85 



10. E. refractum (Lindl. xi Ann. Nat. Hist, xii.) ; folio car- 

 noso ovato-oblongo coriaceo obtuso, pedunculo elongato 

 spathis plurimis falcatis obtusis distinctis vaginato,raccmo 

 brevi 4 — 5-floro Cirnuo, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis 

 acutis dorsali refracto, petalis ovalibus subconformibus, 

 labello subrotundo cordato trilobo basi bivcrrucoso per 

 medium calloso, lacinia intermedia abbreviata truncata. 



Caraccas. A very singular plant, with six or 



seven herbaceous, equitant, distinct falcate spathes on a 

 peduncle about nine inches long. The sepals are about 

 three-quarters of an inch long. 



11. E. geminijiorum (Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PI. 



1. 354. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. no. 26) ; caule repente 

 ramoso, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, pedunculis 

 subbifloris, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis patulis margine 

 revolutis, petalis conformibus planis, labello ovato cor- 

 dato subcucuUato trilobo : lobis lateralibus rotunHatis ah 



intermedio sinu brevi sejunctis. Popayan. Stem 



with dwarf, stiff, erect side branches. Flowers middle- 

 sized, very fleshy, with extremely sharp pointed divisions. 

 (Not in cultivation.) 



* * * Lip three-parted, 



12. E. longiflorum (Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen, et Sp. PI. 1. 

 354. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. no. 45) ; foliis oblongis obtusis 

 striatis coriaceis, racemi nutantis pedunculo spatha max- 

 ima breviore, sepalis petalisque lanceolato-linearibus 

 acuminatis margine revolutis, labelli tripartiti laciniis 

 lateralibus ovatis oblique truncatis revolutis : intermedia 

 lanceolata acuminata margine revoluta duplo longiore. 



New Granada and Popayan. A most noble 



plant, with its yellow flowers more than four inches 

 across. Some of the leaves are about a foot long. (Not 

 in cultivation.) 



13. E. spathaceum (LindL in Hook. Journ. 3. 85) ; foliis . . . . , 

 racemis alternis densissimis pendulis spathis foliaceis fal- 

 catis conduplicatis vix longioribus, sepalis rigidis striatis 

 acutis, petalis filiformibus, labeUi trilobi laciniis latera- 

 libus subintegris intermedia ovali obtusa basi bilamellata 



brevioribus. Peru. Obtained by Mr. Mathews out of 



the herbarium of Ruiz and Pavon, preserved at Lima. 



The masses of inflorescence of this plant arc upwards of 



31— December, 1844. n 



