EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 357 



— Rchb. fll. in v. Mohl et v. Schlechtendal Bot. Zeitg. I. c. : 

 Spatha ancipiti crassa, pedunculo valido plurifloro, bracteis trian- 

 gulis excavatis brevissimis, pedicellis in ovaria triptera sensim abeun- 

 tibus, perigonii phyllis tribus oblongis acutis, internis obovato-oblongis 

 acute acuminatis, labello basi adnalo ovali anlice subito acuto, callo 

 depresso oblongo a basi tiiscura versus in carinulam anlrorsum excur- 

 rente; gynostemio abbrevi^to crasso, androclinio triauri, auriculis late- 

 ralibus oblusangulis, nunc bilobis, auricuia media lineari, apice tri — 

 quadridentata. 



Cosia Rica: auf Spondias. v. Warscewicz. 



151. EPiDENDRUM WIDGRENII. Huc Lindl. 1. c. m. 



E. pseudobulbis teretibus diphyllis, foliis oblongis scapo subaequali- 

 bus, spatha papyracea pedunculi angulati longitudine, racemo 6— 8-floro 

 stricto, sepalis lanceolatis acuminalis, petalis ovalibus, labello subro- 

 tundo cochieato acuminato basi bicalloso secus axin costalo. 



Wild in Brazil ; Minas Geraes — Widgren 775 (v. s. sp.) — Resembles E. fragrans, 

 from which it is immediately known by the presence of a strong rib which runs 

 along ihe axis of the lip. 



152. EPIDEiNDRUM COLLARE Lindl. in Bot. Reg 1843. misc. 85. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 121.: 

 E. caulibus fusiformibus elongatis apice triphyllis, fohis coriaceis 



canaiiculatis patentibus, racemo la xo paucifloro, cuniculo ovarii elongato 

 extus manifesto, sepalis petalisque conformibus pefaloideis undulalis lan- 

 ceolatis, labello ovato obtuso undulato apice recurvo basi trilamellato, 

 lamellis Interalibus basi bilobis, clinandrii margine elevato denticulato. 



Wiid in Guatemala — Hartweg (v. v. c.) — Stems eighteen inches long , sirong, and 

 deeply furrowed. Flowers vvhite , changing to yeilow and brown as they go off 

 Anther-bed surrounded by an elevated edge , standinp: up like a collar. The cuniculus 

 of ihe ovary as prominent and conspicuous as in a Pelargonium. 

 Obs. Me judice ad Aulizea perlinet. Rchb. DI. 



153. EPIDENDRUM FRAGRANS Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. III. 1847. Bet. Mag. i. 1669. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1039. Huc Lindl. l c. 122: 



E. pseudobulbo monophyllo angusto fusiformi, foliis lanceolatis apice 

 recurvKS, scapo folio breviore, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque ovato- 

 lanceolalis acuminatis patentibus, labello subrotundo cuspidalo lineato 

 integerrimo, columnae lobo dorsali obtuso dente bifido anteposito. 



Epideudrum aemulum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1898. 



Epidendrum lineatum R. A. Salisbury stirp. 10. 

 (B) megalanthnm. Flovvers very large . wiih vivid stripes of rich crimson on the lip. 

 Wild in the Tropics of America ; Dominica — Imray ; Jamaica — Swartz ; French 

 Guiuna Leprieur 123; Surinam — Hosimann 205; Focke 127; Demerara — Schom- 

 burgk 423; Guayaquil — Jamieson ; Para - Loddiges. B. Gualemala — Skinner 

 (v. V. c. et s. sp.) — Flowers extremely fragrant, pale green or cream-colour, with 

 crimson streaks on the lip. This plant, the great range of which is indicated by the 

 above locaJities , is sul»ject lo much diversity of appearance . according lo its age 

 or ihe place in which it grows. My E. aemulum is not, I believe , even a variety, 

 bui inerely a diminutive slate. The variety B is remai kabie for its giganiic dimensions, 

 which it reiains in cultivntion ; ihe llowers are fuU four inches in diumeter, nnd iis 

 pscndobuibs and leaves, taken togetber, are sometiraes eigtheen inches long. 



Epidendrum fragrans Sw. Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. H. 20. 4000'. Mai. Barcdona. 

 Wagener. 



Obs. Me judice vulgnris planta E. aemulura Lindl. dicenda. E. fragrans Swartzii 

 mihi beoe differi. Qua de re alio loco. 



