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* EPIDENDRUM ochraceum. 



Yellow- Ochre-coloured Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^e, § Epidendre-e. 

 EPIDENDRUM. Bot. Reg. vol. l.fol. 17. 



E. ochraceum ; pseudobulbis obverse pyriformibus coespitosis sursum attenuatis 

 1-3-phyliis, foliis linearibus acutis recurvis scapo sequalibus, spica terminali 

 laxiflora, bracteis rigidis acutis squamiformibus, sepalis petalisque subaequa- 

 libus lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello postico sublibero trilobo medio cal- 

 loso: laciniis lateralibus inflexis truncato-rotundatis den ticulatis intermedia 

 brevi emarginata, callo piano apice tridentato, columna apice tricorni, clinan- 

 drio denticulato, ovario triptero. Bot. Reg. 1838. misc.no. 15. 



Calycina foliola 5, patentia, subcequalia, fusca, duobus interioribus la- 

 teralibus paulo angustioribus et basi angustatis, ovinibus liberis. Labellum 

 basi cum gynostemio connatum, (respectu germinis') erectum, Jlavum, lamina 

 tr'dobd, lobis lateralibus gynostemii partem superiorem amplectentibus, in- 

 termedio basi in prono denticulis tribus luteis instructo. Gynostemium apice 

 tripartitum, laciniis laceris. Anthera terminalis operculata A-locularis, 

 corpusculis polliniferis 3 cereaceris fceta,pedicellatis parallelis. Schiede mss. 



This pretty little plant inhabits several parts of tropical 

 America. Messrs. Loddiges received it from Oaxaca ; Mr. 

 Skinner found it in Guatemala ; and I have specimens from 

 Schiede and Deppe, for which I am indebted to Professor 

 Schlechtendahl, collected near the Hacienda de la Laguna, 

 in Mexico, flowering in August. 



In July 1836, I first received specimens from Sir 

 Charles Lemon's garden, along with an account of the plant 

 by Mr. Booth, which I take this opportunity of subjoining. 



"This singular little plant was gathered in Guatemala, 

 by George Ure Skinner, Esq. and brought to this country 



* See Bot. Reg. vol. 17. fol. 1415. 



