rpidi-:ndrcm. 



ORCHIDES. 321 



§ 2. Encyclinm. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal ofBotany, 111.81; Bot.Reg. 

 1842, raisc. q. 28. Encyclia, Hooker, in Bot. Mag., t.283I. 

 The lip in this sub-genus never has free calli , but , if naarked with processes of 

 any kind , usually presents them in the form of a pair of raised lines or ribs . which 

 either converge lowards the base of the lamina , or become completely confluent into a 

 kind of cushion. It is ihis peculiarity which has led to the admission of E. naevosum 

 here instead of among Amphiglotts. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SECTIONS. 



Labellum integerrimum A. Uolochila. 



apice ipso tridentatum , carnosum B. Sarcochila. 



trilobum : lobo medio membranaceo ; 



lobis lateralibus rotundaiis , interraedio subconformi, noc majore . C. Sphaerochila. 



angustis, intermedio difTormi saepius mulio majore D. Hymenochila. 



a. lobus intermedius acutissimus v. acuminatus. 



b. ,, ,, obtusus 



* ruchi laevi. 

 * ' rachi aspera. 



c. „ „ manifesie bilobus. 



A. HOLOCHILA. 



22. EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM. LO., p. 97; Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 35; Sert. Orch. , t. 45; 

 Bot. Mag. , t. 4107. Huc Lindl. 1. c. sub n. 4. : 



E. pseudobulbis ovatis acuminatis diphyllis, foliis oblongo - ligulatis 



acutis basi vaginantibus racemo erecto multifloro brevioribus, sepalis 



petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis subaequalibus patulis, labello lineari 



apice angustato abrupte acuto infra medium callosum bifoveato semilibero. 



Wild in Mexico; Oaxaca, on oaks at the height of 5 — 6000 feet — Galeotti . 5104: 



Xalapa — Coulter: Guateraala, on cloudcapped mountaios , amidst continnal mists, 



in the regions of Lichens and Jungermannias — Skinner; the Cumbre of Tetontepe- 



que, 9000 feei above ihe sea — Hartweg (v. v. c. et s. sp.). — Bears flowers of a 



brillant orange in many-fiowered erect spikes. A magiiificent species very difficult 



of cultivation. — Lemaire ill. horlic. ib. 4. Van Houtte Flore des Serres X. 1026. 



23. EPIDENDRUM .NAEVOSUM Lindl. sub n. 6. : 



E. pseudobulbis fusiformibus membranis laxis vestitis, foliis ovaiibus 

 pergamencis supiemo tantum persistente, scapo filiformi flexuoso squa- 

 mis adpressis vaginato apice 3— 5-floro, floribus membranaceis nulanli- 

 bus, sepalis pelalisque linearibus acuminatis secundis, labello ovali linea 

 media aspera venisque divergentibus varicosis, callo baseos excavato, 

 cuniculo ventricoso. • 



Wild in Mexico; in the province of Oaxaca , at the «levation of 4000 feet , on ihe Pa- 

 ciflc side — Galeolli , 5330, (v. v. c. et s. sp. comm. cel. Galeotti.) — A small spe- 

 cies, scarcely six inches high. The leaves are about ihree to a pseudobulb , but two 

 fall ofl" early , giving the plant tlie appearence of an Encyclium ; neverlheless , it may 

 he almost rcgarded as an Amphiglolt, related to E. anlenniferum. A plant that flo- 

 wered some years since with Mrs. Lawronce had white sepals and petals, a crimson 

 anther, and a yellow lip richly dolled wilh crimson. 



24. EPIDENDRUM BRASAVOLAE Uchb. fil. in Mohl el v. Schlechtendl. Bot. Zcitg. 1852. 

 p. 729. Oct. 13. 



„Pseudobulbis obpyriformibus , foliis oblongis acutis, inflorescentia 

 bipedali--tripedali" (panicula?), peduncnlo tereliusculo, valido, bracteis 

 triangulis, acutis, valde abbreviatis, ovariis teretiusculis, pedicellatis 

 Vi. 41 



