EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 349 



lateralibus subrotundo-rhomboideis, intermedia lineari spathulata acumi- 



nata convexa Iriplo longiore. 



Wiid in Demerara — Loiidiges (v. v. c). — Tliis has smali wliite flowers closely 

 flrranged at the end of a flower-stem two feet long; and the latter when old pro- 

 diices young plants at aimosl every joint. The flowers have no smeil , and are noi 

 hair the size of the smallest state of E. ciiiare. 



121. EPIDENDRUM CLAVATUM LindL in Bot. Reg. t. 1870. Hiic Lindl. 1. c. 93. 



E. caule clavato in pseudobulbum ovalem desinente diphyllum, foliis 

 lanceoiatis patulis racemo simplici subaequalibus, bracteis ovatis cana- 

 liculatis acutis ovariis infimis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolato- 

 hnearibus aequalibus, labelli tripartiti basi bicallosi laciniis acutis in- 

 tegris, laleralibus ovatis intermedia unguiculata ovata acuminata, clinan- 

 drio indiviso serrulato. 



Wild in Cumana — Henchmann; Sa. Martha — Purdie (v. v. c. et s. sp. comra. cel. 

 Hooker). — Flowers green, with a white lip. Spathaceous bracts reddish. 



Huc: Epidendrum piirpurascens Focke in Tijdsch. Wis- en Natuurk. Wetensh uitg. 

 door de 1. KI. v. h. K. Neederl. Deel IV. p. 64. 



Follis in pseudobulbo elongalo pedunculato solitariis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis, scapo radicali vaginalo, sepalis petalisque conformibus breve 

 acuminatis margine revolulis patentibus coneoloiibns, labelli Irilobi lobis 

 lateralibus ovato-falcatis acutis divaricatis, inlermedio unguiculalo-ovato 

 acuto recurvo , disco bicalloso. 



Radices flbrosae. Rhizoma repens. Foiia soiitaria , lineari - lanceolata , in pseudo- 

 bulhum altenuata, glahra . coriacea , apice recurva. Pseudohulbi fusiformes . ovato- 

 obiongi vel ovati , compressi . articulato - pedunculati , juniores vestiii, aduliiores rn- 

 gosi , purpurascenies. Scapus radicaiis s. e rhizomale ortus, racemosus, erectus, 

 vaginatus , arlicuiatus , subsecundus , 4 — 8-florus. Bracteae inferiores amplae . va- 

 ginantes , aiternae, condupiicaiae, totum scapum vestientes ; — florales ovatae pe- 

 duncuium fere ad dimidium usque ampiexantes , paliide purpureae. Sepaia lineari- 

 spathulata , breve acuminata , niargine revoluta , extus purpurascentia, inlus pur|Hireo- 

 viridescentia, petalis acutis convexis latiora , patentia, 2 centim. longa. Labellum 

 trilobum, resupinalum , aibum; lobis lateraiibus ovaio-faicatis acutis divaricatis , in- 

 termedio spathulato s. unguicuiato , laie obovato acuminato, recurvo ; disco bical- 

 loso , cailo ovaio erecto nitenle in cujusque iobi lateralis basi. Columna eiongata, 

 teres , cum ovario continua , clinandrii margine postico leviter fimbriato antheram 

 superante. Anthera subquadrata , immersa, bilocuiaris, locuiis bipartitis. Pollinia 4, 

 dimidiato - semiorbicuiaria , compressa. Caudicuiae 4 breves repiicatae. Capsula 

 ovaia , longe i'osirata. Tota pianta purpurascit. — Habitat ad truncos arborum in 

 sylvis ad flumina Suriname et Commewyne superiora. .Florebat Novembri et De- 

 cembri. — Post nuptias flores saepius marcescunt , braciea scapi supreraa diiatatur 

 et sensim in foiium excrescit ; ariicuius infra basin istius bracteae tumefaclus paui- 

 latim in pscudobulbum rautatur , et racemus emarcidus remanet in axiiia foiii iiovi, 

 bracteis reliquis pseudobulbum novum vestientibus. Vidi varietatcm , cujus labelli 

 lobus interraedius longius unguicuiatus erat et apice attenuatus; in caeteris simil- 

 iimam. 



122. EPIDENDRUM KERMESINUM. Huc Lindi. I. c. 94. 



E. caule ramoso ramis crassis divaricatis in pseudobulbos ovato- 

 fusiformes mutatis, foliis 4 — 5 lanceolatis canaliculatis acuminatis fal- 

 catis panicula laxa brevioribus, sepalis petalisque minoribus lineari- 

 oblongis obtusis carnosis, labeili semiadnati lobis lateralibus nanis ro- 

 tundatis, inlermedio lineari obtuso sulcato. 



Wild in the Caracras ; S. Miguel, Sierra Nevada de Sa. Martha — Purdie ; New Gre- 

 nada in the province ol Rio Hacha , at the height of 6000 to 9000 feet, March — 



