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Engelmauuia — c 



American plants). Syk. Angelandra. Ord. Composit(B. 

 A monotypic genus. The species is an erect, hardy, peren- 

 nial, pubescent herb. It thrives in ordinary garden soil, 

 and may be increased by seeds or by divisions. 



EOMECON (from eoos. Eastern, and Mehon, a Poppy; 

 so called on account of its systematic position close to the 

 Poppies, and its native country in Eastern Asia). Ord. 

 PapaveracecB, A monotypic genus. The species is a 

 beautiful, hardy, perennial herb, intermediate between 

 Stylophorum and Sanguinaria, differing from both in the 

 Bcapose habit, racemose flowers, and sepals confluent in a 

 boat-shaped spathe ; and further from Stylopliorum in the 

 colour of the flowers and form of the leaves, and from 

 Sanyuinaria in the four petals, elongated style, and 

 stigniatio lobes alternating with the placentas. It 

 thrives in any fairly good soil, and may be increased 

 by divisions. 



C chionazLtlui (suowy-floweteA), fi. white, with yellow stamens, 

 Poppy-like» IMn. to 2in. in expanse; pedicels slender; flower- 

 stem loosely branched. Summer and uutvimn. I. all radical, 

 long-stalked, with a roundish-cordate, sinuate or coarsely crenate 

 bla<le, 2in. to 4in. long and nearly as broad. China, 18B5. 

 (ii, M. 6871.) 



, To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 511-2, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 



K. purpurasccns. Two very attractive, double varieties are: 

 aWit, with blu;sh-white, and nivalis^ with pure white, flowers, 



1885. 



EPIDSNDBUM. Tropical America is the head- 



quarters of this genus. To the species and varieties 



doricrlbed on pp. 512-1, VoL I., the following should now 



be added. Unless otherwise specified, stove treatment 

 is required. 



£• amatJlle (lovely). A synonym of E. dichrornum. 



K. arachno^lossum (cobweb-lipped), jl. reddish-purple (car- 

 nune-viulet), in a short, corymbiform or roundi:ih raceme ; sepals 

 and petals acute, recurved ; lateral lobes of lip roundish, pecti- 

 uate, the midtUe one cnneate, deeply bilobed ; column violet, 

 club-shaped. 2. distichous, alternate, glabrous, sessile, oblong, 

 lanceolate, obtuse, fleshy. Stems tufted, erect, naked above. 

 New Grenada, 1883. (B. H. 1882. p. 554.) 



B. a. candidum (white), fi, wholly white, with the exception 

 of the orange lateral calli of the lip. 1886. 



E. atropurpuremn albtua (white). A white-lipped variety, 



X. a* Randi (Rand's), yf.. sepals and petals greenish-brown, with 

 jmlet margins ; lip white, large, marked with contiguous, red 

 vems at the base. Amazons, 1886. Syn. JS. Randianum (L. 49). 



E. Barkcriola (Barkeriola). /.. sepals and the light rose- 

 coloured uttals nearly equal; lip wliite, with a deep purple 

 blotch and some short purple lines on the disk, where there are 

 two raised lines, pandurate or obovate; raceme one-sided. 

 /, lanceolate^ acute, wavy, reddish beneath and on the marcins. 

 1884, Syn, Barkeria Barkeriola. 



E. Christyanum (Christy's), fi. greenish and brown, in an erect 

 ractuie; bepvda oblong, apieul.ite; petals spathulate ; lateral 

 •wpiients of lip sub-quadrate, extrorse, the midilleone triangular, 

 ajMculate; column tritid. L ligubite, acute. Pseudo-bulbs long- 

 pyriform. two-leaved. Bolivia, 188^. 



£• ciliarc (ciliated). JL fragrant, several in a raceme, each with a 

 long bract at base ; sepals and petals greenish-yellow, linear, 

 acute; lip white, three-parted, the lateral lobes pectinately 

 Incised, the middle one setaceous, much longer. Winter, L in 

 pairs. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, obtuse. Tropic^il America. (B. II. 

 784.) K cuispidatutn (B. M. 463 ; B. R. 783; L. B. C. 10) is 

 consi'h'M'd a variety of this species, but the flowers are yellower 

 and larjrer, and the middle lobe of the lip is linear lanceolate, 

 and not appreciably longer than the side ones. 1844. 



E. caspidatum (cu^p-polutcd). A variety of ii*. clUare, 



E. dcnslfiorum (dense-tiowered), A variety of E. polyanthum, 



E. Endresii (Endres'). Jt. large as those of K ellipticujn; 

 sepals white, tipped green, the upper one cuneate-oblonR, acute, 

 the lateral ones triangular; petals white, spathulate; lip 

 blotched mauve, curiou^^ly cut, with two triangular edges at the 

 ba«e» the anterior lacinia cuneate-obreniforra, I, about a dozen, 

 like those of Box. Costa Hica, 1883. (O. C. n. s , xxili,, p. 504.) 



Epideudnim — continued, 



:. Flos-aeris (air-flower). A synonym of Arachnanthe mos- 

 ckifera. 

 E. frandulentnm (fraudulent), ft. light rose-coloured, small, 

 the column and lower part of the ovary purple, the keel and calli 

 yellow. 1886. 

 !. fulgens (brilliant) A synonym of E. Sehomhurgkii. 



1. ibaguease (Ibague). /. in a dense, almost globose head ; 

 sepals and petals orange ; lip yellow, obcordate, the lateral lobes 

 cordate, rounded at the tip and fringed, l. very fleshy, amplexi- 

 caul, oblong, obtuse. Stems tall, slender, the upper portion 

 leafy, the extreme end leafless. New Grenada, Peru. (F. M. 590.) 



i. ionocentrnm (violet-spurred). Jl., sepals and petals lemon- 

 coloured, spotted with greenish-brown, lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 lip white, violet or purple in the centre ; raceme twenty to 

 twenty-four flowered. Pseudo-bulb broad. Otherwise like 

 E. Brassavolce, 



15. Kienastii (Kienast-Zolly's). /„ sepals and petals very light 

 rose, with darker purple veins, the sepals lanceolate, the petals 

 very cuneate at base ; lip white, with fine purple, callose Imes 

 on the wavy mid-partition, the side partitions cuneate-ligulate, 

 two-toothed outside ; raceme several-flowered. L usually two, 

 6in. long, Jin. to lin. broad, cuneate -oblong, acute. Mexico, 

 1887. 



£. MatbewsU (Mathews'), A, sepals and petals stained 

 purplish outside, small, nearly transparent, the lateral sepals 

 connate half-way up ; lip deep, dull blood-purple, shining, or- 

 bicular, bifid at apex, convex above, concave beneath, completely 

 concealing the lateral sepals. I. distichous, rigid, fleshy. Stems 

 short, procumbent. 1886. 



E. O'Brienianunx (O'Brien* s). A hybrid between E. evectum and 

 E. radicatiSy and in habit very much resembling the latter. In 

 colour the flowers are a brilliant carmine, faintly shaded orange, 

 except the crests on the lip, which are bright yellow, as in 

 E. radicans ; the segments are longer than in E. evectiimt but have 

 the same general shape, and the lobes of the lip are much like 

 thase of the last-mentioned species. The plant, like its parents, 



grows rather talU 



E. oncidioldes (Oncidium-like). ft. yellow, blotched brown, very 

 fragrant ; sepals and petals obovate, unguiculate ; lip three- 

 lobed, the lateral lobes narrow, obtuse, flat, much shorter than 

 the roundish, cuspidate middle one, the disk three-keeled; 

 panicle long, racemose. I. two or three, 2ft. long, l^in. wide. 

 Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high. Surinam. (B. B. 1623; I. H. ser. v. 28.) 



£• paytense (Payta). Ji. of a brilliant scarlet-vermilion, with 

 some orange on the lip, which is also marked with some darker 

 spots, L short, very strong, oblong, acute, tinted pnrplish- 

 brown. Shoots stiff, with purplish -brown sheaths. Columbia 

 and Pem» 1885. 



E. polyanthum (many-flowered). Jl. orange or salmon- colour, 

 ■with a strong scent of cowslips ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 striated ; petals linear, reflexed ; lip three-lobed, three-ribbed, 

 the lateral lobes sub-cuneate, retuse, the middle one retuse ; 

 panicle strict, simple. L distichous, ovate -lanceolate, acute. 

 Mexico, 1841. 



E. t»- asperum (rough). A variety having the ovaries and rachis 

 densely covered with small warts. 1885. 



E« p. denaiflorum (dense -flowered). /, greenish, with a little 

 pink on the edges and in the middle of the lip. 1836. SyN. 

 £. densijlorum (JB. M. 5791). 



E. prlstes (saw-like). /., sepals and petals light cinnabar, 

 lanceolate, the petals serrated in the upper half; lip yellow, 

 spotted cinnabar, trifid, serrated, the mid-lobe small, bilobed, 

 with a flexuose keel at the base of the disk. l. very minutely 

 serrulated. Stems slender. 1886. A handsome plant. 



E* pseudepidendrum auratum (golden), /,, disk of the lip 



crimson, the borders deep orange. 1885. A tine variety. 



Er punctulatum (slightly dotted), ft. stellate, in a slender 

 panicle; sepals and petals brown inside, green outside, lanceo- 

 late, acute ; lip sulphur, with minute dots, trifld, the side lacinise 

 square, the middle one sessile, ovate, acute, the mid-nerves 

 thickened ; column brown and green ; border of the anther-bed 

 white, spotted brown. Mexico, 1885. Greenhouse. 



. Randianum (Rand's). A synonym of E. atropurpureum 

 Randi. 



, Sceptram (sceptre), ft. small, sometimes three dozen in a 

 raceme ; sepals and petals golden-yellow, spotted dark purple, 

 the sepals lanceolate, the petals obovate ; lip white at base, 

 profusely marked bright purple; racemes 1ft. to 2ft. long. 

 September and October, L lonj;^, thin, remote, lorate. Pseudo- 

 bulbs pear-stiaped, compressed, 1ft. long. Venezuela. New 

 Grenada, 



E. Schomburgkli (Schomburgk's)! /. rich vermilion-scarlet; 

 sepals and petals linear-lanceolate ; lip three-lobed, strongly 

 keeled, bicallose at base, the lateral lobes broadly semi-ovate, 

 rounded and lacerated behind, the front lobe cuneate, gradually 

 widemng upwards, the edge denticulate, the apex shortly 

 cuspidate; raceme short, close or corymbiform. I. distichous, 

 oblong, oV>tu9e, tleshy. Demerara, &c. A handsome specie?. 

 (B. iv. 16b ; B. R. 1858. 53. "J Sv\. E. fulnP.nM. 



