336 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRCM. 



73 EPIDENDRUM RUFUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1815. Mis. 42. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 50. : 



E. pseudobulbis pyrifoiinibns 2 — 3-pliyll)S, foliis brevibus lanceolato- 

 ligulatis patentibus scapo paniculato bievioribus, sepalis petalisque ova- 

 libus acutis snbcarnosis, labelli laciniis lateralibus brevibus semiovatis 

 erectis intermedia obovafa convexa marcine revoluta apice rotundata 

 secus a.\in elevata carnosa basi in laminara iduplicem (disci costam) 

 divisa, columna membranaceo- marginata. 



Epidendrum primulinum Bnleman in Paxton's Flower Garden I. snb t. 30. 1850. 

 Wild in ibe Bnhamas — Skinner; Brazil (?) ; near Rio — Lieutenant Turner R. N. (v. 

 T. c). — Lieaves six to eipht inches long. Scape a foot and more high. Flowers in 

 a narrow slighiiy branclied paiiicle , very sweet, like primroses , brownish-yellow. 

 Mr. Bateinan informs me , ihat Mr. Skinner ceriainly collected this in the Bahamas, 

 along wilh K. altissimum and aciculare. In Sir C. LeiTion's garden, it is said lo bave 

 been sent from Rio , by Lieutenant Turner. I have seen no wild specimens. 



74. EPIDENDRUM G.\LL0PAVINUM Rchl). fll. Bonpl. IIL 219. 



Aftine E. rufo Lindl., lepalis unguiculatis ovatis, labelli lobis latera- 

 libus trapezoideis, lobo medio unguiculalo obtuse triangulo, callo de- 

 presso inter lobos basiJares antice in venas varicosas 4 exeunte, pa- 

 pulis pluribus circumjectis in disco lobi medii, gynostemii alis cartila- 

 gineis antrorsis apice acnlis, Iri — quadridentalis. 



Sepala oblonga cuneata. Tepala cuneato unguicuiata ovata. Labellum ima basi ad- 

 natum trilobum; lobi laterales obtusanguli , irapezoidei seu quadrati , margine nntico 

 trianguli oblusi, sinubus angustis interjeclis inler lobum medinm; gynostemium ascen- 

 dens. Anthera apice reiuso biloba. — Bluthen braun. Lippe gelbweiss. Adern der 

 Seitenlappen und Schwiele purpurn. Lippenscheibe amethysifarbig gebuckelt. Eine 

 prachtvolle Pflanze mit grosser Rispe. Bulbe und Blalter wie bei odoratissimum. Von 

 Rio Janeiro durch Herrn Consul Schiller eingeluhrt. 



75. EPIDENDRUM FLAVUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 83. Huc Lindl. I. c. 51.: 



E. pseudobulbis ovalis attenualis 3-pliyllis, foliis ensiformibus pani- 

 culae pauciflorae subaequalibus, sepalis petalisque patentibus subaequa- 

 libus, lineari - oblongis obtusis, labelli laciniis laleralibus linearibus trun- 

 catis, intermedia unguiculala ubovata nuda, columna sub apice obtuse 

 auriculata. 



Wild in Brazil; in the province of St. Paufs — Mariius ; trees , Mission of Douro — 

 Gardner 3456 (v. s. sp.). — Leaves raiher more than a foot long. Flowers pale yellow, 

 about an inch and a half in diameter. The inflorescence is only panicled at the base, 

 and is probably very oflen simple. 



76. EPIDENDRUM aLTISSIMUM Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 61. Huc Linpl. I. c. 52. : 



E pseudobulbis elongatis teretibus 2 — 3-ptiyllis, scapo paniculato 

 longissimo, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis conformibus basi angustatis, 

 labelli lobis lateralibus dimidiatis erectis tortis obtusis, intermedio dila- 

 tato undulato laevi recurvo apiculalo basi bicostato. 



Wild in the Bahamas ; in rocky districls — Skinner (v, v. c). — Flowers as large as 

 in E. oncidioides ; sinelling strongly of beeswax. — Gard. Chronicle 1852. 804. 



77. KPIDENDRUM ALATUM Biilemnn Orch. Mex. t. 18. Huc Lindl. I. c 53,: 



E. pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis binis rectis ensalis oblusis, panicula 

 laxa rnuHo lonciore, sepalis petalisque conformibus linearibus spalhu- 

 latis unguiculalis obtusis, labelli trilobi laevis lobis rotundatis lateraii- 

 bus erectis, inlermedio convexo multo majore emarginato undulalo intra 

 marginem scabro venis pluribus elevalis coloralis, callo disci raedio 

 excavato, columna auriculata. 



Epidendruyn loiigipetalum Lindl. in Paxt. Flower Garden I. t. 30. 



Epidendrum calochcilum Hooker in Bol. Mng. t. 3898. 



