352 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



terminali compresso ensiformi 2 — 3-floro, labello luteo trilobo: lobo 

 intermedio multo majori late cordato apice acutiusculo." 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



c. Labellum trilobum (lobis saepius rotundatis). 



132. KPIDliNDKUM SAXATILE Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 84. Huc Lindl. I. c. 105.: 



E. caulibus fusiforniibus apice diphyllis. foliis lineari-lanceolalis la- 

 cemo paiicifloro brevioribus, floribus membranaceis, sepalis oblongis 

 petalisque fililormibus labello multo minoribus, labelli subrolundi tri- 

 lobi laciniis rotundalis subrepandis intermediam bilobam reniformem 

 serralam imbricantibus. 



Wild in Brazil; on rocks in the Serra de Piedade — Mariius . (v. s. sp. in hb. Ma'r- 

 tius). — Whole piant less than six inches high. Flowers niembranous , reddish puri^Je 

 wiih darker longitudinal streaks , as large as in E. SchQmburgkii. 



133. EPIDENDRUM PRUINOSUM Richard and Galeotli Orch. Mex. n. 41. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 106. : 



E. „pseudobulbis ^lobosis 1-phyllis, foliis lanceolato acutis, floribus 

 luteis, racemo simplici, labello adnato trilobo : lobis laleralibus angustis 

 divaricalis, intermedio obcordato." ^ 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



134. EPIDElNDRUM RHYNCHOPHORUM Rich. and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 37. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 107. 



E. pseudobulbis monophyllis, folio lorato obtuso racemo 3 — 5-floro 

 aequali, sepalis linearibus elongalis obtusis, petalis angustioribus acu- 

 minatis, labeUi duplo brevioris lacinia media subulata" lateralibus ro- 

 tundatis nanis, columnae dente dorsali obtuso. 



Wild in Mexico; Vera Cruz , on the parasitical Andromeda at the height of 4000 feet 

 — Galeotii 5077 (adest iii hb. Hooker). — ..Fiowers yellow." — Galeotti ; very like 

 those ol Pleurothallis sienopetaja, but larger. 



135. EPIDENDRUM RUPESTRE Lindl. in Hook. Journ. IH. 84. Huc Lindi. I. c, 108. : 

 E. caulibus filiformibus vaginis membranaceis vestitis diphyllis, foliis 



lanceolalis acutis pedunculo ancipiti aequalibus, racemo cernuo, bracteis 

 membranaceis acuminatis pedicellis brevioribus, sepalis oblongis peta- 

 lisque lineari-spathulatis oblusis, labelli Irilobi laciniis lateralibus acutis 

 margine postico serratis intermedia rotundala emarginala vel inlegra 

 lineis tribus elevatis rugosis. 



Wild in Peru ; on bore rocks at thc base of Tunguragua — Hall (v. s. sp. comm. cel. 



Hooker). — The whoie plant about six inches high. Flowers yellow. 



136. EPIDENDRUM (A. Folia ad n. 108) JAJENSE Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. 11.20. 



Caule secundario ebulbi pauciarticulalo, vaginis 3 — 4 membranaceis 

 imbricantibus ostio Iriangulis vestito, summis cucullatis, folio solitario 

 erecto ligulato acuto basi attenuato, pedunculo trifloro, bracleis lanceo- 

 latis apice brevisubulatis ovaria pedicellata dimidio aeqiiaiitibus, sepalis 

 lanceolalis acutis, tepalis linenribus aculis lobelli adnali lamina libera 

 cordata triloba, lobis lateralibus latere rolundalis antice trianguhs, lobo 

 medio lanceo, carinulis 3 in basi. 



Bluihen klcin Blalt 2'/, Zoll lang. in der Milte 'A Zoll breit. Der Stengel ly^ Zoll 

 lang. Jnji. Wagener. 

 138. EPIDENDRUM BRACHYCHILUM Lindl. Orch. Linden n. 51. Hnc Lindl. I. c. 109.: 



E. loliis ligulalis obtusissiinis racemo basi spathaceo bievioribus, 

 sepalis pelalisqiie ovalibus acutissimis, labello Irilobo convexo disco 

 villoso apice glabro pelalis breviore. 



