322 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



multo brevioribiis, perigonii phyllis lineari-Ianceolatis. brevibus, acumi- 

 natis, coriaceis, labello usque ad basin libero, basi unguiculato ligulato, 

 flein in laminam obtuse rhombeam, apice acuto acuminatam dilatato, 

 linea media a medio labello ad apicem elevata, elevatione marginibus 

 extrorsis plicosa, depressa, in basi partis anterioris rhombeae (more 

 Lockharliae [Fernandeziae] parthenocomos), androclinii lobis laleralibus 

 oblique truncatis, lobo medio spatulato, fimbriato, postice carinato, an- 

 Iheram longe superante. 



..Blulhen gelb mit braunviolett. Lippe gelb , an Spilze purpurn." Sie sind denen der 

 Brasavola Perrinii gleichgross. Ohne Untersuchung der Anthere konnte man meinen, 

 eine Bluthe aus dieser Gattung vor sich zu haben. Chiriqui Vulcan. 8000'. Warscewicz. 

 Lindl. 1. c. sub n. 7, : 



E. pseudobulbis obpyriforraibus, foliis oblongis aculis, floribus pani- 

 culatis (?), sepalis petalisque brevibus acuminatis coriaceis , labello ob- 

 tuse rhombeo acuminato: linea media elevata sinuata, clinandrii lobo 

 medio spathulato firabrialo elongato. 



Wild in Veragua, on the volcano of Chiriqui , at the height of 8000 feet — Warcze- 

 witz. — Flowers the size of Brasavola Perrinii, yellow and brown violet ; lip yellov? 

 purple at the point. Would not be taken for an Epidendrum without an exaraination, 

 of the anther. — Rchb. 



25. EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM Rchb. fil. in v. Mohl et v. Schlechtendl. Bot. 

 Zeitg. 1852. p. 729. Oct. 13. : 



,,Habitu praecedentis", pedunculo elongato, inferne calamum anseri- 

 num crasso, superne multifloro, nunc apice flexuoso, bracteis triangu- 

 lis, valde abbreviatis, quam ovaria pedicellata, prismatica abbrevialo- 

 triplera muHo brevioribus, perigonii phyllis ligulato -lanceolatis acutis 

 coriaceis, labello prope libero basi unguiculato ligulato, utrinque sub 

 fovea stigmatica obtuse auriculato, dein breviter lato -ligulato, subito 

 cordalo -acuminato, crista antice bicrmi inter auriculas , disci linea lan- 

 ceolata apicem usque acuminata incrassata, alis androclinii lato-rbom- 

 beis, ala media quadrata, tridentata, lateralibus subbreviore. 



Aebnlich vorigem. Kleinbliitbiger. ,,Lippe braun punctirt." Chiriqui. t. Warscewicz. 



— Lindl. I. c. sub n. 23. (Sphaerophila) : 



E. pedunculo elougato multifloro, ovario abbreviato triptero, sepalis 

 pelalisque ligulato-lanceolatis acutis. labello unguiculato cordato acumi- 

 nato utrinque obtuse auriculato, crista bicruri linea interjecta lanceo- 

 lata, clinandrii appendice quadrata tridentata. 



Wild in Veragua. on Chiriqui — Warsczewilz, — Flowers small, lip brown dotled. — Rchb. 



26. EPIDENDRUM FUSIFORME Rchb. fil. MSS. — Isochilus fusilorme Lindl. MSS. Herb. 

 Pseudobulbis longe slipitalis fusiforraibus oligophyllis, foliis lineari- 



ligulatis cum apiculo, floribus solitariis nutantibus, sepalis tepalisque 

 ligulatis acutis, labello flabellato relusiusculo. 



Ex hort. Colvill. 



27. EPIDENDRUM POLYBULBUM Sw. — Huc : Dinema polybulbum Lindl. 



28. EPIDENDRUM SUBAQUILUM Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846. sub t. 64. Lindl. I. c. sub n. 8. . 

 E. pseudobulbis ovatis monophyllis caespitosis, foliis linearibus ob- 



lique emarginatis obtusis scapo glabro filiforrai subpaniculato aequalibus, 

 sepalis pelalisque linearibus dorsali ascendente lateralibus parallelis, 

 labello serailibero ovato - lanceolato indiviso lamellis 3 spongiosis ante 

 medium convexum. 



Wild in Mexico or Guatemala — Warner (v. v. c.) — A small slender plani, with 

 leaves seven or eight inches long , and barely three lines wide. Flowers dull brown 

 witb a whitish lip. 



