360 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Oaxaca — Galeoili 5020; Vera Cruz — Id. 5161; Guateraala — Skinner (v. v. c. et 

 8. sp.) — Allied to E. cocblealum; it has the same bahii, but the pseudobuibs are 

 strongly ribbed at the side . and the lip has ihe margin crisp and crenaled, The 

 flowers are pale pea-green , with the excepiion of tlie lip , wich is siriaied wiih bright 

 deeper purpie rays. 



164. EPIOENDRUM CHOiNDYLOHOLBON Kich. and Galeotli Orch. Mex, n. 43. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 13t: 



E. ..pseiidobulbis oblongis compressis basi articulatis 3— 4-phyllis, 

 foliis lanceolato-linearibus obtusis, flor. luteis violaceo- lineatis, labello 

 breviter unguiculato cordato apice longe acuminato acutissimo". 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



165. EPIDE.NDRUM M.^RMORATUM Rich. and GaleoUi Orch. Mex. n. 44. Huc LindL 

 i. c. 132 : 



E. ..pseudobuibis oblongo-fusiformibus articulatis, foliis ellipticis ob- 

 longis, scapo terminali dependente, flor. violaceis, labello adnato con- 

 vexo orbiculari emarginato costalo". 



Wiid in Mexico — Galeotti. 



166. EPIDENDRUM AVICULA Lindl, in Hooker's Journal III. 85. Huc Lindl. 1, c. 134. 

 E. ramulis pseudobulbosis diphyllis, foliis ovatis planis margine laevi- 



bus panicula tomentosa multo brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis aculis 

 tomentosis, petaiis iinearibus, labello acuto subrhombeo basi bicalloso. 



Wild in Brazil; Organ mountains . forming' dense tufts on the stems and branches 

 » of irees; -April — Gardner 625 (v. s. sp.) — Leaves about an inch long. Panicle 



belween three and four inches. Flowers small . when seen from the back notunlike 



a little bird in full flight. 



(§ 8. Sectio Lanii inter Epidendra foliosa et pseudobulbosa divisa. 

 Have pia anima! Erant E. raicrophyllum Lindl. n. 133. et E. 

 Avicula Lindl. n. 134.) 



§ 8. Spathium. Lindley in Hooker^s Journal of Botany, \\\. 81. Bot. 

 Reg. 1844. Misc. 82. 



This division is distinguished by iis stem being slender , leafy , and erect , its flowers 

 placed on a long peduncle , which proceeds from a spaihe consisting of one or more 

 equitant bracis , and by its Inlielium heing wholly attached to the corolla. U differs 

 from Aulizeum in its stem being covered wHh leaves , and riot pseudobulbous with two 

 or three leaves at the end only. li is very near Amphigloltium , from which it is distin- 

 guished by ihe branches not being excessively lenglhened and covered wilh close pres- 

 sed scales below the flowers. In iheir siead there is usually a lonjr sheathing spothe, 

 like Ihat of Calllfya , out of which the inflorescence proceeds : occasionally there are 

 several of such spathes , as in ibe second seclion of the foHowing etMtmeraiion , which 

 is only known from Amphigloliium by the s|)athe8 being large and herbaceous inslead 

 of dry and membranous. 



a. Spatha subsiaiplex. Fiores lacemosi. 

 * Labellum indivisum. 



167. EPIDENDRUM GRANDIFLORUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 111.86. Huc Lindl. 1. c 135.: 

 E. foliis distichis ensilormibus oblusis, racemo denso terminali basi 



flexuoso e spalha duplici orto, sepalo dorsali ovali lateralibus duplo 

 latioribus dimidiatis, pelalis linearibus, labello snbrolundo cordato e- 

 marginato margine postico crispo venis baseos 2 elevatis. 



