334 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDEiNDRUM. 



lip . tbe gay efTect of wbich is heightened by the contrast with the dingy purple of 

 the long narrow sepais and petals. 



66. EPIDENDRUM XIPHERES Rchb. fll. in V. Houtte Flore des Serres IX. 98. Bonpl. 

 II. 89. 



Pseudobulbis pyriformibus monophyllis, folio crassissimo llDeari ca- 

 naliculato acuto curvalo, peduncuio capillari 3 — 4 floro, bracleis bre- 

 vissimis, ovariis cum pediceilis hyalino papillosis, sepalis oblongo-linea- 

 ribus acutis, tepalis angustioribus basin versus valde altenuatis, labello 

 libero unguiculato, medio trilobo, lobis lateralibus linearibus, lobo medio 

 unguiculato dein cordato aculo, margine crispulo, callo in ungue lobi 

 medii excavato lomentoso, anlice in basi laminae labelli in tres venas 

 elevatas puberulas excurrente, venulis lateralibus carinato elevatulis, 

 gynostemio gracili, androclinio tridentato, lobis lateralibus minutis acutis, 

 lobo poslico medio subobliterato bidenfatulo. 



Imporiee du Perou par MM. Booth et flls de Hambourg, qui nous en ont commuuique 



des exemplaires. 



Obs. Ovaria aspera . binc cf. eliam sectionem rbachi aut ovariis asperis. 



67. EPIDENDRUM NEM.ATICAULON A. Rich. in Raraon de Sagra Tab. 79. n. 238. 

 Pseudobulbis ovoideo-oblongis, laevibus, crassitie passularum, aggre- 



gatis, apice monophyllis, vagina striata applicata erosa vestitis, folio 

 lineari angusto crasso, coriaceo, apice acuto, superne subcanaliculato, 

 7 uncias longo, sesquilineam ad 2 lineas lato; scapo terminali foliis 

 paulo longiori, simplici tenuissimo valde gracili, 4 — 5 floro; floribus 

 secundis braclea lineari brevi applicata slipatis ; sepalis patulis sub- 

 spalulato-linearibus aculis internis angustioribus, luteo bruneis, conco- 

 loribus, labello pallide luteo, unguiculalo. fere usque ad basin libero, 

 trilobo; lobis lateralibns gynostetnio applicatis linearibus acutis, apice 

 recurvis, gynostemium superanlibus , intermedio cordiformi, sinuoso, 

 in disco nervis 3 longitudinalibus cristaeformibus et nervis lateralibus 

 apice ramosis nolato; gynostemio recto, antice plano; anlhera depressa, 

 in medio biloba. 



Cuba. V. V. c. in caid. bort. bot. soc. raed. Paris. 



68. EPIDENDRUM PICTUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1848. Misc. 43. Lindl. 1. c. sub 45. 



E. pseudobulbosum, foliis ligulatis coriaceis obtusis dorso rotunda- 

 lis, racemo erecto paniculato, sepalis pelalisque obovato-linearibus 

 subaequalibus, labelli trilobi liberi lobis lateralibus lifiearibus acutius- 

 culis subfalcatis columnam amplexanlibus sinubus plicatis, intermedio 

 ovali acuto crispo mullo brevioribus, disci venis elevatis. 



Wild in Demerara — Loddiges (v. v. c). — Reserables E. odoraiissimum ; with dull 



yellow flowers , neatly striped wiih crimson. Also related to E. cbloroleucum , from 



wbicb its leaves dislinguisb il. 



69. EPIUENDRUM MICROBULBOiN Hooker ic. t. 347. Lindl. I. c. sub 46. : 



E. pseudobulbis ovatis diphyllis, foliis lato-Iinearibus scapo brevio- 

 ribus, racemo laxo paucifloro , bracteis membranaceis acutis, sepalis 

 linearibus petalisque angiistioribus patentissimis, labelli angusti lobis 

 laleralibus nanis rectis obtusis sinubus clausis, intermedio oblongo cris- 

 pulo venis sabris. 



VVild in Mexico ; Oa.xaca , on trees at tbe height of 7000 feet — Galeoili 5188 (v. v. 



c. et s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — Flowers tbe &ize of E. braciescens , rose - coloured ; 



lip yellow wiih red dots. 



70. EPIDENDRUM OBTUSUM Alph. De Candolle Plani. rar. Genev. 8 not. p. 17. Lindl. 

 1. c. sub 46. 



