330 * ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



54. EPIDE.NDRUM ODORATISSIMUM Lintll. in Cof. Reg. t. 1415. LO., 10. Huc rfndl. 

 I. c. 33. : 



E. pseudobulbis ovalis corrugalis, foliis binis loralis, racemo sub- 

 simplici, bracteis membranaceis ochreatis, sepalis oblongis petalisque 

 cuneatis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus linearibus obtusis, in- 

 termedio ovali rugoso multo latiore. disci callo elevato acuminato medio 

 excavato lamina laterali s. plica utrinque adjecta prope basin, columna 

 apice obtuse auriculata. 



Epidendrum ghilinosum Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenz. 1843, p. 110? 



Macradenia lutcscens Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1556. non R. Br. 



Encyclia patens Hooker Rot. Mag. t. 3013. 

 Wild in Hrazil — Capt. Sullivan , R. N. ; in woods near Rio Janeiro — Harrison (v. 

 V. c. et s. sp. in hb. Miers.) — Flowers oljve-green wiih yellowish edges . or quite 

 green, very sweetscented. None of ihe figures above quoted are good , ail having 

 been made from unhealthy garden specimens. Tlie middle lobe of the lip is in 

 reality wrinkled wiih elevated veins , and there is a disiinct plait or fold on each side 

 the main callus near the base. 



55. EFIDENDRUM TAMPENSE Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847. sub t. 35. Huc 1. c. 34. : 



E. pseudobulbis monoptiyllis anguste ovatis acuminatis terelibus, foliis 

 linearibus apiculatis, panicula rara racemosa duplo brevioribus, bracteis 

 obsoletis, sepalis pelalisque oblongo-linearibus acutis, labelli tripartiti 

 laciniis lateralibns linearibus obtusis intermedia oblonga acuta paulo 

 longiore, disco bilamellalo linea intermedia antrorsum interjecto, colum- 

 nae auriculis minutis acutis. 



Wild in Florida; Tampa Bay Torrey (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) — Pseudobulbs 

 small and tereie , with a narrow tii|)ering neck. Leaf from seven to eight inches long, 

 and not raore ihan three lines wide. The species differs from ihe E. gracile of the 

 Bahamas in its acute lip, narrow solitary leaves . and smaller flowers. 



56. EPIDENDRUM OXYPETALUM Linfll. Orch. Linden. n. 46. Huc I. c. 35. 



E. pseudobulbis monophyllKS parvis ovatis acuminalis, foiiis rigidis 

 linearibus scapo paniculato flexuoso aequalibus, sepalis petalisque lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis, labelli tripartili laciniis lateralibus elongatis obtusis 

 pubescentibus, intermedia unguiculata ovata acula venis scabriusculis, 

 columna aptera. 



Wild in Cuba; in the forests of Gunntanamo — Linden. — Pseudobulbs oval, roan- 

 ded . acute, Leaves linear- lanceolate, coiiaceous. Scape a foot high. Flowers dull 

 yellow. 



57. EPIDENDRUM FUCATUM Liiull. iii Bot. Reg. 1828. Misc. 17. Huc I. c. 36.: 



E. pseudobulbis subrotundo-ovalis caespitosis monophyllis, foliis li- 

 gulatis coriaceis obtusis scapo brevioribus, panicula nulante multiflora, 

 bracteis ovatis aculis squamifoimibus, sepalis pelalisque lineari-oblon- 

 gis tessellalis aequalibus oblusis conniventibus, labelli liberi tripartili 

 lobis lateralibus erectis linearibus apice rotundatis, intermedio ovali multo 

 brevioribus, disci lamellis 2 elevalis ad basin lolDi intermedii. 



Epidendrum polyanthum Ilort. Gall. 

 Wild in Cuba — Caplain Sullon , R. N,. (v. v.' c.) — Flowers small , dull yellow, 

 tessellated , with a pink spot in the cenlre of a white lip. 



Huc Epidendrum Sagraeanum A. Rich. in Ramon de Sagra etc. N. 235. tab. 75. 

 Hseudobulbis ovoideis oblongis, vaginis laxis vestitis, apice mono- 

 phyllis; folio oblongo, anguslo, 1 — Suncias longo, coriaceo, apice ob- 

 tuso — , vix unam unciam lato, scapo terminali tereti bipedali; sepalis 

 externis crassiusculis, subspalhulato oblongis, vix acutiusculis; internis 

 aequilongis, spathulatis, obtusis, luteolis, labello medietate inferiore 



