358 ORCHIDES. 



EPID£NDRUM. 



154. EPIDENDRUM LAMnDA Lind., Rchb. fll. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. U. 281. 



Affine Epidendro fragranli Sw. labello cordalo trianoulo acuto, lineis 

 in basi tribus velulinis, columnae denle poslico simplici. 



Pseudobulbus apice angustus. Foliura lanceolntum curvalum aculura bene coriaceum. 

 Spaiha anceps acula. Racenius pauciflorus. Sepaia lanceo acuta. Topala oblongo- 

 fcinceolata acuia latiora. Labelli lineae baseos exteriores subplicatae. Perigoniura 

 Oaveolum , lineae violaceae radiantes in labelio , multae apice furcatae litteram grae- 

 cam Lambda simulant. Fiores illis Epidendri fragrantis mediani aequales, — Ocanna. 

 Walder. 6-7000'. Juni. n. 744. Schlim. 



155. EPIDENDRUM (0. Folia ad n. 130.) CHACAOENSE Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 20. 

 Pseudobulbis pyriformibus diphyllis, foliis oblongo-li.gulatis aculis 



basi attenualis, pedunculo crasso 2 — 3 pollicari, bivaginalo quinque- 

 floro, bracteis vaginaeformibus acutis, sepalis oblongo lanceolatis acutis, 

 tepalis cunealo obovatis aculis, labello ovalo acuto cochleato, basi gy- 

 nostemii adnato. callo sericeo bilobo a basi in discum, gynosteraio ab- 

 breviato crasso, fovea sligmatica semilunata, androclinio trilobo, lobis 

 lateralibus falcatis erectis, medio poslico minulo cum appendiculo 

 lineari. 



Bluihen so gross. wie die des E. radiatum, Hulle grun. Lippe weiss mit Purpur- Langen- 



streifen. Caracas. 3000'. .Marz. Wagener. 



156. EPIDENDHUM GLUMACEUM Lindl. in Bot Re g. 1840. t. 6. Huc Lindl. l c. 123: 



E. pseudobulbis ovalis apice angustatis diphyllis, foliis anguste* ob- 

 longis patentibus, racemo terminali cylindraceo e spaihis glumaceis 

 erumpente, sepalis linearibus petalisque lineari- lanceolatis acuminatis- 

 simis, labello obovato acuminato convexo integerrimo basi calloso. 



VVild in Brazil ; on the branches of Vellozia candida , on the summit of ihe Pedro 



Bonito Mouniain, common — Gardner 243; Equader — Sinclair (v. v. c. et s. sp. in 



hb. Hooker). — This has ihe liabit and sweet odour of E. fragrans , from which it 



dilfers in ihe colour of its flowers , which are white, tinged wiih pink , and slriped 



with rose, in the long tapering flgure of the flower - buds , caused by the peculiar 



form of the sepals and petals , and in ihe shape of the lip , which is convex, nol 



concave , obovaie . and acuminate. 



* 57. EPIDENDRUM INVERSUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. raisc. 135. Huc Lindl. I. c. 124. 



E. pseudobulbis diphyllis eloneatis compressis, foliis oblongo-Ioralis, 



obtusis, spica terminali sub-6-flora basi spalhacea, bracteis brevibus 



ovatis acuminatis, ovario triquetro, sepalis pefalisque patenlibus lineari- 



lanceolalis convexis siibaequalibus, labello ovalo acuminalo basi laevi 



medio sulcato callis 3 obsolelis, columna obtuse 3-dentata, antherae 



cardinis appendice oblonga denticulata. 



Wild in Brazil ; on ihe Crescentia — Martius ; in the Minas Geraes — Widgren 776 



(v. V. c. et 3. sp.) — Flowers slraw - coloured , with a few purple streaks on the 



column and at tbe base of the lip ; a heavy not very pleasani smell , somcthing like 



that of Glechoma , is peculiar to it. It dilfers from E. glumaceum in the colour and 



small size of its Hovcrs , and I believe in the calli of the lip , but the specimens of 



ihai phmi at my disposal do not enable nie to describe ihem accuralely. The species 



are , howcver , no doubt disiinct. — Cf. G. Chronicle 1852. 440, 



158. EPIDENDRUM CaLAMARIUM Lindl. in Boi. Rfg. 183H. misc. 163. Huc Lindl. I c. 125. 



E. pseudobnlbis teretibus ovalibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus planis 



abrupte aculis, racemo simplici erecto, bracteis minutis acuminatis, 



sepalis palentissimis linearibus acutis apice recurvis, pelalis angustio- 



ribus subspathulalis, labello postico subrotundo aculo convexo basi pu- 



bescente, callo duplici lato apice confluente. 



Wild in Brazil ; Organ Mouniains , on the siems and branches of irees in large clustfirs; 



