EPIDEiNDHUM, 



ORCHIDES. 355 



sepalis pelalisque lanceolatis, Jabello obovalo piloso, callo magno apice 

 transverse corrugato basi biconcavo pubescente, clinandrii trilobi lobis 

 rugosis dorsali appendice membranacea 3'dentata anteposita. 



Wild in Venezuela; on earih or trees at Jaji in Merida , at ihe heighl of 5— 9000 feel? 

 Juiy — Linden 1468; Brazil ? Minas Geraes — Weddell (v. s. sp. comiii. cel. Linden)* 

 — ..Pseudobulbs a foot or a foot and half long , compressed. Petals orange -yellow, 

 spoiled wiih red. Lip white , washed with purple". A plant in the way of E. varie- 

 gatum , but wiih flowers four times as iarge. I suppose ihat a drawing , n. 1, in the 

 Hb. Mus. Par. , maile in the Minas Geraes , by Mr. Weddell, belongs to this species. 

 Epidendrum tigrimim Lindl Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. 1[. 20. Caracas. Wagener. Das 

 ..labellum pilosum" existirt bloss in Biichern. 



— Rclib. fil. in Bonpl. IL 281. Ocanna. 5000'. Juli. n. 38. Schlim. 

 148. EPIDENDRUM VARIEGATUM Hooker Bot. Mog. t. 3151. Bot. Reg. 1839. t. 11. Huc 

 Lindl. 1, c. 117: 



E. pseudobulbis fusiformibus compressis diphyllis, foliis oblongis 

 obtusis , racemo mullifloro, sepalis petalisque subrolundo- obovatis co- 

 riaceis oblusis, labello subrotundo brevissimo acuto intus sub columna 

 pubescente: callis duobus incurvis in appendicem hippocrepicam carno- 

 sam confluentibus, lobo columnae postico obtuso dente membranaceo 

 subbifido anteposito. 



(A) virens. Sepals and petals green spoited wilh purple. Lip wliite with a crimson 

 horse-shoe mark. 



(B) coriiiceum. Flowers cream - colourcd , with purple sfiots on ihe sppals and petals, 

 and dirly purple slreaks on the lip. 



Epidendrum coriaceum Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3595. 



(C) crassilabium. Calli of the iip thicker and more downy. Leaves more remote at 

 the base. 



Epidendrum crassilabium Poppig and Endl. Nov. Gen. II. p. t. 1. 102. 



(D) lcopardinum. Flowers yelloyv . marbled with dark red ; lip while at ihe point. 

 Leaves long , broad , like those of E. tigrinum. 



Wild in tropicnl America. A. Brazil — Harrison , Loddiges ; Rio Negro above Bar- 

 cellos, comraon — Spruce 1948; New Grenada — Funk and Schlim 1435; B. De- 

 merara — Parker ; Jamaica — Purdie; C. Peru — Mathews 1886; trees and rocks ia 

 Ihe priraaeval foresls near the farra of Pampayaco — Poppig; D. New Grenada . in 

 ihe province of Ocanna , at the heighl of 4950 feet — Schlim 1010 (v, v. c. el s. sp.) 

 — A variable plant , readily known by its very short lip , on the base of which is 

 placed a large concave downy callus , which presses againsl the column and gives 

 the lip the appearance of being divided horizonially into two layers. On very slrong 

 specimens ihere are occasinally three or four leaves on a pseudobulb. The flowers 

 are extremely fragrant. 1 am persuaded that the above synonyms represent difl^erent 

 varieties of one and the same species , the leaves of which are sometimes strictly 

 oblong, as in Spruce's specimens , someiiraes sirap - shaped , and as much as a foot 

 long. P6ppig's flgure is accompanied by details , which it would be difficult to find, 

 and he overlooks the do-^n on the lip , which is a striking feature of ihe species. 

 Huc ; Epidendrum (Encyclium) coriaceum Focke Bot. Zeit. 1853. 228, 



Foiiis binis oblorigo-Ianceolatis acutis recurvis, pseudobulbo elongato 

 (juniori ovali) ancipiti insidentibus, racemo axillari multifloro foliis bre- 

 viore, floribus coriaceis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis dimidio an- 

 gustioribus spalhulalis sepalisque apice el margine recurvis, labello 

 integro rotundato apiculato, ungue brevi columnae adnato, lateribus de- 

 flexis, disco calloso. 



Radices albidae. Rhiz, repens , annulatum. Pseudobulbi compressi , ancipites ; adul- 

 tiores elongali, rugosi , annulaio pedunculati; juniores ovales , vestiti, subsessiles, 



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