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Pseudobolbis teretibus elongatis, foliis rigidis horizonlalibus sub- 



aequilongis angusfe ovaiibus scapo debili paucifloro duplo brevioribus, 



bracteis minimis, sepalis petalisque conniventibus linearilanceolatis, la- 



bello obovato apiculato lineis 3ramentaceis in medio, clinandrio glabro. 



A Cuba plant, rare , delicate ancl beaiitiful. Imported by Mrs. Loddigos. The pseu- 



dobulbs are 2" long; the scape 6" high ; ihe flowers white , wilh a lip floded up, 



whiie at the end , yellow iu the middle . and purple as is ihe column , near the base. 



Laeliopsis cubensis Lindl. io Paxt. Fl. G. l. c. 



B. SARCOCHILA Lindl. 



39. KPIDENDRUM GLAUCUM LindL in Bot. Reg. 1840. Misc. 56. Huc Lindl. 1. c. n. 16. : 



E. undique glaucedine obduclum, pseudobulbis ovalibus corapressis 

 monophyllis, foliis ensiformibus acutis pergameneis basi canaliculalis 

 scapo pendulo paniculato brevioribus, sepalis petalisque ovalibus ob- 

 tusis, labelli linearis apice carnosi trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundalis 

 intermedio recurvo ovato medio calloso, columnae cardine appendice 

 ovata obtusa recurva aucto, ovario brevi Irigono. 



Epidendrum brachiatum Richard and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 40. 

 Epithecia glauca Knowles Flor. Cab, II. 167. t. 87. 

 Prosthechea glauca Ib. II. 111. 

 Wild in Mexico — Barker : near Oaxaca at ihe height of 3000 feet — Galeotti , 27 and 

 28; St. Pedro de Nolasco etc, — Jurgensen , 600. (v. v. c. et s. sp. coram. cel, Ga- 

 leoiti.) — Flowers small , scentiess , green , siained with dull purple. M. Galeotti's^ 

 two numbers 27 and 28 merely indicate differently sized specimens of ihe same plaiit. 



40. EPIDENDRUM LIMBATUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. Misc. 104. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 17.: 

 E. facie E. glauci; sepalis pelalisque minoribus subrotundo - ovatis, 



labelli lobo medio recto, iateralibus subfalcatis, columnae appendice trun- 



cata denlata. 



Wild in Guatemala — Skinner (v, v. c). — The habit of E. glaucum , but larger, and 

 ihe flowers liave roundish sepals and petals , like those of E. squalidum. The appen- 

 dage at ihe back of the aolher is thin , truncate and toothed , nok-vrounded , fleshy 

 and entire. The name alliides lo a narrow yellowish border which surrounds ihe 

 dull purplish brown sepais and petals. Il has a slight smeJI . iike that of cobbler's wax. 



41. EPIDENDRUM OCHRACEUM LindL in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 15. tab. 26. Huc Lindl. 

 1. c, 18. : 



E. pseudobulbis obverse pyriformibus caespitosis sursnm attenuatis 

 1 — 3-phyllis, foliis linearibus acutis recurvis scapo aequalibus, spica 

 terminali laxiflora bracteis ovario aequalibus herbaceis rigidis acutis, 

 sepalis petalisque subaequalibus lineari-oblongis obtusis, labeilo postico 

 sublibero trilobo: laciniis lateralibus inflexis ^runcato-rotundatis denti- 

 culatis intermedia brevi emarginata: disci callo plano apice tridentato 

 in series tres breves verrucarum procurrente, columna apice Iricorni 

 denticulata, clinandrio intra cornua coronula multidenlata cincto, ovario 

 triptero. 



Wild in Mexico ; Hacienda de la Laguna — Schiede , n. 6. ; Oaxaca — Loddiges ; St. 

 Pedro dc Nolasco — Jurgenscn 601 and 645; Guatemala — Skinner (v. v. c, et s. sp.) 

 The whole plant not more than nine inches high , wiih tlie long narrow pseudobulbs 

 in tufts. Flowers «mall , orange on the insidc , green without. The fringe between 

 the anlher and the horns of the column is very remarkable. Is not E. trisle the 

 same as this? 



42. EPIDENDROII TRISTE Richard et Galeotli Orch. Mex. n. 38. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 19. : 

 E. ..pseudobulbis oblongis attenualis 2-phyllis, fol, lanceoIato-!;;i ^ 



