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basi vaginantibus racemo erecto multifloro brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis subipqualibus patulis, labello liueari apice angus- 



tato abrupte acuto basi calloso et bifoveato seniilibero.- Mexico, in 



the region of Lichens and Jungermannise. A most superb plant with 



flowers of a brilhant orange. 



2. E. ligulatum (Llave. L. p. 98.) ; pseudobulbis ovatis depressis, foliis lan- 



ceolatis subcoriaceis striatis, scapo filiformi, sepalis petalisque ligulatis 



reflexis, labello obcordato limbo subcrenato, capsula glabra trigona. 



Mexico. Flowers purplish brown with a yellowish lip. 



3. E. lividmn (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 91.) ; pseudobulbis anguste 



ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis subundulatis ob- 

 tusiusculis, scapo paucifloro foliis bi'eviore, ovario triqueti'o, sepalis 

 erectis herbaceis linearibus mucronatis, petalis spathulatis obtusis sequi- 

 longis, labello libero lineari-oblongo obtuso crispo medio tomentoso serie 

 triplici dentium elevatorum intermedia majore, columna triquetra apice 



tricallosii. Colombia. Flowers small, dull dingy purple, a little 



tessellated ; their lip pale dirty yellow, Avitli a few dull purple veins. 

 *3. E. a;-^?cM/a^M/«(Klotzschin AUg. Gartenz. Sept. 22, 1838.); caule repente 

 radicaute, pseudobulbis elongato-oblongis gi-acilibus compressis 2-3 

 phyllis, foliis linearibus acutis subcarinatis tenuibus, floribus subarti- 

 culatim-racemosis, sepalis linearibus acutis erecto-patentibus, petaUs spa- 

 tulatis obtusis extus sordide pallide-ochraceis intus purpureo-variegatis, 

 labello indiviso libero hnguiformi basi angustato albido longitudinaliter 

 triseriatim cristato-gibboso ante columnam villoso-barbato margine erecto 

 subinflexo undulatim crispo transversaliter rubro-venoso, columna ob- 

 tuse-trigona conica apice glaudulis tribus flavis instructa labello duplo 



breviore, germine trialato. La Guayra. 1 am unacquainted with 



this plant, which, if its lip were not stated to be undivided, I should 

 have supposed to be E. tessellatum. 



4. E. tripunctatum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 113.); pseudobulbis 



ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foUis ligulatis tenuibus apice recurvis 

 scapo bifloro pluries longioribus, sepaUs patentissimis Uneari-oblongis, 

 petalis duplo angustioribus, labello semiadnato obovato rugoso utrinque 

 ultra columnam emarginato, columna atropurpurea apice triloba et luteo 



tripunctata. Mexico. This has long grassy leaves, and a very 



short scape. The sepals are twice as broad, and much larger than the 

 petals are, and a dull yellow green. The column is deep purple, with 

 three lobes, each of which is tipped with one pale orange-colom-ed spot. 

 The hp is rather more than half an inch long, not warted, and distinctly 

 emarginate near the apex of the column ; its colour is pale citron. 

 6. E. asperum (Lindl. in Hooker's Journal, p. 6. Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 36.) ; 

 pseudobulbis ovatis basi subangulatis diphyllis, foliis coriaceis ligulatis 

 carinatis acutis, scapo ramoso pedunculisque subasperis, sepalis paten- 

 tibus obovato -lanceolatis obtusis, petalis magis cuneatis, labello seniili- 

 bero cucullato flabellatim cuneato crispo basi callo elevato pubescente 



obovato medio depresso apice tridentato. Mexico and Columbia. — 



Flowers dull dirty yellow, with crimson veins pencilled on the lip. 



§11. Labello triloba ; nempe laciniis lateralibus nanis ant 

 hrevibus rotundatis nee intermedicB cequalibiLS. 



6. E. Candollei (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 7&. Ep. cepi/orme, Hooker 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 376.5.) ; pseudobulbis sphsericis, scapo paniculato, 



—May, 1842. g 



