EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 301 



Wjld \n l'ern — Matlhews (v, s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — Flowers corioceous , nhout 

 twice as largo as in E. variegatum. 



168. EPIDENDRUM MANCUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. Misc. 28. H«c Lindi. 1. c. 136.: 

 E. foliis 3 — 4 oblongis oblusis carnosisioblique emar.ginalis, supre- 



mo spalhae longitudine , racemo sliiclo multifloio loliis mullo longiore, 

 floribns carnosis, sepalis subrotundo - oblongis obtusissimis, pelalis 

 spatulatis obtusissimis apice concavis, labello paivo postico carnoso 

 concavo indiviso callo magno margine membranaaeo in medio. 



Wihi in Peru; on ihe Cordillera , neac Loxa . flowering in Jnly — Harlweg:; in New 



Grenada , in ihe province of Pamplona . at the height of 9000 feet — Schlim 135 (v. 



s. sp.). ■— Flowers raiher small , orange and yellow — Hartweg; yellowspoited with 



red — Schlim. 



169. EPIDENDRUM VENTHICOSUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 86. Huc Lindl. I. c. 137.: 

 E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, raceuiis auguslis muililloris e 



spalha iineari ortis, floribus membranaceis, sepalis subaequalibus ob- 

 longis acutis, petalis filiformibus, columna ventricosa, labeilo ovato 

 cordato acutissimo basi bicalloso. 



Wild in Peru — Mathcws (v. s. sp. in bb. Hooker). — A slender plant , wilh the 

 stem about six inches up to the commencement of the spathe. Racemes from four 

 to five inches long , including the spathe which covers the whole peduncle. Flowers 

 purple , small, membranous. 



170. EPIDENDRUM SCHLIMII H. G. Reichenbach in Linnaea XXII. p, 838. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 201. : 



E. pedunculo erecto subflexuoso basi spathaceo, spatha lanceolata 

 acuta parva internodio ad florem breviore, bracteis lanceolalis acutis, 

 floribus minimis paucis erectis, ovariis valde cuniculatis, sepaiis ovatrs 

 acutis supremo cuneato, petalis linearibus apice dilatatis acutis, labello 

 transverso oblongo nunc emarginalo basi subcordato. 



Wild in Venezuela; Merida . at the height of 6500 feet ; Scptember 1846 — Funk and 

 Schlim 1049 (Rchb.). — Stem erect. Leaves half amplexicaul. Flowers pale red. Mr. 

 Reichenbach observes that ihe spaihe is quite small, and suggests that it may be not 

 a Spaihium , but an Amphiglottium. 



Huc. Eindendrum tenellum Lindl. 1. c. sub 138.: 

 E. foliis paucis Jinearibus, pedunciilo flexuoso, bractea iiiieari caii- 

 nata tenui ad ulrumque articulum, floribus 3 — 4 membranaceis, sepalis 

 oblongjs carinatis apiculatis, petalis fihformibus, iabelio subrotundo ro- 

 tundato repando basi bicalloso. 



Wild in New Grenada — Funk and Schlim 1049 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden). — 

 The smollest specics I know , not more ihan four inches high. The ihin delicate 

 bracts shorter than ihe internodes. 



Epidendnim Schlimii Rch. fll. — Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20, Cf. Linnaea sub Spa- 

 thio Lindl. Folia Orcliidacea 201 sub Amphiglottio cit. Funk , Schlim 1049. — Epi- 

 dendrum tenelhim Lindl. Folia Orchidacea 138, cit. Funk et Schlim 1049!!! (Hier- 

 uber wird aus Vorsorge unter 234 eln zweites E. Schliinii anfgesiellt, welches E. 

 socorrense heissen mag). Jaji an slehendem Wasser. Blulhe wciss mit rosa. 6000'. 

 Wagener. 



171. EPIDENDRUM ADENOGLOS.SUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. 111.86. HucLindLl.c. 139.: 

 E. foliis carnosis lineari-oblongis obtusis, racemo tlongato simplici 



terrninali e spalha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto, sepalis ovatis re- 

 ticulatis, pelalis linearibus 3-veniis aculis, labello lineari basi callis 2 

 Jamelliformibus minore interjecto instructo. 



Wild in Peru : Pangoa — Maihews (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — Flowers small, in a 

 ihin flexuose spike. 

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