368 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRDM. 



tricariniilata, gynoslemii abbreviati crassi apice tiilobi 'lobo medio ad- 

 cendente. 



Bluthe lialb so gross , als dift des vorigen. Wagener. 



197. EPIDENDRUM GEMI.MFLORUM Humb. et Kunth Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. I. 354. LO. 

 p. 102. Huc Lindl. I. c. 155. 



E. caule repenle ramoso, foliis obloiiiiis oblusis coriaceis, peduncuio 



paucifloro e spalha pollicari orto, floribus coriaceis, sepalis lanceolatis 



acuminatis patulis mar.eine revolutis, pelalis conformibus planis, labello 



ovato cordato subcucullato trilobo; lobis lateralibus lotundalis ab inter- 



medio sinu brevi sejunctis, callis 3 linearibus elevatis intermedio minore. 



Wild in l'eni ; Pop.iyan. on ihf irunks of trees — Harlweg: Valley of Lloa — Jamieson: 



in shady mountain plares , at the hei,?ht of 7400 feet — Huniboldt and Bonpland (v. 



s. sp.) — Siem with dworf, stiff, erect side branches. Flowers middle - sized , very 



fleshy, wilh exlremely sharp - pointed divisions , yellowish green . according lo Hum- 



boldt and Ronpland. Dr. Jamieson's Lloa specimens in ihe Hookerinn Herbarium 



have broader leaves, and larger llowers , which are also more numerous than in 



those from Popayan , l)rought horae by Hartweg. 



198. EPlDEiNDRUM PORPAX Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 220. 



Juxta E. viridibrunneum Rchb. fil. pusiJlum, foliis hgulalis obtuse 

 acutis vix pollicaribus perpendicularibus, spatha oblique fissa ancipiti 

 uniflora, sepahs lateralibus gynostemio labellique ungui basi adnalis 

 IrianguHs, tepalis linearibus acutis, Jabello ovato basi ima minute bi- 

 calloso, gynostemii androclinio cucullato elevato. 



Flores illis E. piperini Lindl. paulo majores , flavi , labello rufo. Ovarium pedicella- 

 tum spatha triplo longius. Spalhae siccae rufonigrae. In monte Paniasmo in Segovia. 

 Oersted. 



199. EPIDENDRUM PEPEROMIA Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. IL 20. 



Habitu Centropetali distichi, caulibus bipollicaribus, foliis ligulalis 

 aculis distichis, spalhis 2 cucullatis retusis apiculatis, flore solilaria vix 

 cnniculato, sepalis lanceolatis acutis, lateralibus dimidiatis, tepalis an- 

 gustissime linearibus, labello toti gynostemio adnato, lamina libera cor- 

 dala rotunda emarginata, carinis 2 in basi abbreviatis. 



Blattcr V4 Zoll lang . V^ Zoll breit. Blulhe so gross . wie die des Epidendrum latila- 

 bre Lindl. Die Art konnte als ein einblulhiges Amphiglottiuni betrachtet werden. Es 

 reiht sich auch an Euepidendrum Folia 2456, ailein der kunslliche Charakter zweier 

 Scheiden entfernt es. Caracas. 5000'. Mai. Wagener. 



200. EPIDENDRUM VIRIDIBRU.NNEUM Rchb. fll. MSS. Huc: Epidendrum Centropetalum 

 Rchb. fil. in Ronpl. III. 68. 



Juxta Epidendrum megagaslrium foliis lineari -lanceolatis acutis acu- 

 minatis, spalha ancipili apiculata ostio aperto extrorsum acuta, mar- 

 gine altero reclo, labello ovali minute denticulato. 



Planta pusilla repens habitu Cpnlropeiali. Folia vix pollicaria vald e coriacea illis Sar- 

 canihi rostrali coniparanda. Spnlha suhmembranacea. Sepala lanceolnta acuta. Te- 

 pala linearia acuta. -Labellum nunc anle gynostemium obscure bicarinulatum ? Vide- 

 lur ibi impressum. — ..Ifluilien griin niit hraun." Miirz. 5000'. Ocanna. Wngener. 



201. EPIDENDRUM MEGAGASTIUUM. Hiic Lindl. I. c. 156 : 



E. caule repente raiiioso, foliis ovalo-oblongis oblusis coriaceis, pe- 

 dunculo paucifloro e spalha duplici laxa abbreviala orto, floribus valde 

 carnosis, sepalis pelalisque lanceolatis planis, labello cordato ovato cu- 

 cullalo indiviso basi 2-ldme)lato area aspera triangulari interposita, cuni- 

 culo maximo ventricoso. 



Wild in Peru ; on trces in ihe province of Chachapoyas — Mathews (v. s. sp.) — 



