EPIDENORUM. 



ORGHIDES. 333 



labello triparlito laciniis integris intermedia majore, ungue columnae 

 longiludme. 



Wild in Mexico; on trees near Valladolid — La fclave. — Flowers pale yellow, whole- 



coioured , wiih a striated labellum. 



63. EPIDENDRUM PASTORIS La Llave. LO. 7. Klolzsch in Allg. Gartenzeit. Sept. 22. 

 1838. Lindl. 1. c. 41. 



E. pseudobulbis oblongis 2 — 3-phyllis , foliis linearibus carinatis sub- 

 tortuosis, floribus racemosis, sepalis lineari -subspathulatis acuminalis. 

 petalis spalhulatis aculis. labello trilobo lobis laleralibus majoribus 

 basi semilunatis integerrimis basin columnae orbiculatim amplecteiitibus, 

 medio cordato deflexo minore aculo margine basique recurvo, columna 

 semitereti obtuse tridentata, pericarpiis elongatis acuto-triquelris. 



Wild in Mexico — Klotzsch; on trees in ihe province of Mechoacan — La Llave. — 

 Flowers fragrant . like Vanilla . dull yellow externally . siriped with purplish brown 

 inside. Lip whitish , becoming yellow , wiih purple cross - bars on the lateral lobes, 

 and minute purple dots on ihe middle one. Column brown , wilh ihree yellow spols 

 at the end. 



Obs. Epidendrum pastoris Klolzschl Herb. Berol. ! nil est nlsi Epidendrura pte- 

 rocarpum. 



64. EPIDRNDRUM OVULUM Lindl. in Bot. Rog. 1843. Misc. 71. Lindl. I. c. 42.. 



E. pseudobulbis ovifonnibus diphyllis, foliis linoaribus canaliculatis 

 aculis, scapo filiformi foliis paulo longiore 3-floro, sepalis lineaiibus 3- 

 veniis, petalis angustioribus spathulatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 

 nanis agutis intermedio dilalato rotundato venis radiantibus glandulosis 

 variegato, columnae tridenlatae dentibus lateralibus rolundatis denticu- 

 latis. 



Wild in Mexlco ; near Bolanos — Loddiges (v. v. c). — In hnbit resembling E. brac- 

 tescens , or aciculare. The sepals and petals are olive green ; ihe lip white . wilh 

 rose - coloured side - lobes and crimson glanduiar radiating veins. 



65. EPIDENDRUM ACICULARE Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1841. Misc. 98. Lindl. I. c. 44.: 

 E. pseudobulbis oblongis diphyllis, foliis linearibus canaliculatis 



aculis racemo sijiplici aequalibus, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis 

 aequalibus acutis, labelli laciniis lateralibus nanis ascendentibus linea- 

 ribus obtusis apice recurvis, intermedia ovato-oblonga subundulata 

 apiculata. 



Epidendrum esculenlum Hort. Kew. in hb. Hooker. 

 Epidendrum linearifolium Hooker in Boi. Mag. t. 4572. 

 Wild in the Bahamas — Skinner; Mexico , riear Oaxaca — Galeotti 39 (v. v. c. ct s. 

 sp. comm. cel. Galeolli). — A Jittle species , wilh long narrow leaves. a slender e- 

 rect raceme of six or seven llowers , whose sepals and petals nre dull purple, and 

 lip white, enlivened wilh rosy veins. — Lemaire I. c. 145. 



Huc: Epidendrum bractescens Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1810. .Misk. 122. Lindl. I. c. 43.: 

 E. pseudobulbis ovatis caespitosis '.i — 4-phyllis, foliis linearibus, 

 scapo debili 3— 4-floro, bracteis infimis foliaceis floribus longioribus, 

 supremis obsoletis, floribus nutantibus longe pedunculatis, sepalis pe- 

 talisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis discoloribus labello longionbus, 

 labelh liberi lobis lateralibus apice recurvis obtusis subdentatis , inter- 

 medio unguiculato subrotundo -ovato multo longiore secus unguem ele- 

 vato sulcalo pubescenle. 



Wild in Mexico; near Oaxara — Hartweg (v. v. c). — One of ihe pretliesl of Ihe 

 sraall species. Pseudobulbs exaclly ovaie . closely clustered , and about as large as 

 a pigeOQ's egg. Flowers scentless, wiih a beautifully but delicately painted white 



