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BT^iSLendvxLvx — continued. 

 E. Stamfordianum Iieeannm (Lee's). /., sepals and petals 



ochre-colourtja inside, covered with purple, hieroglyphic mark- 

 ings, scarcely transhicent outside ; lip li^^ht rose, purple-spotted 

 inside, broad. 1887. ' i^ ^ . i ,f f 



S. S» 'Wallace! (Wallace's). Jl., middle lacinia of the lip 

 obcordate, quite entire and very narrow ; column shorter than 

 in the type. Mountains south of Bogota, 1887. 



* Stenopetalum (narrow-petaled). Jl. rose-coloured, few, pro- 

 duced at the tips of the pseudo-bulbs ; lip a little darker than 

 the sepals and petals, having a square, white area at tlie base, 

 with a small, yellow crest, adhering to the column for quite half 

 the latter's length. West Indies and Central America, 1887. 



E. trachychilnm (rough-lipped). /. very leathery, disposed in a 

 dense, much-branched panicle ; sepals and petals olive-brown, 

 the sepals oblong, much-spreading, the petals somewhat con- 

 formed; lip deep yellow, studded with red warts, white and 

 spotted pink on the callus, brilliant green with red warts on the 

 lower lobes. L straight, ensiform, much shorter than the scape. 



Pseudo-bulbs elongated, two-leaved. Mexico, 1885. Greenhouse. 

 (R. G. 1205.) 



ISpiph.ylluzil — continn ed, 



E. Russellianum Caertneri (Gartner's). Jl. scarlet, 2iin. to 



3in. in diameter ; petals lanceolate, acute, radiating. 1865. A 

 showy, garden hybrid, of unknown parentage, with the habit of 

 Epiphyllum and the flowers of Cereus. (R. G. 1172.) 



ERANTHEMUM. Flowers white, pink, rc<], or lilac, 

 variously disposed; calyx deeply five-cleft, the segments 

 short, narrow, sub-equal; corolla tube elongated, the limb 

 spreading^, five-partite ; stamens two. Leaves entire, or 

 rarely deeply toothed. To the species described on p. 518, 

 Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



E, bomeense (Rorneo). /. crowded round the rachis, forming a 

 conical inflorescence ; calyx jjin. long ; corolla white, with a faint 

 tinge of lemon, the tube lin. long, cylindric, the limb IJin. in 

 diameter, obscurely two-lipped, quite flat ; spike lin. to 6in. long ; 

 peduncle stout, erect, /. 4in. to 6in. long, shmtly petiolate. 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, rounded or acute at base, 

 glabrous, studded with raphides. Romeo, 1882. A nearly 

 glabrous shrub. (R. M. 6701.) 



E. macro phyllum (lar^e-leaved). Jl. liglit 

 blue, in terminal and axillary suikea ; upper 

 and side lobes of the corolla retlexed on the 

 sides of the long, whitish tube ; lowt'v petal 

 or lip projecting, and of a tieeper blue than 

 the other lobe.s. Winter. India, 1886. 



E. velutinum (velvety). /. of a deep rose- 

 ink, in lung spikes ; tube .sk-uder, curved, 

 in. loner. I. deep velvety olive-green, bul- 

 late. 1886. A distinct and pretty shrub. 



ERANTHEMUM (in part). Syuo- 

 nymons with Dsedalacanthus (which 

 see). 



EHEMUKUS. To the spocien de- 

 scribed on p. 519, Vol. I., the following^ 

 should now be added : 



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Fig. 27. Epidendrum vitellinum. showing Haibit and 



detached Flower. 



£!. vitGllinuxn giganteuxiL (gigantic). A synonym of £. v. majns. 

 (W. S. O. ser. iii. 27.) The type is shown in Fig. 27. 



E. Walllsll (Wallis'), Jl. numerous, about IJln. across, scented; 

 sepals and petals golden-yellow, spotted carmine-crlmaon, 

 ligulate-oblong ; lip white, with radiating, tubercled lines of 

 magenta -purple, broad, cuneately flabellate ; racemes droopin*. 

 October and November. I. distichous. Stems several feet in 

 height, spotted brownish-purple, leafy. New Grenada. (W, O. A. 

 ii. 74.) 



EFILOBIUM. To the species described on p. 514, 

 Vol, I., the following should now be added : 



• nummularifolluin (Moneywort-leaved). Jl, pink or whitish, 



very small ; peduncles axillary, slender, Jin. to 4in. long. I, two 

 to four lines long, sessile or petiolate, numerous, opposite, rather 

 crowded, orbicular or oblong, obtuse, flat or convex. Branches 

 2in. to 6in. long, glabrous or pubescent. New Zealand, Plant 

 prostrate, hardy. 



EPIPHTLIiUM- To the species and varieties 

 described on p. 517, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



- Gibsoni (Gibson's) /. two to four, of a beautiful, dark orange- 

 red, produced at the ends of the branches, having some straight 

 hairs at their base. 1886. This plant closely resembles £. trun- 



catum. 



• Gnedeneyi (Guedeney's). /. large; outer petals white, 



slightly tinged with sulphur; the others pure creamy-white; 

 stamens much shorter than the petals. Stems very broad, thin, 

 with roundish, shallow notches. Probably of garden origin. 



C aurantiacns (orange), jl. , perianth yellow, 

 Ave to six lines long ; raceme dense, 6in. long, 

 when expanded Ijin. to l|iii. in diameter ; 

 scape IJft. high, terete, puberulous. /. five 

 or sis, narrow -linear, erect, persistent, 1ft. 

 long, two to three lines broad. Afghani- 

 stan, 1885. (R. G. 1168, b, g, h. ) 



E. Bongei (Bunge's). /!., periantli bright 

 yellow, ^in. long; pedicels erecto-patent ; 

 raceme oblong, dense, 4in. to Bin. long ; scape 

 terete, 1ft. long, glabrous. I. linear, 1ft. long, 

 less than Jin. broad, firm, glabrous, the edges 

 minutely ciliated. Persia, 1885. (U. G. 

 1168, a.) 



EAIA. To the species described on 

 p. 519, Vol. I., the following should 



now be added : 



E. bigibba (twice-gibbous). Jl, sepals and 

 petals light reddish, lanceolate, the sepals 

 with green median nerves ; lip whitish, with 

 small, purple dashes at base, transversely tritid, the antrorse 

 lateral lacinife separated from the semi-ovate, obtuse middle one 

 by a narrow isthmus ; column yellowish-white, purple at the 

 base inside ; anther with two purple tumours at the top. 

 I. long, petiolate, on a tumid, cylindraceous foot, Borneo, 1884. 



. X!lwesil (Elwea'). Jl. light brown, small ; outer perigone 

 connate, three-toothed; petals rhomboid; lip oblong, retuse, 

 with two rounded lobes at base, h nearly lin. long, stalked, 

 oblong, acute. Pseudo-bulbs depressed, covered with tibrous 

 sheaths. 1885. A tiny plant. 



E. Fordii (Ford's). /.. sepals light yellowish-green, lin. long, 

 lanceolate, acute, keeled at back ; petals yellowish-green, ovate- 

 lanceolate, sub-acute; lip deep, dull yellow, veined crimson, 

 narrow-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, with small, rounded. lateral 

 lobes and three blunt keeU on the lower half ; racemes teruunal, 

 two or three-flowered. L linear-lanceolate, acute, Sin. to 9in. 

 long, IJin. to l]in. broad, leathery. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, some- 

 what compressed, smooth. Hung Kong, 1886. 



E, lineoligera (line-bearing). Jl. white, very thin ; sepals and 

 petals lanceolate, acute, curved; chin moderate: lip cuneate- 

 dilated, trifid, the side laciniae triangular, curved, very short, 

 the middle one projecting, triangular, apiculate, crenulate. un- 

 dulated, with purple lines on each side; raceme nearly basilar, 

 ascending, with orange bracts. I four, rather thick cuneate- 

 oblong-lanceolate. Psendo-bulbs fusiform. fMam, laoo. 

 , monostachya (one-spiked). /.. sepals and petals greenish- 

 yellow : lip having a very small anterior lacinia, and two an-ular 

 calli between the sinuses between the lateral and anterior 

 lacinise ; inflorescence simple. Java. 1885. 



E, mascicola (Moss -p owing). 

 racemose. /. about \\n. long. 

 1887. An insignificant species. 



If. yellowish-green, very small* 

 ;^eudo-bulbs racemose. Ceylon, 



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