316 ORCHIDES. 



l-riDENDRUM. 



quali oblongolignlata obtusa labello paulo longiori, undulafa, apice ob- 

 luse Iruncata; labelli cuneo basilari quam in Caltleya labiata duplo lon- 

 giori, lamina ligulata pandurala, dimidio anteriori apice bilobo denti- 

 culata, undulata, plus duplo longiori, quam lata. 



Flores rubro piirpiirei . inaximi forsan generis. 

 9. EPIDRNDRUM MAXIMUM Rchb. 111. MSS. Huc : Cattleya maxima Lindl. G. et Sp. 



Orcli. B. Re?. XXX. 1844. sub 5: 

 Caulibus obovato clavatis angulatis, foliis 1 — 2 ovalo oblongis, spallia 

 pedunculo multo breviore, sepalis lineari- oblongis oblusis, pelalis sub- 

 rolundo- ovalibus undulatis membranaceis, labelli maximi crispi oblongi 

 obsolete trilobi lobo medio undulato alie emarginato , disco laevi. 



Guayoquil and Colombia. — Fine specimens and live plants brought home by Mr. Hart- 

 wpg shew this lo be a rival of C. labiata. — Ils flowers are as large , aiid are descri- 

 bed as being of bcauliful dark pink. — B. Reg. 1846. tb. 1. — Pl. Hnrlwegianae 1844: 

 Flores 3 tantum adsunt, pulcherrime vjolacei. Ad Rio Grande de Malacotes. Journ. 

 Ht. 80C, 1846. p. 64, — Flowers 7 inches across, two, Mr. Hartweg obs, 4—5 in a clusler. 



cc. I.obi lateralos submediani, lobus medius lotn sua lalilndine sessilis 

 nec (lilatalus. Labellum circa columnam volulum. 



10. EPIDtliNDRUM FORBESH Rchb. fil. MSS. Huc : Catlleya Forhe.m Lindl. Coll. Bot. 

 l. 37. iii lextu. — Bot. Reg. tb, 933. LO. 117,: 



Caulibus elongatis teretibus, loliis geminis oblongis, sepalis pelalisqiie 

 lineari oblongis subaequalibus, labelli trilobi lobo medio cordato sub- 

 rotundo ovato argute dentato undulato apiculato, lateralibus mmoribus 

 rotundatis planis, lineis quaternis elevaiis pone basin lamellaque mem- 

 brananacea utrinque, columna basi lineis quinis elevatis, quarum duae 

 majores, cristata, clinandrii cardine tubeicuio corrugato aucto, 



Brazii. Flowers greeni.<;h yellow. Lip -viih bright orange brown veins. Vcry near 

 C. Loddigesii. — Bot. Mag. 3'^f)5. — ..Callleya in compliment to Wiiliam Callley Esq. 

 ofLondon. an eminent cullivalor of plants and palron of Bolany." Introduced to 

 the gardens ai Chiswick by iheir collector Mr. Forbes, Flw. June 32. Lond. Journ. 

 L 1842. p. 189; on low trees and on rocks , comraon ; generally near ihe sea. July, 

 Gardener 128, 

 ;i. EPIDEiNDRlIM LODDIGESII Rchb. ni. MSS. Huc : Caltlea Loddigesii Lindl. Bot. t. 37: 

 Bot, Reg. XXX. 1844, sub 5 : (exclusis cit. C. interniediae Grah, et iniermediae pallidae). 

 LO. n.5. Hook. Bot. Misc. t. 186. Epid. violaceum Lodd. Bot. Cab. 337. Cailleya ovafa 

 Lindl. Bnt. Reg. 1919. 



Caulibus eiongaiis teretibus, foliis 2 ovato-oblongis , spatha brevi 

 membranacea, sepalis oblongis laferalibus falcatis, pelalis subconformi- 

 bus, labelli lobis lateralibus rolundatis intermedio diialato crispo 27, 

 longioribus, lineis pluribus clavalis lamellatis pone basin versus apicem 

 evanescentibus. 



Brazil and Buenos Ayres. — Flowers some times clear lilac with a whilish lip, some- 

 times nearly while with a crimson lip. wiih many intermediaie gradations. It alwajs 

 ap|ienrod doublful , whelher C. intermedia could be distinguished, and morc experiance 

 in estimaling the value of chnraciei s among these plants leads to ihe conlusion, ihat 

 C. ovala must nlso be reduced lo the same species. It seems lo be' very common 

 in Br;izil nnd lo occur as far soulh as Buenos Ayrcs. Mr. Gardner found it on irees 

 in marshfcs at ihe foot of ihe Organ mounlnin.s (n. 5635 of his herbar). — The size of 

 the lc.ivcs is inuch afTectcd by siluaiion ; in all cnses however ihey Seem lo be broa- 

 der nt ihe base, ilian at ibe poinl, So fnr as the charact. ofCoiint Hoffm. C. Vestnlis 

 can be judged of , iliat plant is tlic pale C. iniermedia. 

 Huc : Cattleya ovula Lindl, B. Reg. 1819: 



Foliis biois ovatis oblusis caule cylindraceo longioribus (?), sepalis 



