EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 327 



Lip pale slraw-colour, streaked along the middle with vlolet. DifTers from E. selli- 

 gerum in the petals not beinp at al! unguiculate. Leaves one inch and a quarter broad. 



47. EPIDENDKUM SELLIGERUM Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 66. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 26: 



E. pseudobiilbis 2 — 3-pollicaribus, scapo subramoso, sepalis palen- 

 tissimis obovatis concavis oblusis, pelalis unguiculatis spalhulalis aculis. 

 labello semilibero laciniis lateralibus obtusis recurvis planis intermedia 

 ovafa acuta crispatula, disco elevato carnoso medio excavato, anthera 

 biloba terminali, colnmna aptera. 



Epidendrum violodora Galeotti in hb. Hooker. 

 Wild in Guaiemala — Skinner ; Mexico . Oa.Kaca , on rocks and trees , at an elevalion 

 of 3000 feet - Galeotti , 5096 — 7 (v, v. c. et s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) — Sepals 

 and peials duU dingy purple, lip paie violet. Flowers perfumed like Ihe Tuberose — 

 Bateman ; or like violets — Galeotti, See E. ionosmum n. 73. 



48. EPIDENDRUM REPLICATUM Lindl. in Paxlon's Flower Garden ; gleanings 443. ic. 

 «4. Huc Lindl. I. c. 27. : 



E. floribus dense racemosis, sepaiis obovato-lanceolatis acutis, pe- 



talis rofundatis- unguiculatis apiculafis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 



oblongis subtruncalis apice reflexis intermedio longiore crispo rhombeo 



acuminato lateribus omnino replicatis sinubus apertis, columna aptera. 



Wild in New Grenada ? — Linden ? (v. v. c.) — Racemes closely many-flowered, aboui 



18 inches high. Sepals and petals dull yellow, stained with brOwn in ihe middle bo- 



low the point , but wilh a yellow border all round ; ihe former oblong-Ianceolate and 



acute, the latter linear below. and ihen spread out into a circular disc , terminated 



abrupily by a small point. The lip . which is white streaked with pink , is remarkable 



for ihe manner in which the two sides are turned downwards. so that their backs 



aclually louch. 



49. EPIDENDRUM AMICTUM Linden Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. Hl. 219, 



Aff. E. Candollii Lindl. labelli gynostemium involventis lobis laterali- 

 bus semiovatis abbreviatis apice reflexis, lobo medio obtuse quadrato 

 crispulo apice apiculato, callo medio sulcato antice acuto carnoso in 

 disco in lineas velutinas basin versus exeunte, venis radiantibus labelli 

 oftinibus elevatulo carinatis, illis loborum lateralium subevanescentibus. 



Pedunculus gracilis spithamaeus apice sexflorus. Bracteae squamas minutas sistentes, 

 Ovaria pedicellata subpollicaria, Sepala spatulata acuta. Tepala basi angustiora dein 

 latiora. Omnia virentia. Lahellum purpureo slriatum. Gynostemiura apterura. Flores 

 ilios E, aromatici subaequantes. Cult, in Hort. Lindeniano. 



50. EPIDENDRUM CANDOLLEI Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc, 77, De Cand. PL rar. 

 Genev. 8 not, p. 15. t. 3. Huc Lindl, 1. c. 28. 



E. pseudobulbis sphaericis, scapo paniculalo, sepalis petalisque ob- 

 ovato-oblongis, labelli liberi Irilobi cucullati sinubus clausis lobo medio 

 majori cnspo acuminato disco elevato calloso sulcato pubescente. 

 Epidendrum cepiforme Hooker in Bot. Mag. t, 3765, 

 Wild in Mexico (v. v. c) — Flowers dull brown . with a dull yeliow lip. striped with 

 the .same colour. 



51. EPIDENDRUM ONCIDIOIDES Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1623, Huc Lindl. I. c. 29, 



E, pseudobulbis subteretibus, foliis 2 — 3 ensiforinibus panicula longa 

 racemosa brevioribus, sepalis petalisque obovafis unguiculalis, labelli 

 trilobi lobis laleralibus angustis obtusis planis intermedio subrotundo 

 cuspidato multo brevioribus, disco tricarinato venis elevatis utrinque, 

 columna apice obtuse auriculata. 



(A) Flowers ycllow blotclied withbrown, coriaceous with broader sepals and peials 



