EPIDENDRDM. 



ORCHIDES. 359 



April — Gardrier 624. 5869 (v. v. c. el s. sp.) — Flowers pale, wliole - coloured, 

 yellowish green . wiih flve small violet spots at the base of Ihe lip. Not fragrant. 

 A sraall twoleaved plant , four or five inches liigh. 



159. EPFDE.NDRUM TRIPUNCTATUM Huc Lindl. I. c. 126: 



E. pseudobiilL»is ovalibus diphyllis, foliis angusle loratis recurvis 

 scapo longioribus, racemo paucifloro, bracteis minulis, sepalis linearibus 

 acuminatis, petalis angusLioribus, labello lanceolato plano basi pubescente, 

 callis 2 clavatis sulcisque 3 utrinque, columnae lobis anticis acutis. 



Wild in Brazil — Loddiges (v. v. c.) — Much like E. cnlamarium. Flowers yellowlsh, 

 with three deep purple spots in front of the calli , and two or three smaller on each 

 side above the furrows of ihe lip. 



160. EPIDENDRUM ATTENUaTUM. Huc Lindl. I. c. 127: 



E caule basi ramoso in pseudobulbos tenues angustos monophyllos 

 diviso, folio lineari -lanceolalo racemo tenui spicaeformi duplo breviore, 

 bracteis subulatis, sepalis linearibus membrauaceis acutis, dorsalireflexo, 

 petalis liliformibus, labello ovato cordato basi bisquamato tuberculo 

 inlerjecto, ovario la.senaeformi. 



Wild in Venezuela; Truxillo , at the Aguas de Obispo , ai the height of 9000 feet; 



August — Funck and Schlim 734 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden). — The habit is that 



of E. iransparens Flowers sranll , membranous , wilh rcddish petals and a yellow 



lip. on which are flve strorigly mnrked forked dark veiris. 



161. EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM Linn. Jacq. Ic. Rar. IH. t. 605, Bot. Mag. t. 572. LO. 

 p. 97. Huc Lindl I. c. 128. 



E. pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis obiongis acutis 

 subundulalis, sepalis petalisque paulo augustioribus lineari-lanceolatis 

 reflexis, iabello postico cordato cochleato subrotundo basi bicallaso, co- 

 lumna nana, clinandrii lobo dorsali obtuso dente lineari bifido anteposito. 



(B) paUidum. Stains on the lip very faint. 



Anacheilium cochlealum Hoffmgg. in Linnaea XVI, 229. 

 Wild in ihe West Indies. wliere it is common ; in Mexico , near Zacuapan etc. — 

 Galeotti 5107 (v. v. c. et s sp.) — Leaves broad, deep green , in pairs upon an 

 ovai furrowed pseudobulb. Sepals and petals green, Lip gi een , bordered with purple 

 and deeply stained with the same colour below the middle. 



Epidendrum cochleatum L. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. IL 20. Caracas. Wagener, 



162. EPIDENDRUM LANCIFOLIUM Pavon. LO. p. 98. Bot. Reg. 1842. t. 50. Huc LindL 

 1. c 129. 



E* pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis teretibus, foiiis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutiusculis, racemo brevi, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis 

 reflexis, labello cordato oblato-ovato cochleato basi tricostato. 



Wild in Mexico — Hnriweg (v v. c.) — Like E. cochlealum ; but sepals and petals 

 shorter aiid broader, and lip regulat:ly cochleate, wiiliout a lendency to lobing at 

 ihe edge. Flowers pale green ; lip raarked wilh deep crimson radiating streaks, 



163. EPIDENDRUM RaDIATUM Lindl. in Rot. Reg. raisc. 1841. n, 123 ; 1844, t, 45. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 130: 



E. pseudobulbis ovatis compressis utrinque costatis triphyllis, foliis 

 angustis elongatis acutis, racemo denso paucifloro, ovariis triabitis, se- 

 palis lanceolatis petalisque ovalibus patentissimis , labellc^cochleato retuso 

 crenato crispo basi bicalloso pubescente, clinandrii laciniis lateralibus 

 erectis carnosis, intermedia truncafa apice serrata. 



Ei>idcndrum tnarqinalum Link. Klotz^ch and Olto Ic. Pl. t. 36. 

 ? Ejiidendrum bracleolalum Presl. Rel. Haenk. 100. LO. 5. 

 Wild in Mexico; rocks neor thc Hacienda de la Laguna ; Augusl — Schiede 11; 



