364 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Wild in Peru ; Pichincha ai 10,000 feel of elevalion — Jamieson , 817 (v. s. sp. in 

 hb. Hooi\er). — Flowers ilie size of E. corjmbosiim , appareotly pale green. The 

 short veiiis whicb never leach ihe poinl of the parls to whlch ihey belong are verv 

 peculiar. 



181. EPIDKNUKUM TRINIT.\TIS l.indl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. &i. Huc Lindl. I. c. 146: 

 E. caulibns loliosis ancipilibus, foliis elongalis Jineari-lanceolalis glau- 

 cescentibus oblusis oblique emarginatis, racemo terminali nulante pe- 

 dunculalo basi spatha heibacea equitanti, sepalis imeari - lanceolatis, 

 petalis piliformibus, labelli lobis lateraiibus acutis concavis denliculalis 

 intermeiiio lineari -Janceolalo acnminato basi 3-calloso. 



Wild in Trinidad — Garden report ; Santa Martha , Alolina Rio Hacho — Pudie (v. 



V. c. et s sp.) — Flowers small , in a long racenie , pale greenish yellow , wilh a 



deep apriiol-yellovv lip. Ii appears froiu Purdie's spe«juieus in Sir W. Hooker's her- 



bariuni lo form particularly loiig thick roots. 

 18"^. EPIDENDRUM CARNEU.\1 Lindl. Orch. Linden n. 49. Huc Lindl, I. c. 147: 



E. loliis oblongis obtusis, spatha solitaria recla carinala pedunculo 

 aequali v. breviore, racemo nutante, bracleis membranaceis setaceis, 

 sepalis laleraUbus lanceolalis acuminatis, petalis tiliformibus, iabelli 

 lobis laleralibus subrolundo-cuneatis planis inlermedio carnoso lineari 

 acuminato basi trilamellato. 



Wild in Venezuela; terreslrial in the forests of Jaji , in liie province of Merida, a. 

 the height of 5000 leel; August — Linden 675 (v. s. sp.) — Flowers smaller than in 

 E. hivalve, yellow , with a llesh - coloured lip , arranged.-in a nodding racenie from 

 three to four inches»long. 



— Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. HI. 68.: 

 Aftine Epidendro parvilabio labelli partitionibus laleralibus semiovatis 

 anlice acutiuscuhs basi semicordatis, partitione medio acuminata, cari- 

 nis duabus semiovatis basi conliguis in disco, carinula antice inlerjecta 

 in parlilione media evadente , partitionibus laleralibus juxtu carinas 

 medianas incrassalis. 



Caulis snrsum pseudobulbosus niore Epidendri clavati. Vaginae scariosae , folia ge- 

 niina lanceolata acula. Spatha inembranacea acuta. Pedunculus racemosus plurillorus 

 patulus seu cernuus. Bracieae subulatae ovariis pedicellatis quaier aut quinquies 

 breviores. Sepela carnosula lanceolata acuminata. Tepala lineari -suhulaia. Gyno- 

 sicmiuni utrinque apice sinuosum. Ocanna. 5000'. Wagener. 

 183. ? EPIDENDRON FLAVO-VIRENS Rgl. (£. dcimfloro affme H. Pelrop.) Ind. sem. 

 hort. Peirop. 1855 et Lein. XXVII. p. 371, — Spathium , a. Spalha sim|de.\. Flores ra- 

 cemosi. Labellum iriparlitum. (Lindley fol. orchid.). 



Caule simplici subtereti, lohis ligulato-oblongis, apicera versus atte- 

 nuato-acutis; pedunculo spathis 2 aculis equitantibus paullo longiore; 

 bracteis membranaceis, ovario quadruplo bievioribus, lanceolatis aculis; 

 racemo cernuo (6-floro), foliis supiemis breviore; sepalis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, basin veisus cuneatis, apiceaculis, 4-veniis, lateralibus valde 

 obliquis; petalis tiliformi -spalhulalis, sepalis paullo minoribus; labelli 

 lobis laleralitus falcato -oblongis Iruncatis, intermedio abbreviato in lo- 

 bulos duos divergentes subtriangulares oblusos expanso; callis duobiis 

 basilaribus auriculaeformibus, costisque tribus elevalis labelli axin 

 occupantibus. 



Caulis 2 — 3-pedalis, 4 lineas crassus, foliisque lacte viridibus. Folia disticha , ad 

 9 pollices longa, 1'/^ pollices lata. Racemus foliis brevior. Spatha inferior foliacea, 

 anceps, ligulato - oblonga , subfalcaia , acuta , pedunculuni subaequans, spatha supe- 

 rior membranacea. Bracieae parvae, vix sesquilineam longae. Flores llavo - viren- 

 les , sepalis peialisque incurvo - paieutibus, aepalis Vj pollices longis , lineas 'i 



