EPIDfiiNDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 365 



laiis. Labellum columnae adnaiura, sepala superans. Floret Decembri. Patria 

 ignota. K. brevivenio Lindl. affloe. 

 J84. EPIDE.NDRUM BIVALVE. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 148: 



E. foliis oblongo-lariceolalis, spallia solitaria falcata carinala pedunculo 

 aequali, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis acuminatissimis, pelalis linearibus 

 deflexis, labelli lobis lateralibus semicuneatis planis, intermedio carnoso 

 lereti, lamellis baseos latissimis lobis lateralibus subaequalibus luber- 

 culo interjecto. 



Wild in Venezufla; on trpes in ihe forests of Pamplona. at tiie hcight of 9000 feet 

 — Linden 1266 (v. s. sp.) — Flowers yellow, laiger ihan in E. carneum. I believe 

 this 10 be really disiinct from ihat species , wilh which I confounded it in ihe Orch. 

 Lind. The great bivalve calli aiid terete middle lohe of the lip are peculiar. • 

 11:5. EPIDENDRUM FRIDERICI GUILIELMI Wzw. MSS. 1853. Rchb. fil. Boni^l. II. 110. 



Juxta (cui non affine) E. sinuosum, foiiis oblongis. pedunculo maxi- 

 mo, labelji laciniis laleralibus rotundatis, basi semicordatis, lacinia media 

 ligulata acuta, callis 2 rhombeis in basi. 



Frutex robustus , exaltalus, caules validi , foliosi, folia cuneato obovala obluse acu- 

 tata , spatha solitaria, laie anceps. apice oblique flssa ; pedunculus spatbam usque 

 valde floridus, vulgo rectus, nunc cernuus, bracleae triangulae angustae minutae 

 ovarium pedicellatum gynostemio ter longius , sepaium summnm ligulatum acutum, 

 sepala laieralia subaequalia margine inferiori obliqua, tepala lato - linearia acuminata, 

 labelii laciniae posticae rolundatae , dimidio inferiori posiice producto semicorda/ae 

 lacinia antica producta ligulata acuminata , calli 2 rhombei pagina inferiori longitu- 

 dinaliter unicarinata in basi, carina interposita a basi in discum. — Bluthen purpurn, 

 viermal kleiner, als die des gigantischen E. longiflorum H. B. Kth. Peru. Warscewicz. 



186. EPIDENDRUM CYLINDROSTACHYS Rchb. fll. et Warsc. in Bonpl. IL 110. 



Pone E. bivalve pedunculo tloribundo spatham longe superante, te- 

 palis apice dilatalis, labelli lobis lateralibus semilunatis, lobo medio 

 carnoso ancipiti. 



Caulis flexuosus, folia lineariligulata (7 pollices longa , 11 lata) obtusa ajiiculala in- 

 ferne carinata , spatha anceps angusta apice oblique rotundaia (— 6 - pollicaris), nunc 

 supraddita altera , pedunculus nudus erectus , ceterum incurvato cernuus , valde 

 Iloridus , bracteue lineaiiacutae brevissimac, Doresparvi, cbartacei , sepalum sum- 

 mum cuneatoligulatum acuium , sepala lateralia longitudinaliter semielliptica subfal- 

 cata , reversa , tepala a basi angustissime lineari dilalata obtusa , labelli lobi lalera- 

 los semilunali , posi gynosteraii androcliniura inserti (ex sicco oblique ceiitrum ver- 

 sus , ascendeiitia) , lobus medius carnosus , anceps , apposiio ulrinque callo parvo 

 sub androclinio , androclinium marginatum , crenulatum. — Bliithen fasl so gross, 

 wie die des Epidendrum cyliiidraceum Lindl. JNeu - Granada. Warscewicz. 



187. EPIDE.NDRUM CORMUTUM Lindl. iii Hooker's Journ. Hl. 86. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 149 



E. loliis gramineis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, racemo elongato 

 cylindraceo cernuo, sepalis linearibus acuminatis striatis, petalis fili- 

 formibus, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus nanis rolundatis intermedia 

 lereti cornuta basi 3-callosa. 



VVild in l'eru — Mattbews 1895; New Granada , Boca del Monle , between Bogata and 

 tlie village of Tena — Hartweg 1420 (v. s. sp.) — The PiTUvian plant is rnore slender 

 and smaller in ail its dimeiisions tban thai froin New Grenada , but I ihink not o.lher- 

 wise dillerent. The iwo spatbaceous bracts are acuminala , as long as tbe peduncle. 

 Flowers wbite , very Iragrant. 



Huc ; Epidendrtim cornulum Lindl. Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 110: 

 Aff. E. alpicolo, labelli lobis lateralibus radianticarinulalis, callo inter 

 lobos lalerales antice truncalo libero, latere utroque carina jugosa de- 

 finito, linea carinata per lobum raedium lanceum. 



