EPIDENDRDM. 



ORGHIDES. 367 



Wilfl in Veneziiela ; cool places in ibc woods of the Sieira Nevada of Merida , in 

 January — Moritz 1069. — Stems very strong. Leaves longish . acute. Flowers 

 brown. — Hchb. 



Epidendnim Klolzschiuntim Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. Caracas. VVagener. 



192. EPIDENDRUM PAHVIFLORUM Fl. Peruv. Sysi. 245. LO. n. 68. Huc Lindl. I. c. 152. 



E. caule stiiclo giacilliino, ioliis membranaceis iineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, racemi furcati tenuis pedunculo spatha angustissima breviore, 

 sepalis coriaceis, petalis filiformibus, labelli trilobi laciniis integris, late- 

 ralibus rotundatis, intermedia divaricatim biioba, venis 3 elevatis. 



Wild in Peru ; Jambrasbamba — Matthews, 1900 (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — The 

 slenderest species of this group. Stems not thicker than a knitting needle , about 

 one foot high. Spathe about two inches long, extreraely narrow and flne-pointed. 



193. EPIDENDRUM ARMENIACUM Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 1867. Huc Lindl. I. c. 153. 



E. caulibus teretibus erectis, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis aculis sub- 

 plicatis, racemis pedunculatis cylindraceis nutantibus, bracteis setaceo- 

 acuminatis, sepalis patulis ovalis acutis, petalis setaceis, labelli sub- 

 cucullati laciniis lateralibus rotimdatis, intermedia ovata acuminata, callo 

 magno oblongo integro acuto in discum. 



Encijclia macroslachya Poppig antl Endl. N. G. et Sp, 2. t. 114. 

 Wild in Peru; on trees near Cuchero ; flowering in December — Poppig; in Brazil 

 — Miers (v. v. c. et s. sp. in hb. Miers). — Flowers small . apricot - coloured , in a 

 slender drooping spike. Leaves sometimes grassy , sometimes lanceolaie. 



b. Spatlia subsimplex. Flores subumbeilali. 



194. EPIDENDRUM SCUTELLA Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. 82. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 154. 

 E. foiiis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis disticiiis, spatiia brevi iata acinaci- 



formi pedunculo aequali, racemo umbellato paucifloro, sepalis petalisque 

 lanceolatis, iabello oblongo cordato plano obsolete bicalloso. 



Wild In Peru; in the woods of Guayan , on^the western siope of Pichincba, near 

 Quito — Hartweg (v. s. sp.) — Fiowers greenish yellow , very large. Lip fuU an inch 

 long. Spathe very broad , aboul an inch and lialf long. Lip an inch and half long. 

 — Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. Merida. Herr Wagener fand es nie mehrbliithig 

 wie Herr Hartweg. 



195. EPIDENDRUM LAGOTIS Hchb. fil. in Bonpl. IH. 68. 



Aff. Sculellae tepalis cuneato- oblongis obtusiuscule acutis, labelio ob- 

 longo basi cordato ba^^i liilobulo calloso. 



Caules adsunt quadri - ad quinquepollicares. Foiia carnosa oblonga utrinque altenuata 

 apice obtusaio nunc reiusiuscula. (7 in caulc, an ranio?). Spatha basi angustata 

 apice acuta , utrinque e.xlrorsuiii curvata. Pedunculus a spatha obtectus; biflorus. 

 Ovaria pcdicellaia pollicaria (rugulosa , quod ex exsiccaridi niethodo videiur exortum). 



Sepala cuneata oblonga , acutiuscula. Tepala subaequalia apice paulo latiora. 



Bluthe nur halb so gross wie die des Epidendrnin Scutella Lindl. , „grun**. „An 

 Biiumen. Marz." Ocanna. Wagener. 



196. EPIDENDRUM TENAX Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. H. 20. 



Cauie tripollicari gracilento valido , verruculoso, bifolio, vaginis bre- 

 vibus , laminis imeari ligulatis (2 pollices iongis , supra basin dilatalis, 

 y, pollicem lalis) apice microscopice serrulalis, spatiia magna coriacea* 

 ancipiti a latere dorsali recta, latere aperto seinilunata, flore solilario, 

 brevipedunculalo, prope ecuniculato (albo ex sicco) , sepalis lineariligu- 

 latis apice obtuse acutis, tepalis subaequalibus linearibus, labelli iamina 

 libera cordata oblongoligulata acula , basi anlecolumnari obsoletissime 



