EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 311 



2. EPIDENDRUM BOOTHIANUM Lindley , in Bot. Reg. i838. Misc. n. 7. Huc Lindl. 

 \. c. N. 3. 



E. pseudobulbls compressis imbricatis ovafis subdiphyllis, foliis ligu- 



lato-oblongis undulatis apice subobliquis, racemo laxo sub-7-floro basi 



spathaceo foliis longiore, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus paiulis ovali- 



liriearibus acutis, labello semilibero rhomboideo acuto utrinque deflexo. 



Wi!d in Cuba ; in ihe forests of the coast of Saltadero, Guantanamo — Linden, Cv. v. 



c. el s. sp.). — Pseudobulbs like those of Broughtonia. Flowers nodding . sweet- 



scented , yellowish orange , spoited with purple. Lip white , spathe green, comnres- 



sed . about two inches long, rising nearly as high as the lowest flowers . 



f f Pseudobulbi fusiformileretes. 



3. EPIDENDRUM BICOLOR Rchb. fil. MSS. IIuc: Caltleya bicolor Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1836. 

 sub 1919: 



Foliis oblongo-loratis caule tereti elato triplo brevioribus, sepalis 

 lanceolatis falcatis acutis, petalis parum lalioribus subundulalis obtusis, 

 Jabello indiviso plano apice dilatato rotundato crenato convexo. 



Brazil Descourtilz in Bibl. Deless. 49. Stems 2 — 3' long. Sepals and petals tawny ; 

 label Itright purple, with a lanceolate sireak on the centre . white slightly spoited 

 with purpie. Fragrant. — Lindl. Sert. 1838. V. 1.: From Jesus de Bannal. Aprili. ex- 

 hales ihe sweet sniell of ihe garden pink. — Rhizome reddish , cyiindrical arliculated. 

 Stems often pendulous, 2—3'. Sepals greenish brown , purple or reddish brown. Pe- 

 tals thinner, spathulato, crisp , same colour. Lip pure white , forming a line which 

 exiends as far as ihe middle of the disk, where it is dotted longitudinally with purple. 

 At tlie level where ihis line termins, the disk enlarges and forms a rounded blade 

 of a bright violet ; turned downward, and regularly crenelled at ihe edges. Column 

 very thick , broad, convex above , flat or a litlle concave beneath, white. — Bot. 

 Reg. XXIV. 1838. Misc. 148. — Flowered with Loddiges. Agrees perfectly with the 

 flgure ahove quoted and is rery remarkable for its labellum wanting the side lobes, 

 so that it is only curved downwards , and cannot Avap up the column as is the other 

 species of the genus. — Sepals and pelals are a dull tawny olive green ; the labellum 

 is of the deep violet, which we find in ihe centre of that of Caitl. labiata. 



4. EPIDENDRUM AURANTIACUM Bateman, in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 11 ; Orch. Mex. and 

 Guat., t. 12. — Lindl. 1. c. N. 1.: 



E. foliis oblongis planiusculis coriaceis caule clavato diphyllo duplo 

 brevioribus, spatha maxima cucullata pedunculo longiore. racemo brevi 

 subccrnuo densifloro, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis subaequalibus, 

 labello libero oblongo cucullato basi columnam involvente lineis tribus 

 elevatis. 



Wild in Mexico , Sierra St. Pedro Nolasco — Jurgensen , 879; Guatemala, on exposed 

 ' rocks on the precipitous brows of ravines, where it is subject to great extremes of 

 heat and cold — Skinner ; on the branches of Taxodium distichum — Grisebach , B. 

 25 ; Oaxaca , at St. Juan de Nepomuceno — Karwinski in herb. Martius . (v. s. sp, ct 

 V. cult.) — Flowers numerous , rich orange-colour. 

 Huc : Epidendrum aureiim Lindl. I. c, N, 5 : 

 E. sepalis linearibus acutis, petalis conformibus, labello ovato con- 

 voluto acuminato ecalloso venis 3 parallelis centralibus, ovario alte 

 cuniculato. 



Broughtonia aurea Lindley. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc, 22. 

 VVild in Mcxico ; in the neighbourhood ol Valladolid — Barker , (v. v. c). — ..Flowers 

 brighl yellowish rcd , like E. vitellinuoi." I still possess the only flower I ever saw 

 of ihis. Although I can add litlle to what was stated in thc Botanical Rcgister, I can 

 say thal it is a spccies apparently perfcclly distinct. 



