344 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRDM. 



101. EPIDENDRUM HAKBURII Lindi. in Bot. Reg. 1844. inisc. 60. Huc Lindl. l.,c. 77. 

 E. pseudobulbis ovalis, foliis ensiformibus coriaceis scapo racemoso 



multo brevioribus, sepalis pelalisque spathulatis unguiculatis patentibus, 

 labelli lobis lateralibus falcatis oblusis nanis erectis intermedio oblongo 

 bilobo venis elevalis dichotomis sulcato, disci callo excavato in lineam 

 rectam elevatam exeunte, coiumna aptera. 



Wild in Mexico — Gaieotti; Sierra S. Pedro Nolasco — Jurgensen 829 (v. v. c. et 

 s. sp. comm. cel. Galeotli). — Leave.s very coiiaceous , shorter Ihan the raceme, 

 which i.^ about two feet long. Sepals aml petals deep dull purple ; lip pale rose. 

 wiih crimson radiating veins ; lateral lobes white at ihe tip and curved over the column. 



102. EPIDENDRCMPHOENICEU.M Lindl. in Boi. Reg. I84l. misc. 120. Sert. Orch. t. 46. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 78. 



E. pseudobulbis subrolundo -ovatis diphyllis, foliis anguste oblongis 

 coriaceis erectis, scapo paniculaque scabris, sepalis petalisque siib- 

 aeqnalibus coriaceis obovato -lanceolatis, labelli laciniis lateialibus ob- 

 longis erectis obtusis apice recurvis intermedia maxima membranacea 

 subrotunda undulata emarginata, disci callo duplici carnoso apice libero, 

 columna acute auriculata. 



(B) vanillusmum. Lip white spotted with rose. 



Epidendrum phoetxiceum vanillosmum V. Houtte Fl. des Serres 1848. 306 ic. 



Epidendrum Grahami Hook in Bot. Mag. t. 3885. 

 Wild in Cuba; in the forests of Guantanamo — Linden (v. v. c. et s. sp. comm. cel. 

 Linden; B s. c. in hb. Hooker). — Panicle from two to three feet high , flowers iarge, 

 sceniless. Sepals and petals leathery deep purple . a littie mottled with green .«pecks 

 both inside and out. Lip nearly an inch and a half long , of the clear bright violet 

 of Cattleya labiata . and with the same deep crimson veins and stains in the middle. 

 The variety B is said to be deliciously perfumed with Vanilla. 



Obs. Huc perlinebit. nisi E. plicatum. quod minus crediderim: 

 Epidendrum oblongaluni (Tab. 80) A. Rich. in Ramon de Sagra n. 239. 



Pseudobulbis ovoideo oblongis, apice attenuat.s 1 — 2phyllis, vaginis 

 dissectis obtectis; foliis lanceolatis obtusis, coriaceis, dorso carinatis ; 

 scapo terminali bipedali, simplici; floribus pedicellatis, acutis, basi 

 sensim angustatis et subunguiculalis, brunneo vinosis; labello trilobo, 

 lobis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, gynostemio applicatis 

 longioribusque, inlermedio mojori subrotundo, basi unguiculato, emar- 

 ginato-bilobulato, undulato, ad basin crislis 4 longitudinalibus notato; 

 gynostem.io apice trialato, alis parvulis obtusis. 

 Cuba. 



103. EPIDENDRUM ATROPURPUREUM VV. Sp. sub 115. Hd. Rchb. fll. Huc: Epidendrum 

 macrochilum Hook. in Bol. Mag. t. 3534. Bateman Orch. Mex. i. 17. Morren in Ann. 

 Gand H. p. 365 ic. Van Houtte Flores des Serres 1848 372 ic. Lindl. I. c. 79. 



E pseudobulbis ovalis rugosis diphyllis, foliis oblongis coriaceis ra- 

 cemo brevioribus, rachi pedicellisque angulalis, sepalis petalisque ob- 

 ovato-lanceolatis palenlibus apicibus incurvis, labelli lobis lateraUbus 

 ovatis aculis in columnam inciimbentibus, inlermedio maximo obcordato 

 laevi, disci callo bilinealo obsolelo, columna ahila. 



Wiid in Guaiemala , on the coast willi Cattleya Skiiineri — Skiiiner ; Panama and 

 W. Colombia — Cuniing; Caracas , Sa. Marlha — I»urdie (v. v. et s. sp.) — A very 

 Qne plant; one varietv liaving green sepals and a white lip , the other having purple 

 sepals with a deep rose-coloured lip. Vulgarly „Doca del Dragon", ..Dragoirs raoulh", 

 in Giiatemala. Flowers thc largest in this genus. 



Huc : Epidendrum atropnrpun-Hm W. 1 Cyrabidium cordigerum Humb. Kth. Epid. 

 macroc hilum Hook. Rchb. Ql. in Bonpl. 11. 19, Man hat am iNamen ..atropurpureum" 



