EPTDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 343 



retldish green , witii tlie lip delicoiely slreaked with ileep lilac. Tlie odour ihat of 

 the sweetest violets. It i.s very iiear E. selligerrm n. 26 from which ils emarginate 

 not acute lip seems to distin^uish it. 

 97. EPIDENDRUM PYRIFORME Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847. t. 50. Hue Lindl. I. c. 74. 



E. psendobiilbis obpyrilormibus aggregatis diphyllis, foliis coriaceis 

 lanceolatis aciitis scapo subbilloro longioribus, sepalis petalisque lan- 

 ceolatis acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus subrecurvis acutis integerrimis, 

 intermedio snbrotundo glabro retuso, callis 2 maximis parallelis apice 

 subliberis in unguem. 



Wild in Cuba — Loddiges (v. v. c.) — Leaves unusually thick and fleshy , about four 

 inches long on litile pseudobulbs, which look like inverted pears. Noiwithstanding 

 its diminutive siature , the llowers are fully two inches and a half in diameier, wiih 

 reddish yellow sepals and petals, and a pale straw-coloured lip veined wiih crirason. 



98. EPIDENDRUM BIFIDUM Aublet. LO. 17. Bot. Reg. t. 1879. Redoute liliac. t 84. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 75. 



E. foliis in psendobulbos siiblernis oblongis coriaceis, scapo ramoso 

 foliis multo longiore, sepalis oblongis acntis pelalisque lineari-spathu- 

 lalis patentibus, labelli cnneati ungnicnlati lobis lateralibus rotundatis 

 brevibus conduplicatis , intermedio maximo apice dilalato subreniformi 

 sulcato, disci callo ovalo lobato in lineam elevatam producto. 



IleJleborine fl. pnpilionaceo Plum. ic. 1H6. f. 1. 



Epideudrum jinpilionaceum West. S. Cruz. 230. 



Eindcndrmn auropnrpureum LO. 14. 



Epidendrum atropurpnreum Willd sp. pl. 115. 

 Wild in tbe West Indies ; Hispaniola — Plumier ; St. Christopher's , St. Barlholbmew's 

 — Swartz ; St. Tbomas — Riediey (v. v. c.) — Sepals and petals light green , wiih 

 a dull purple spot near the end. Lip rose - colour , wiih the lateral lobes yellow. 

 E. auropurpureum does nol seem to be distinguishable. 



99. EPIDENDRUM DICHROMUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 119. HucLindl. I.c.76. 

 E. pseudobulbis ovalo- lusitormibus diphyllis, foliis ligulatis planis 



apice rotundatis racemo laxo paucifioro brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, petalis obovato-lanceolatis latioribus , labelli lobo medio obcor- 

 dato pluries costato cum mucrone, lateralibus duplo brevioribus rotundatis 

 apice patulis, columna obtuse auriculata. 



Wild in Pernambugo — Quesnel (v. v. c.) — Flowers pure white , with a rose-coloured 

 lip , yellow and downy at the base. 

 100. EPIDENDRUM JENISCHIANUM Rchb. fll. Van Koulle Flores des Serres IX. p. 98. 

 Bonplandia II. p. 89 



Pedunculo racemoso ramoso iaevi. bracteis squamaeformibus acutis 

 minutissimis, pedicellis in ovaria inflata sensim abeuntibus, sepalis ob- 

 longo-spatulatis acutiusculis, tepalis angustius cuneatis, dein dnplo 

 lalioribus ovalibus, labello libero trilobo, lobis lateralibus ligulatis 

 apice erosulis incurvis, lobo medio cuneato oblongo bilobo cum api- 

 culo in sinu, lineis sex carinalis a porlione antebasilari per unguem 

 lobi medii excnrrentibus, venis in lobo medio elevalulis, gynostemit 

 angulo ntroque auricnlato, auriculis inflexis, superadditis setis erectis 

 pone antheram emarginafam. 



Espicc magniflque a fleurs de la gramlHur de cclles de TEpidendrum bifldum, Aublet. 

 Ces fleurs sont d'un blanc rose d rcxterieur , la face inlericure est (Pun beau lilas, 

 le labelle est couvnrt de veines pourprdes. — Introduite de Bahia . ellc a d'abord ete 

 culiiv^e par M. Kramer , jardinier-en -chef de M. le s(5nateur Jenisch , Tun des ama- 

 teurs d'Orchid^es les plus comp«5tents , et dont les belles cullures ont ete pendant 

 longtemps sans rivales en Allemagne. — Nous nous sommes empresse de donner a 

 ceite belle espece le nom cclebre de son prossesseur. 



