EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 346 



geinakelt. Er isi viel besser gewahlt, nls Miltonia candida , die candidn heisst , weil 

 eii» JJischen Lippe weiss ist, aniiere Beispiele zu ubergeheii. Dass mnu, um Sir 

 W. Hook. die Priorilat des E. raacrochiium zii lassen , das E. atropurpureum zu E. 

 bifldum zog, isl doch etwas kiihn. 



Epidendrum alropurpureum W. b.roseum Rchb. fll. inBonpi. 11. 19. Merida. 5000'. 

 Dec. Am Grunde der Narbe erscheinen bei diesem und vorigem bisweilen 2 Schwie- 

 len , welche anderwarts fehlen. Herr Wagener halt beide Fornien fiir verschieden, 

 ich kann keinen Character erspaiien. 



Epidendrum alropurpureum W. Rclib. fli. in Bonpl. H. 281. Santa Marta. Juii. 

 Nr. 991. Schlim. 



Epidendrum atropurpureum b. roseum Rchb. fll, Pescat. t. 257. 

 Epidciidrum Duboisianum Brong. ms. in Ramon de Sagra 239. : 

 E. pseudobulbis — , loliis — , floribus maxirriis; sepalis patentibus 

 oblongis aequilongis, aculis, apice incurvis , externe subviridibus, lacie 

 inlerna brnnneo vinosis, petalis aequilongis spathulatis, basi raagis 

 angustatis concoloribus; labello longiore lilaci-no, trilobo, lobis laterali- 

 bus oblongis, falcatis, obtusis. columnam obtegentibus, intermedio 

 maximo, suborbiculari, apice emarginato, basi intensive purpureo in 

 disco lineis 3 parallelis elevatis , gynostemio erecto, postice convexo, 

 antice plano, margine dilatato; anthera planiuscula et subconcava, cor- 

 data. lutea. 



Cuba. — Esia specie nos parece una variedad con grandes flores del E. phoeniceum 

 que ofrece suma diversida de formas. Hemes descrito los caracieres por con indi- 

 viduo que florocia en casa de M. Pescatore. 



§ 3. Diacnum. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal of Bolany III. 81. 



This section at flrst sight seems to merge ni Encyclium ; for the chief difference 

 appears lo consist in ihe stem being fusiform and leofy at the end, which is but a 

 small modifioation of ihe pseudobulbous condilion. In addition, the lip of E. bicornu- 

 tum is not iiarnllel with ihe column, and has two deep pits on. the under side, corre- 

 sporiding with the same number of fleshy elevated triangular plates on the upper side. 



104. EPIDEiNDRUM lilDENTATUM LO. p. 98. Huc Lindl. I. c. 81. 



E. loliis obovalo-lanceolalis apice recurvis supra v. sub pseuJobuIbo 

 nascentibus, lacemo terminali erecto paucifloro, sepalis lanceolalis pe- 

 talisque angusliuribus patentibus, labello semilibero rhomboideo angu- 

 lis ulrinque unidentalo. 



Wild in Mexico — herh. Pavon (v. olim s. sp.). — The only memornndum I possess 

 regrrding ihis species is a sketch of iis llower. made matiy years ago from n spe- 

 cimcn in ihe Lamberlian herbarium. It seems very near E. bicornulum, but it has 

 petals narrower, not bronder ihan the sepals , and the side lobes of the lip are little 

 more ihan projecting teelh. 



105. EPIDENDRUM BICORNUTUM Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3332. Huc Lindl. l. c. 82.: 



E. loliis Itneari-oblongis obtusis coriaceis, caule cormifornii, sepalis 

 ovato- lanceolalis, pelalis conformibus latioribus, labelli trilobi lobo 

 medio elongato lanceolato aculo latioribus obtusiusculis basi lamellis 2 

 triangularibus aucto. 



Wild in Trinidnd — Hooker ; Demerara - Schomburgk 429 (v. v. c. et s. sp.). — 

 Fiowers large nnd white, slightly tinged wilh roso - colour. Lip yellow ai ihe base 

 with some crimson specks on ihe tongue like niiddlc lobe. According to Schom- 

 hurgk .. ihe [lelals are also spolted with crimson , which is not ibe cnse wiih ihe 

 cullivtfled plants. 



106. EPIDENDRUM BILAMELLATUM Rchb. fil. MSS. : rainus. Inbelli lobis medianis ob- 

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