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ceis acutis. labelli tripartili basi 3-callosi laciniis I ateralibns semiovatis 

 aculis falcatis serrutalis, intermedia lineari acula longiore, clinandrio 

 immarginalo. 



Wild in Venezuela ; in the province of MeriJa — Moritz ; al ihe height of 5000 feet 



— Funcii anii Schlim 1053; Ocanna — Schlim 742 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden ) — 

 A siender species , with very membranous llowers Leaf ihree inches long. Spalhe 

 more ihan hajf as long Raceme a foot long. Flowers yellow and white. — Rchb. 

 fll. in Bonpl. IL 20. Merida. Wagener. 



128. EPIDENDRUM STRAMINEUM. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 100. : 



E. spatha niagna ampla, spica multiflora nutante, bracteis minimis 

 acutis, sepalis lanceolatis aculis, petalis angustioribus nunc obtusiori- 

 bus, labelli lamina libera triloba lobis lateralibus rotundatis apice pro- 

 duclo nunc acuto nun.: obtuso margine nunc serrulato lobo medio ligu- 

 lalo aculo, tuberculis 4 — 5 in basi labelli. 



Wild in iropical America ; Pamplona . at the height of 8 500 feei — Schlim ; Ocanna 



— Schlim 742 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden). — Leaf soliiary, rather long. Flowers 

 yeliowish green ; ground of the lip pnrple. — Rchb. 



Epidendrum stramineum Lindi. Rchb. fil. in BonpL IIL 68. Ocanna Wagener. 

 — Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. IL 282. Pamplona: la Baja. Februar. 8 — 9000' n. 1172. 

 Schlim. 



129. EPIDENDRUM PARVILABRE Lindl, in Benlh. Pi. Harlw. p. 150. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 102. 

 E. folio obiongo suboblique eniaiginato caule longiore, rucemo sim- 



plici multifloro cernuo folio multo lougiore e spalha eruiiipente 2 — 3- 

 phylla, sepalis oblongis oblusis lateralibns duplo latioribus 5-nerviis, 

 petalis sepalo dorsali angustioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis laterahbus 

 falcatis acutissimis inlermedia angustissima apice cuneata triloba, axi 

 elevafa basi bicallosa. 



Wild in Peru; near El Porotillo and El Sisme — Hartweg (v, s. sp ). — This spe- 

 cies has a spathe lilte a Spalhium , but it has pseudobulbs instead of leafy stems. 

 Flowers small, dense . with minute acute bracts . colour unlinown. 



130. EPIDENDRUM PARALLELUM. Huc Lindl. I. c. 103 : 



E. rhizoniate crasso repente. pseudobulbis angustis teretibus folio 

 lineari oblongo marginibus parallelis 3-plo brevioribus, racemo stricto 

 basi vaginato folio longiore, sepalis pelalisque lineari-Janceolatis, labelli 

 tripartiti laciniis lateralibus semiovatis acutis incurvis intermedia lineari 

 acuminata latiore ungue ecalloso apice concavo pubescente, clinandrio 

 obtuse 3-partito. 



VVild in Sa. Marta ; rocks at S. Sehaslian, in ihe Sierra Nevada — Purdie (v. s. sp. 

 comm. cel. Hooker). — The edges of ihe obtuse leaves are almost exacily parallel. 

 Flowers ihe size of E. inversum. The toial absence of calli from ihe lip is re- 

 markable. 



131. EPIDENDRUM VENOSUM LO. p. 99. Huc Lindl. I. c. 104..: 



E. pseudobulbis angusfis lusiformibus, foliis ensiformibus scapi lon- 

 giludine. racemo 4 — 5-floro, sepalis Iineari-lanceolatis petalisque an- 

 gustioribus patenlissimis, labello semilibero tripartito: laciniis lateralibus 

 ovalis acutis intermedia subrotunda acufa multo majore, callo baseos 

 lineisque Iribus disci subramosis elevatis. 



Wild in Mexico ; on rock.s near Morelia — Hartweg (v. s. sp ). — Lip white , with 

 raised violet veins. 



Huc : Epidendnm ensicaulon Richard aiid Galleotti Orch. Mex. n. 34. Lindl I. c. 

 sub 30. 



E. „pseudobulbis diphyllis, foliis oblongo- lanccolatis obtusis, scapo 



