326 ORCHIDES. 



KinUENDRUM. 



ribus aculis, flor. viridibus parvulis pendulis: labello trilobo lobis late- 

 ralibus obtusis intermedio muito minori." ' 

 Wild in Mexico — GaleoUi. 



C. SPHAEROCHILA. 



43. EPIDENDRUM SQUALIDUM Llave. LO. p. 99. Huc Lindl. I. c. 20. : 



E. pseudobiilbis subancipitibus , floribus racemosis. sepalis petalisque 

 oblongis acutis patulis, labello rotundato trilobo medio crassissimo 3- 

 costato: laciniis lateralibus oblusis intermedia subreniformi undulata. 



Wild in Mcxico — Karwinski; on the mountains of Valladolid — La Llave (v. s. sp. 



comm. cel. Bateman.) — Flowers dull yellowish brown , purplish outside. Llp whilish, 



apparently not cunicuhte. 



44. EPIDENDRUM PTEROCARPUM Lindl. in Hooker's Journal III. 82. - Bot. Reg. 1841. 

 Misc. 128; 1844 t. 34. Huc Lindi. I. c. 22.: 



E. pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis subdiphyllis, foliis ensiforrai- 

 bus acutis, racerno angusto, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus linearibus 

 acuminatis patentibus, labelli subrotundi trilobi cordati laciniis laterali- 

 bus rotundatis intermedia multo longiore acuta basi bilineata callo pu- 

 bescente obscure tridentato aucta, capsula ovata tri-alata. 



Epidendrum cinnamomeum Richard and Galeolti Orch. Mex. n. 36. 

 Wild in Mexico ; Oaxaca , on oaks and rocks in the cold region at the elevation of 

 6—7000 feet — Galeotli 5100. (v. v. c. et s. sp, comra. b. Zuccarini.) — This has a 

 long thin racerae of brown flowers, and a yellow heart-shaped lip streaked with crira- 

 son. It is remarkable for the seed-vessel , when ripe ; being extended into three 

 broad sharp wings. 



D. HYMENOCHILA. 



a. lobo intermedio acutissimo vel acuminato. 



45. EPIDENDRUM DIOTUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. Misc. 97. Huc 1. c. 24. 



E. pseudobiilbis ovatis eloiigatis monophyllis , foliis coriaceis ensatis 

 patulis racemo duplo brevioribus, floribus distantibus, sepalis petalis- 

 que obovatis unguiculatis undulalis acutis, labelli obtuse rhorabei tri- 

 parliti axi elevata carnosa in medio foveata laciniis lateralibus planis e- 

 rectis rolundalis intermedia rotundata undulala cuspidata parum majore 

 convexa, columna aptera. 



Wild in Guaiemala — Harlweg (v.v. c.) — Leaves about a foot long, spreading, and 

 very stilf. Raceme about iwo feet high. Flowers an inch and a half in diameier, of 

 a dull cinnamon colour, with a little yellow and some chocolate veins in ihe lip. The 

 flowers have a sligbt odour of Elder leaves. Its name alludes lo the appearance of 

 two ears produced by the rounded laieral lobes of the lip ascending and turned tow- 

 ards the froot. 



46. EPIDENDRUM PACHYANTHUM Lindl. in Cot. Reg. 1838. Misc.42. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 25: 

 E. pseudobulbis ovatis diphyllis, foliis lalo-ligulatis subundulatis apice 



oblique obtusis dorso rotutidatis, sepalis carnosis herbaceis lanceolatis, 

 petalis obovato -lanceolatis apice complicatis, labelli laevis laciniis late- 

 ralibus ascendenlibus truncatis, inlermedia spalhulata acuta basi callosa 

 trilineata convexa multo bevioribus, colunmae aiiriculis obfusis. 



Wild in Demerara — Schomburgk (v. v. c. ct s. sp.) — \ large green - flowered 

 specics. Lcaves thinner and broader ihan usual among tbcse Epidendra , and a little 

 wavy at ihc niargin, Flowcrs full two inches in diameter, thick and fleshy. dull 

 green , siained wuh a dirty reddish brown lowards thc cnds of the sepals and petals. 



