362 ORCHIDES. epidendrum. 



172. F,PIDI:n|)RUM (S. Folia :kI 135) HETEHODOXUM Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. 

 ,,Caule elatiori , foliis ligulalis" spalha solitaria majuscula subscariosa, 



pedunculo flexuoso, bracteis squamosis triangulis brevissimis, ovario 

 cum pedicello pollicari , sepalo summo lineariligulato aculo, basi valde 

 allenuato, sepalis lateralibus ligulatis aculis latere inferiore curvilineis, 

 cum fepalis linea m altius inserlis ac sepalum summum, tepalis lineari- 

 bus aculis, labelli lamina libera triangula hastala obtusa raargine hinc 

 lobulalo crispulo deaticulata; carinis elevatis duabus in basi apice ab- 

 ruptis in lineas elevatas^transeuntibus. 



Der Blulhensiiel iragl einen kleinen Nebenzweig. Caracns. Wagener. 



Ei>idendrum hcterodoxum Rchb. fii. Bonpl. III. 220. Zur Diagnose hinzuziifugen : 

 caule ohuise ancipili , loliis lanceis aculis. Der Slcngel von dcr Dicke eines Ganse- 

 kicls. Die Blatler 5 — 6 Zull lang , einen Zoll breit . (Vin zvigtspiizt , unierseits pur- 

 purlleckig oder ganz purpurn. Blullieu griin , wie die des Epidendrum nuians. Die 

 Schcide scharf zweischneidig , selir spitz. Der Bluihenstand gablig, jeder Zweig trau- 

 big, seitwarls ubergeneigl. Sehr auffallend ist , wie die seillichen Sepalcn der Lippe 

 am Grunde angewachsen sind. Aus Venezuela von Herrn Handelsgartner Geiiner auf 

 den Erdbranden bei Planitz eingefiihrt. 



* * Labellum trilobum. 



173. EPIDENDRUM BRACHYGLOSSUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. Misc. 82. n. 6. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 140.: 



E. foliis lineari- oblongis apice rotundatis obliquis, racemo elongalo 

 simplici terminali nutante e spatha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto, 

 (loribus carnosis, sepalis obovatis concavis, petalis linearibus 3-veniis 

 acutis, labello brevi Irilobo iaciniis lateralibus nanis intermedia ovata 

 callis duobus lamellaeformibus luberculoque interjeclo. 

 (B) mia-otum. Leaves longer and broader. Spathe more dislinctly carinate. Lip linear, 

 wiili a pair of minute auricles. 



Wild in 1'eru; on ihe western lace of ihe Andes. near iNanegal — Hartweg; — B, 

 New Grenada in Ihe province of 0( anna . at an elevaiion of 5800 feel — Schlim 1029 

 (v. s. sp.; B conim. cel. Linden). — A slender creeping rooted plant, with small 

 llowers , and the appearence of E. adcnoglossum , but ihe leaves are narrower and 

 ihc lip has a different form The supposed variety B mny be a dlslinct species ; but 

 il is extremely like the original . and I dare not place loo moch reliance upon tbe 

 form of ibe lip , which seems as if it might be that of adenoglossum , emaciated. 



* ' * Lahellum tripartitum. 



174. EPIDENDRUM SARCODES. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 141. 



' E. caulibus strictis brevibus carnosis, fohis oblongis obtusis carno- 

 sis , spathis 1 — 2 carinatis herbaceis, racemi cylindracei erecti pedun- 

 culo spathis longiore, bracteis minutis raembranaceis, floribus coriaceis, 

 sepalis oblongis crassis obtusis, petalis membranaceis obtusis apice 

 dilatalis, labelii brevis carnosissimi lobis lateralibus rotundalis inter- 

 medio oblongo apiculato, callis 2 raaximis lineaque elevata interjecta. 



Wild in New Grenada ; near Papaquere — Purdie (v. sp. in hb. Hooker). — General 



appearance ihat of E. mancum and cylindraceum. The excessive thickness of the 



lip is peculiar. 



175. EPIDENORUM ACUTISSIMUM. Iluc Lindl. I. c. 142.: 



E. caiilibus cloiigalis, fuliis aiigustis oblongis obtusis , racemi pedun- 

 culo spatha d.uplo longiore, bracteis setaceo -acuminatis ovario vix ae- 

 qualibus, floribus carnosis, sepalis ovatis acutissime carinatis, pelalis 

 tiliformibus brevioribus, labelii caj^nosi lobo medio brevi tereti carnoso, 



