348 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Flowers large. whitc , changing to straw - colour ; sometimes greenish except ihe 

 lip. A careful examination of iiumerous specimens , both wild and culiivated, satis- 

 fies me that no liraits whatever exist among the above supposed species. It is evi- 

 dent thal the piant varies much accordirig to age, heallh , and other circurasiances, 

 from bearing a single llower to forming a raceme a foot and a half long , beiiring 

 28 llowers. It sometimcs appears lo liave sepals oniy hnlfthe length of the iip (Rchb.) 

 but I have not seei^ it in that state. — Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20. Caracas. 3500'. 

 October. Wagener. 



117. EPIDENDRUM OERSTEDII Rchb. fil. in v. Mohl et v. Schlechlendl. Cot. Zeitg. 

 1852. 937. 



Foliis ovatis acutiusculis, binis, spica pauciflora, bracteis angustis 

 ligulatis , qbtusiusculis ovaria pedicellata vix dimidio aequantibus, peri- 

 gonii pliyllis subaequalibus, lanceolatis , acuminatis, lateralibus internis 

 paulo brevioribus apice subulalis, labello trilobo , lobis lciteralibus ob» 

 tuse el oblique rhombeis, integerrimis, margine postico et externo 

 magis curvalis, quam interno et antico, lobo medio sublongiore ligulato 

 dein dilatato, apiculato subulato, callis duobus obtuse triangulis in la- 

 belli basi, androclinii lobo postico denticulato. 



Bluihen so gross wie bei E. ciiiare; gelb nach beigefugter Farbenskizze. San Miguel 



in Costa Rica. Oerstcd. 



118. EPIDENDRUM COSTARICENSE Rchb, fll. in v. Mohl et v. Schlechtendl. Bot. Zeitg. 

 1852. 937. 



Pseudobulbis fusiformibus crassis abbreviatis, triarficulatis, foliis 

 ovatis acutiusculis, solitariis seu geminis, racemo nunc flexuoso, pauci 

 — plurifloro, bracteis angustis ligulatis acutiusculis seu oblusis ovaria 

 pedicellala non dirnidio quidem aequantibus, p. ph. lanceolatis acumina- 

 tis subaequalibus, iabelli lobis laleralibus triangulis, margine poslico 

 recto, sublanceolato, iobo medio angusle ligulato, acuto apice vix dila- 

 tato, apice subulato, lobis lateralibus subduplo longiore, callis 2 in basi 

 obtuse triangulis, androclinii lobo postico denticulato. 



Bliithen so gross, wie bei E. cuspidainm. HuUblalter griin , Lippe gelbweiss. Cartago, 



EI Viego. Oersted. 



119. EPIDENDRUM FALCATUM Lindl. Taylor's Annals of Nalural Hislory Feb. 1840. 

 Huc Lindl. 1. c. 91. : 



E. caule ramoso carnoso membranis laxis imbricafis vaginato, foliis 

 solitariis carnosis falcatis ovato-lanceolatis canaliculatis acutis, fascicu- 

 lis florum subsf^ssilibus , sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolalis patentis- 

 simis, labelli triparliti basi bituberculati laciniis lateralibus oblongis 

 acutis dimidialis integris, intermedia lineari-lanceolata paulo longiore. 



Epidendnim laliluUum Richard and Galeolti Orch. Mex. n. 57. 



Epidendium Parkinsoninnum Hooker in Boi. Mag. t. 3778. 



Epidendrum aloifolitim Bateman Orch. Mex. and Guat. t. 25. 

 Wild in Mexico; near Oaxaca, on rocks and loose stones — Harlweg (v. s. sp.). — 

 A species with fleshy branching sbort siems , long channelled fleshy falcaie leaves, 

 and large pale yeilowish llowers, springing from within a long pale yellowish green 

 membranous spailie. The number of flowers varies from iwo lo four or more in 

 each s|)athe. 



120. EPIDENDRUM VIVIPARUM Lindl. in Bol. Reg. 1841. Misc. 27. Huc Lindl. I. c. 92.: 

 E. caule fusiformi diphyllo, pedunculo elongato squamato pluries 



breviore, foliis oblongis horizonfalibus obtusis, racemo paucifloro, bracteis 

 spathaceis canaliculatis ovario cunicul.ifo aeqiialibus , sepalis pefalisque 

 linearibus acuminatis patenlissimis, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi laciniis 



