324 ORCHIDES. epidendrum. 



dis, sepalis petalisque lineari - lanceolatis patulis, labello petalis aequali 

 et subconformi carnoso apice dilatalo per medium sulcato. 



-Guatemala. Bateman. — Pale siraw- coloured llower of litile beauty and is only 

 iflteresting as conQrraing tlie goodness of the genus Dinema . whose character how- 

 ever depends upon the number of pollen straps being 2, not 4. as in Epidendrum, 

 the horn-like processes of ihe coiumn are apparenily only of specific value. 



34. EPIDENDRUM LUTEOROSEUM Rich. et Galeotti Orch. Mex. n, 32. Huc Lindl. 1. c. n. 14.: 

 E. „pseudobulbis ovoideo-oblongis parvulis, caule 2 — 3-pliyllo, flo- 



ribus parvulis luteo-roseis paniculatis, labello albido-violaceo obovali- 

 obtuso emarginato 5-nervio glanduloso." 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeoiti. 



35. EPIDENDRUM FLABELLATUM Lindl. Huc : Lindl. 1. c. u. 15.: 



E. pseudobulbis ovatis basi subangulalis diphyllis. foliis coriaceis 

 ligulatis carinatis acutis, scapo ramoso glabro, sepalis patenlibus ob- 

 longis obtusis, pelalis raagnis cuneatis, labello semilibero cucullato fla- 

 bellatim cuneato crispo: cailo elevato pubescente obovato raedio de- 

 presso apice tridentato. 



Wild in Mexico — Harris (v. v. c.) — A plant with the habit of* E. asperum , with 

 which I once incautiously confounded it (Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 36). It differs in its 

 undivided lip , and sraooth. not scabrous, rachis. Flowers the size of E. odoratis- 

 simura , dull yellowish brown ; lip yellow, with well-deflned crimson veins and a 

 whiie callus. 



36. EPIDENDRUM SANGUINEDM Sw, Prodr. 124. Brouglhoma sanguinea R. Br. — Bot. 

 Mag, 3536. (X, N, S. 36), 



(P) foliis longiorjbiis, pelalis angustioribus. b. sg. Hook. B. m. i. 3076, 

 This is the usual state of ihe plant, but I cannot but consider 3076 as variety, — 

 Though introduced to Kew from Jamaica since 1793. it appears to be yet a rare plant 

 in our gardens. Bloss. Mai , Juni. — Hook. Lond. Journ. III, 526: Jamaica Purdie. 



37. EPIDENDRUM NONCHINENSE Rchb. fll. MSS. Droughtonia Chinensis Lindl. MSS.— 

 Hook. Lond. Journ, 1842. p, 492, 



Caule brevi carnoso diphyllo? foliis lanceolalis patentibus carnosis, 

 racerao terminali, raultifloro, pedunculo elongato aphyllo arcto vaginato, 

 bracteis raembranaceis lineari-lanceolatis pedicellis brevioribus, labello 

 obovato cucullato membranaceo venoso: venis flabellatis omnibus basi 

 cristatis (Lindley). 



Il is perhaps not very surprising, that an American genus should occur upon one of 

 the most westeriy points of Asia ; yet it is a circumstance so striking as to demand 

 strict investigalion before it can be accepted as true. It does noi , however, ap- 

 pear possible to doubt it in the case of this Bronghtonia, which , althoui:h in an in- 

 differeni state of preservation , indicates all the main features of ihe genus to which 

 I have referred it. Il is unquestionably Epidendreous , as is disiinctly shown by its 

 well preserved pollenmasses, It is equally certain that no Asiatic genus of that part 

 of ihe Orchidaceous order will contain it. The only doubt tliat I entertaiu respecting 

 it, is , whether to place il in Barkeria or Broughtonia. The habit'is more that of 

 the formur than of the latter ; but it has ihe adnate spur belonging to thc labellum 

 of Broughtonia, and it has not, as far . as I can discover , the peculiarly deflexed 

 dorsal sepal of Barkeria. Its lip loo is distincily cucullate afier the manner of a Lae- 

 lia, (Lindley in enum. of the plants collected in Ilong Kong by Mr. Hinds descr. by 

 Bentham in Hook. Lond, Journ, 1842. p. 492. — Laeliopsis c. Lindl. in Paxt, FI. G, III. 105, 

 Obs. Mihi ipsissima planta pluries cx America ccntrali in manus venit, unde lap- 

 SU8 Hindsii . qui etiam in America centrali plantas legit, facile conjiciendus. 

 .38. EPIDENDRUM CUBENSE Lindl, - Bol, Reg. XXX. 1844. p. 17. Misc. 24. 



