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EPIDENDRilM variegatum. 

 Variegated Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA M01:^ANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidaceje, § Epidendre^. 

 EPIDENDRUM. Bot.Reg.fol. 17. 



E. variegatum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis 2-3-phyllis, foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis obtusis, racemo simplici terminali, sepalis petalisque obovatis ob- 

 tusis coriaceis, labello postico subrotundo acuto : callo baseos concavo 

 emarginato dente colurnnee postica obtusa. 



E. variegatum. Bot. Mag. t. 3151. 



E. coriaceum. Id. t. 3595. a variety. 



A native of Brazil, whence it has long since been imported, 

 so that it now common in collections of Orchidaceae, where 

 it is valued for the delicious fragrance of its flowers, resem- 

 bling nothing so much as Lily of the Valley. The figure 

 now published was made many years ago in the collection of 

 Messrs. Loddiges. 



In many respects it agrees with E. lancifolium a Mexican, 

 and E. crassilabium a Peruvian species ; but it differs from 

 both in having the fleshy tooth, placed at the back of the 

 anther, quite entire, blunt and rounded, not to mention other 

 marks of distinction. Like E. fragrans it is very subject to 

 variation, as must be obvious to any one who has remarked 

 the peculiarities of the imported plants, which from time to 

 time flower in collections, scarcely any two of which are 

 exactly alike. Of these one is figured in the Botanical 

 Magazine under the name of E, coriaceum. 



In general the sepals and petals are marked with distinct 

 purple blotches, on a pale green ground ; but sometimes they 

 are richly dotted, and occasionally are cream-coloured, with 



