obtusis emargi- 

 natis subtus costato-carinatis, racemo simplici terminali 

 6-floro e spatha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto floribus 

 magnis arcuato-pedicellatis odoratis perigonii foliolis line- 

 aribus acutis versus basin attenuatis margine recurvis in- 

 terioribus patenti-arcuatis exterioribus deflexis, labelli 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus brevioribus integerrimis oblique 

 orbicularibus intermedio elongato acuminato venis baseos 

 3 elevatis instructo, columna elongata Candida inferne ad 



apicem biloba. Caraccas.- Found by Mr. Edward 



Otto, growing on the stems of trees at the height of 4500 

 feet above the sea. It is said to prefer a cool house, and 

 to have been shewn at the Botanical exhibition at Prague 

 by Professor Tausch. It is fully described by Messrs. 

 Klotzsch and Edward Otto in the above-mentioned place. 

 The flowers are yellowish green with a white lip. 

 E. anneniacum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. I867. Encyclia ma- 

 crostachya, Poppig. & Endl. n. g. et sp. 2. t. 114); 

 caulibus teretibus erectis indivisis, foliis lanceolatis coria- 

 ceis acutis subplicatis, racemis pedunculatis cylindraceis 

 nutantibus, sepalis patulis ovatis acutis, petalis setaceis, 

 labelli subcucullati laciniis lateralibus rotundatis inter- 

 media ovata acuminata : callo magno oblongo in discum. 



— — Brazil and Peru. Flowers small, apricot coloured, 



in a slender drooping spike. 

 E. nutans (Swartz Prodr. 121. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1. 1499. 

 Willd. no. 13. Hooker Exot. Bot. 1. t. 50 optime. 

 Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. no. 44) ; foliis oblongis distichis 

 undulatis obtusis, panicula nutante multiflora, sepalis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis obtusis 

 patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus cordatis ovatis : 

 intermedio transverso truncato apiculato basi bicalloso 



venis tribus elevatis. West Indies, and Brazil. 



This well known plant has been found by Dr. Von 

 Martins on the Corcovado in Brazil, in rocky places. Its 

 green flowers are sweet-scented in an evening. Many 

 varieties are found in our gardens. 



