328 ORCHIDES. i-PFDENDnuM. 



(B) granilicum. Flowers smaller , green dottecl witli red. fJ|i wliile, rose-coiou- 

 red at tlie base. 



Fj^idendrum graniticum Lindl. in Hooker's Journal III. 83. 

 Wild A. in Surinam ; savannahs — Focke 237 and 823. ?>. Snrinara — Focke 457 ; 

 Demerara on the graniiic ridges of the R. Corentyn , the Cuyiimi and Guayna , among 

 boulders where a liitie soil has collecicd — Schomburgk , 195. (v. v. c. et s. sp. : A 

 in hcrh. Miqnnl.) — Flowers extremely fragrant. Stem six feet high according lo 

 Schomburgk , ihree to four fcet high in gardens. Leaves two feet long and one and 

 a half inch wide. Thp native country, long unknown , is proved to be Surinam by 

 M. Focke's specimens which I have examined in the herbarium of Profr. Miquel. The 

 green , white , and pink flowers of my E. graniticum are so much ihinner and sraaller 

 that it is difficult to suppose it to be the sarae with this. Beyond coloar , however, 

 and size, I flnd no satisfactory difference, and it is probably a mere local variety of 

 E. oncidioides. Flostmann^s 792, of wich I have seen only a single specimen, seems 

 also to be referable here. 



Huc: Epidendrum (Encyclium) spectabile Focke in v. Mohl et v. Schltdl. Bot. Z. 

 1853. 229. 



Foliis linearibus acutis plicatis rigidis, pseudobulbis fusiformibus 

 2 — 3 phyllis, scapo paniculato terminali 2 — 3 pedali, sepalis obIon,20 

 obovatis, petalis paulo latioribus orbiculato-ovatis unguiculatis sepallsque 

 patenfissimis, labello libero trilobo, disco et basi loborum lateralium 

 columnam amplectens, lobo medio suborbiculato apiculato margine crispo 

 unguiculato, lobis lateralibus oblongis patentibus disco subcarnoso lineis 2 

 elevatis instruclo, columna clavata bialata. 



Rodices crassiusculae , albidae. Rhizoma repens , annulatum , pseudobulbigerum. 

 Pseudobulbi fusiformes. elongati , ad basin incrassati , 2 — 3 phylli. Folia ensiformia 

 vel linearia, plicata , carinata , acutiuscula , rigida, erecta , coriacea , bipedalia. Sca- 

 pus lerminalis, paniculatus , multiflorus, crectus, 2 — 3pedalis, purpureus , bractea- 

 tus. Bracteae minutae. Sepala oblongo- cbovata seu late spatulata , apiculata, 

 concava , supremum paulo angustius, resupinatum, 1—5 centim. longum. Petala paulo 

 latiora. aequilonga , orbiculato , ovata , unguiculata , subincurva, apiculo recurvo. 

 Sep. pet. et coL pallide viridia , extus (petala etiam intus) atropurpureo dense punc- 

 tata. Lab. liberum, trilobum , sepaiis petalisque nequilonguni , disco ei basi loborura 

 lateraliuni columnam amplectens , album , lobo medio suborbiculato apiculato , incurvo 

 conduplicato. margine crispo , brevi unguiculato vioiaceo - siriato. lobis lat. oblongis 

 obliquis patentibus apice rotundatis, disco sul)carnoso , lineis 2 elevatis luteis in- 

 crassatis, Columna clavata, concava . labelli discum vix superans , apice dilatata et 

 bialata, lobis rotundaiis incurvis luteis, basi canaliculalo , clinandrio bidentato , cenli- 

 oietro brevior. .Antliera cordata , obliqua , 4 locularis . sepiorinis marginibus 

 raembranaceis. flavis. PoU. 4 coll. , per paria laudiculis 2 linearibus replicatis (sin- 

 gulum processu flliformi) affixa , oblongo - falcata , compressa , flava. Capsula ovali 

 oblonga , in pedunciiluni attenuatu , brevi rostrata. trisulcala , inter sulcos tricostata, 

 papillis minutis albidis muricata , airoviridis. — Dislr. Para , ad pag. Jodensavane. 

 Jul. Aug. Sept. 



Huc : Epidendrum affine Focke in v. Molil et v. Schlechtdi. Bol. Zeit. 1853. 341. 

 Foiiis ensiformibns plicalis emarginatis slriatis, pseiidobulbis turbina- 

 iis 2-phyllis, scapo composilo -racemoso lerminali roliis triplo longiore 

 erecto, sepalis late -lanceolatis apicnlali.s , petalis spalbnlalis acutis, la- 

 bello trilobo, lobo medio sub-orbicuhilo apicnlato revolulo crispo, la- 

 teralibns oblongis apice revolulis, disco et loborum lateralium basi 

 columnam am[)Iectens, columna clavata bialala. 



Rhizoma repens. Pseudobulbi turbinali , rugosi , juniores vestili, 2- (rarius 3-) phylli. 

 Folia cnsiformia v. linearia , plicata , carinaia, obtusa , emarginata , stricta , vix pe- 

 dalia. Scapus teiminalis , paniculatus v. composiio-raceraosns . racemulis 3-floris, 



