EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 323 



29. EPIDENDRUM DISTANTIFLORUM Rich. el Galeolti Orch. Mex. t. 7. Liiidl. I. c. sub n. 9. : 

 E. „pseudobulbis globosis parvulis 2 — 3-phyllis, foliis lanceolalo- 



linearibus, floribus pallide luteis, panicula laxa ramosa, sepalis linca- 

 ribus, labello ovali-lanceoiato acutissimo." 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



30. EPIDENDRUM LIGULATUM La Llave. LO. p. 98. Lindl. 1. c. sub lO.rJ 



E. pseudobulbis ovalis compressis, foliis lanceolatis subcoriaceis 



striafis. scapo filiformi. floribus alternis resupinatis, sepalis pelalisque li- 



gulatis reflexis, labello obcordato limbo subcrenato, capsula glabra trigona. 



Wild in Mexico , on ihe Irapaean mountains — La Llave. — Flowers purplish brown 



wiih a yellowish dotted lip. Possibly this obscure plant raay be inore nearly related 



to E. glaucum. 



31. EPIDENDRUM PUNICEUM Rchb. fil. MSS. Alamania punicea Llave LO. 153. Benth. 

 Pl. Ilartw. 72. : Monte de Jaline Mexici. Hartweg. 



32. EPIDENDRUM TRIPUNCTATUM Lindl. B. R. 1841. Misc. 143. Huc : Lindl. I. c. n. 12.: 

 E. pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis ligulatis tenuibus apice re- 



curvis scapo bifloro pluries longioribus, sepabs patentissimis lineari-ob- 

 longis, petalis duplo angustioribus, lalDello semiadnato obovato rugoso 

 utrinque ultra columnam emarginato, columna atropurpurea apice tri- 

 loba et luteo tripunctata. 



?? £. Ghiesbreghtianum Richard and Galeotli , Orch Mex. n. 31. 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. (v. v. c.) — This has long grassy leaves , and a very 



short scape. The sepals are twice as broad , and much larger than the petals and 



a dull yellow green. The column is deep purple , with three minute lobes, each 



lipped with a pale orange spot. The lip is pale citron ralher more than half an inch 

 long , not warted, and distinctly emarginate near the ape.x of the column. 



33. EPIDENDRUM AURITUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. Misc. 4. Huc: Lindl. 1. c. n. 13.; 

 E. pseudobulbis elongatis compressis sqoamis vaginatis, folio angus li 



ligulato obtuso, racemo 3 — 4 - floro folio breviore, bracteis cartilagineio 

 spathaceis internodiis longioribus, sepalis lineari - Janceolatis acutis res 

 curvis, petalis conformibus duplo brevioribus erectis, labello linear- 

 convexo arcuato medio carnoso foveato rugoso, columna apice triden- 

 tata, anthera utrinque auricula simplici bifida subulata aucto. 



Dinema paleaceum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. Misc. 112. 

 Wild in Mexico ; Vera Cruz . on oaks at the height of 3000 feet — Galeotti , 5144 ; 

 Linden 210; Guatemala — Skinner. (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — Flowers yery sweet-scented, 

 like Heliotrope . pale green or almost white. with no spot or stain , except a violel 

 bloich at the base of ihe lip. A peculiar feature is the presence of one or two line 

 pointed horns on each side the anlher, which thus. when seen in front, presents 

 ihe appearance of some insecl's head. 



Huc: Epidendrum Lindenianum Rich. et Galeotti Orch. Mcx. n. 42. Lindl. I. c. 

 sub n. 83. : 



E. ..pseudobulbis oblongis 1-phylIis. folio oJilongo-lineari obtuso, 

 scapo lerrainali, floribus Juteis, racemo 4 — 5-floro, labello libero sub- 

 spatliulalo obtuso." 



Wild in Mexico — Galeolti. 



Huc: Dinema paleaceum Bot. Reg. 1840. XXVI. Misc. 112. 

 Pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis monophyllis, foliis ensiformibus 

 obtusiusculis planis, spica pauciflora Jongioribus, bracleis lineari lanceo- 

 lalis acuminatis paleaceis ovario Jcntiginoso brevioribus, floribus secun- 



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