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tibus, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus seniiovatis acutiusculis cucuUatis 

 intermedia maxima ovatu ; callo ad laminae basin sito obsoleto antrorsum 



evancscente. Mexico. A l)cautiful plant, with very large flowers, 



apparently pink or purple. The sepals and petals are two inches long, 

 and the middle lobe of the lip is an inch long and three-quarters of an 

 inch broad. 



** Labelli lobo medio rotundato. 



27. E. hracfescens (Lindl. in Bet. Reg. 1840. misc. 122.) ; pseudobulbis 

 ovatis ceespitosis 3-4-phyllis, foliis linearibus, scapo debili 3-4-floro, 

 bracteis infimis foliaceis tioribus longioribus supremis obsoletis, floribus 

 nutantibus longe pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis discoloribus labello longioribus, labelli Uberi lobis lateraUbus apice 

 recurvis obtusis subdentatis intermedio unguiculato subrotundo-ovato 



multo longiore secus unguem elevato sulcato pubescente. Mexico. 



This is one of the prettiest of the small species of Epidendrum. The 

 pseudobidbs are exactly ovate, closely clustered, and about as large as a 

 pigeon's egg. The flowers have a beautifully but delicately painted 

 white lip, the gay effect of which is heightened, by the contrast with the 

 dingy purple of the long narrow sepals and petals. 



28. E. aciculare (Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 98) ; pseudobulbis ob- 

 longis diphyllis, foliis linearibus canaliculatis acutis racemo simphci 

 sequalibus, sepalis petaHsque lineari-lanceolatis sequalibus acutis, labelli 

 laciniis laterahbus ascendentibus Unearibus obtusis apice recurvis inter- 

 media ovato-oblouga subundulata (picta) acuta. Bahamas. A 



pretty little species, with long nari'ow leaves, a slender erect raceme of 

 six or seven flowers, whose sepals and petals are dull purple, and lip 

 white, enlivened with rosy veins. 



29. E. ffracile (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 176.5) ; foUis in pseudobulbos ovatos 

 corrugatos pluribus Icvato-ensiformibus, racemo simplici longissimo, 

 sepaUs oblongis petalisque cuneatis patentibus, labelli fere liberi trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus semiovatis intermedio oblongo crispo obtusissimo duplo 



minoribus disco bicostato. Bahamas. Flowers green, lip yellow, 



lined with purple. 



30. E. venosum (L. no. 13.) ; foliis ensiformibus obtusis supra et sub pseudo- 

 bulbos fusiformes nascentibus, racemo striato simplici, sepalis lineari- 

 lanceolatis petalisque angustioribus patentissimis, labello semilibero tri- 

 pax'tito : laciniis lateralibus ovatis acutis intermedia subrotunda apiculata 



multo majore callo baseos et lineis tribus disci subramosis elevatis. 



Mexico. Scape a foot long. Lip half united to the column, white, 



with elevated violet veins. 



31. E. ionosmum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 87.); pseudobulbis di- 

 phyllis scapo apice simplici racemoso brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 coiiaceis obovatis concavis obtusis subsequalibus, labelh trilobi liberi 

 lobis lateralibus erectis oblongis columnam amplexantibus apice rotun- 

 datis undulatis coloratis striatis intermedio subrotundo emarginato crispo : 

 lineis duabus elevatis prope basin unica angustiore apici propiore, columna 



antice bicorni. E.sseqiiibo. The world wants no violets where this 



plant is found. The blossoms are rather large, a dull reddish green, 

 with the lip delicately streaked with deep lilac. 



32. Yt.flavvm (Lindl. in Hooker's Journal, 3.83.) ; pseudobulbis ovatis atte- 



nuatis 3-phyllis, foliis ensiformibus panicidee pauciflorse subaequalibus. 



