gPH)CNnRUM. 



ORCHIDES. SS"? 



Wild in Giiatemala — Hartweg; Honduras , near Isabal — Skinner (v. v. c). — very 

 sweet - scenied. Panicle long, straggling. Sepals and petals greenisb at the base, 

 purpie upwards , almost an inch and a half long. Lip straw -coloured , bordered 

 wiih yellow , and streaked with rose. 



Until tliis criiical revision was undertaken , I was always under the impression 

 ihat ihe plant ligured in the Bot. Reg. in Oct. 1847 , was Mr. Bateman's E. alatum, 

 of which K. calocheilum is an undoubted synonyme; and therefore , I regarded E. 

 longipetalum as a new specie.s. A very careful re - examination of evidence shows, 

 however. ihat ihis was an error , and il is now corrected. 



Huc ; Eindendrum (Encycl.) formosum Kl. in Allg. Gartenz. 1854. 201. 

 Pseudobulbis erectis, apice attenuatis glabris laevibus, deinde longi- 

 tudinaliter corrugatis, foliis oblongis aculis coriaceis rigidis erectis sub- 

 tus costa acuta prominula carinatis, racemo longe pedunculato pur- 

 purascente iaete viridipunctato simplici 5 floro, floribus rnagnis flavido 

 purpureis; perigonii lolioiis spatliulatis longi unguicuiatis patenti reflexis 

 alrofnscis, basi viridi; foliis interioribus basin versus angustioribus; 

 labelli trilobi subliberi straminei rotundati lobis iateralibus apice raagis 

 dilalatis patenlibus, intermedio orbiculalo lanceo undulatoque marginato 

 plano semideflexo, lineis elevatis crispatulis margine purpureis radiatim 

 dispositis, callo disci elevato oblongo excavato, ac columna brevi al- 

 bida trigona, apice utrinque auriculata. 



Ditr. ab E. alaio : racemo sim|4ici , foliis angustis longioribus, labelli lobis laterali- 

 bus marginis paientibus. — Guatemala Warscewicz. — Lemaire Jard. fl. I. lab. 81. 

 — Gard. Chronicle 1852. 390. 

 78. EPiDENDBUM VIRENS Lindi. in Paxt. Flower Garden I. sub t. 30. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c, sub. 54. : 



E. panicuia laxa erecta angusta, sepalis lineari-ovalibus, petalis ae- 



quilongis spathulatis acutis, labelli laciniis lateralibus erectis oblongis 



emarginatis, inlermedia convexa plicata venosa apiculata retusa, callo 



disci excavalo utrinque juxta sinuni denticulo aucto, columna auriculata. 



VVild in Guaieniala — Skinncr (v. v. c). — Flowers green , whole coloured , except 



ihe lip , which is wliile, wiih crimson veins in the middle lobe; the lateral lobes 



green , with crimson veins. but white at the point. Certainly distinct from E. iongi- 



petalum, which it most resembles , in tbe form and proportion of its sepals , iip, 



and callus. 



Huc Epidendrum (Encylium) Wageneri Kiotzsch inAlig. Gtz. 1851. 250. 

 Hseudobulbis caespitosis, brevjier ovatis, glabris, laevibus 2 — 3 fo- 

 liatis, foliis linearibus, coriaceis, tortuosis, apice obtusis, subemargi- 

 natis, basi conduplicatis; racemo paniculato terminali olivaceo, laete 

 vindi punclulalo, pedicellis brevissime bracteatis, basi arliculatis; germi- 

 nibus teretibus , deorsuin attenuatis punctato-scabris, perigonii foliolis 

 aequalibus, spathulalo erectis, patentibus, flavo viridibus, labello tri- 

 lobo candido. lineis purpureis elevatis strialo, basi bicalloso, lobis la- 

 teralibus brevibus, connivenlibus, falcalo oblongis, obtusis, lobo inter- 

 medio cordato, orbiculato-ovato , brevi, acuto; columna libera apice 

 utrinque carinato-auriculata. 



Pseudobuibi 2 pollics longi , supra basln V/. poii in diametro. Folia ISpoil. ionga 

 8 lin. laia. liacenii bipedales. Flores odoriferi, Perigonii foliola 9 iin, longa , 3 lin. 

 lata. Labellum album deiiide aluiaceura. In hort. reg. lierol. cxcultuni Jiiiio, Vene- 

 auela. VVagener. — Rchb. fil in Bonpl. II. 19. Caracas. 3500'. Mai. Wagener. 



Huc: Epidendrum (Encycliura) ochranthum A. Ricli, in Ramon de Sagra. Tab. 78. 

 n. 237. 



Fseudobulbis caespilosis ovoideo-oblongis basi in rhizomate abeun- 

 VI. 43 



