354 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



J43 FPinENDRUM REFRACTLM Lindl. in Ann. Nal. Hist. XII. Orch. Linden. n. 39. 

 Huc Linill. l c. 112. 



E. folio ovato-oblongo coriaceo obluso, pedunculo elongato spathis 



plurimis falcatis obtusis distinctis vaginato . racemo brevi 4 — 5-floro 



cernuo, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis acutis, dorsali refracto, petalis 



ovalibus subconformibus, labello subrofundo coidalo trilobo basi bi- 



calloso linea elevafa inferjecta: lacinia intermedia abbreviata truncata. 



VVild in Venezuela ; tlie high regions of the Sierra Nevada in Meriila , at the height 



of 10,000 to 11,000 feet — Linden 618 (v. s sp.) — A remarkable plant, wiih very 



broad . short, oblong coriaeeous leaves, s\x or seven herhaceous , distinct . falcate 



spathes on a pedunrle about nine inclies long. Sepals about three - quarters of an 



inch long. ,,Pseudobulbs six to eight iaches long. Flowers blood - colour." Linden. 



Epidendrum refracttim Lindl. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. Merida. Dec. 12,000'. 



Wer bloss die Spitze des Kluihen.siiels erhalt , ohne die Pflanze zu kennen , wird sie 



geirost als neues Spathiuni beslimmen. Uie iiberhangende Traube purpurschwarzer 



Bluthen isi sehr anssrezeichnet. Wagener. 



144. EPIDL:NDRUM HARTWEGH Lindl. in Plant. Hartw p. 150. Huc Lindl. I. c. 113, 

 E. foliis 2 basi reinotis oblongis oblusis coriaceis apice obliquis spicae 



rigidae multiflorae basi spathaceae caulisque bulbosi terelis longitudine, 

 floribus coriaceis, ovario triqiietro clavato, sepaio supremo oblongo 

 obtuso laferalibus acutissimis, petalis obovafis, labello subrotundo aequa- 

 liter trilobo basi callo pubescente concavo aucto, ungue et columna 

 brevissimis. 



Wild in Peru ; on the Cordlllera npar Loxa — Hartweg (v. s, sp.) — Nearly allied to 

 E. fallax, but the leaves are shorler and broader, ihe spike very short and stiff, ihe 

 llowers much more coriaceous. Their colour is unknown. 



145. EPIDENDRUM VOLUTUM Lindl, in Paxton's Flower Garden; gleanings n. 427. 

 ic. 215. Hnc Lindl. I. c. 114. 



E, caule tereti membranaceo- vaginato apice 3-phyllo, foliis lineari- 

 oblongis pergameneis inaequalibus, racemo sessili sfricto flexuoso, bracleis 

 magnis glumaceis distantibus pedunculis longioribus. sepalis petalisque 

 linearibus margine revolutis aequalibus acutis, labello subrotundo-ovato 

 subcordato decurvo leviter trilobo cuspidato, callis2 ad basin plicisque 

 tribus obsoletis, 



VVild iri Ceniral America — Skinner (v. v. c.) — Stem merely terete , and not swollen 

 into a pseudobulb. Flowers grceni.sh white , and of no beauty. Easily known by 

 the great alternaie paleaceous b>acis, plantwd on a somewhat zigzag rachis . and 

 reachirig nearly to ihe middle ol thi.' foot-stalk and ovary of each flower. 



146. EPIDENDRUM PULCHKLLUM Richard and Galeotti , Orch. Mex. n, 45. Huc Liudl, 

 1, c. 115. 



E, ,,nanum, pseudobulbis ovoideis diphyliis , foliis ovali-oblongis 

 acutis, floribus purpureis, racemo simplici terminali 3 — 4-floro, labello 

 adnato trilobo concavo lobis lateralibus latis oblusis, intermedio minori 

 emarginato", 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



§ 6. Osmophytum. Lindley in 15of. Reg 1839. Misc. 135. Hook. Journ. 

 III. Hl. ^ 



In the whole of ihis division the lip is absolutely undivided , without any apparent 

 tendency to even rudimeniary subdivision. 



147. EPIDENDRUM TIGRLNUM Lindl. Orch. Lindcn n. 52. Huc Lindl. I. c. 116. 



E. foliis oblongis coriaceis racemo basi squamato duplo brevioribus, 



