370 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRDM. 



nilo), partitionibiis iateialibus morft Epidendri leucocliili juxta gynoste- 

 mium, antice retusis, extrorsum semiovatis, basi alte semicordatis, an- 

 droclinio more Epidendri longiflori apice angusto bidentato. 



Caulis quadripedalis. Foiia ol)!onga apice attenuata obtuse Liloba. ..Spatha magna 

 apice acuta." Racemus cernuus muliiflorus. Bracteae lanceo cuspidatae ovariis pe- 

 dicellatis bi- ad tripollicaribus multo breviores. Sepala lanceolata acuminata. Tepala 

 triplo angustiora basi cuneata. — Bluthen so gross wie die des Epidendrum longi- 

 florum Hb. Kth. , nur sind sind die BlQlhenstieie nebst Fruchlknoten viel kurzer ; 

 Hiille griin, Lippe weiss. 6000'. Auf der Erde. Marz. Ocanna. Wagener. 



c. Spatha subsimplex. Flores panicnlati. 



206. EPIDENDRUM TOVARENSE H. G. Rchb. Linnaea XXH, p. 838. Huc Lindl. Lc. 160.: 



E. spatba brevi acuta carinata'(?) , panicula pauciflora, bracLeis minu- 

 tissimis squamaeformibus acutis, sepalis obiongis obtusis, petalis sub- 

 aequilongis basi cuneatis, labello trilobo lobis laterabbus semiovatis 

 aliquid cuneatis basi bicallosis medio cuneato rotundato antice emarginato 

 margiiie hinc inde minute denticulato. 



Wild in Colombia ; Tovar — Moritz 851 (Rchb.) — Leaves lew , raiher long, sharp- 

 pointed. Flowers while , pink on the outside. — Rchb. 

 — Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20. Caracas. 6000', Wagener. 



Obs, Huc forsan pertinebit „Epidendrum sinuosum Lindl." Regel Gartenflora H. 

 p. 324. Tab. 69.: Caule pedali apice compresso , foliis distichis elongato - lanceolalis 

 acutis, racemo terminali brevi erecto , spatha carinata oblonga compressa racemo 

 paulio breviore, bracteis minutis, sepalis lineari - cuneatis petalisque lineari -coch- 

 leariformibus margine revoluiis ; labello trilobo , lobis lateralibus semicordatis aculis 

 postice plicatis denticulatisque , lobo intermedio rotundato basi callis duobus in lineas 

 excurrentibus lineaque elevata interjecia , columna labello adnaia. — Flores albi, 

 fragrantes. 



207. EPIDENDRUM MESOMICRON. Huc Lindl. I. c. 161.: 



E. foliis brevibus obiongis obtusis, racemo basi subpaniculato e spatha 

 brevi obtusa, bracleis iinearibus acutis patulis, floribus carnosis, sepalis 

 oblongis petalisque linearibus acutis, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus 

 rotundatis serruialis intermedia parva carnosa ovata per medium obtuse 

 carinata, callis baseos 2 acutis 2que minoribus exlerioribus clinandrio 

 margine tenui cincto. 



Wild in Bolivia — Bridges (v. s. sp.) — Stem a foot long. , Leaves five inches long 

 by one inch and a half broad. F.owers when dried black and briltle. The flve calli 

 are remarkable ; that in the middle being large . deep , and reaching to the point of 

 ihe middle lobe of ihe lip . ihose next it free at ihe point , and the outer ones small, 

 but very distinct. 

 208 EPIUENDRUM AMPLEXICAULE. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 162.: 



E. vaginis scabiis, loliis oblongis amplexicaulibus acuminatis papyra- 

 ceis, panicula laxa cernua flexuosa, spalha angusla pedunculo longiore, 

 bracteis linearibns acuminalis herbaceis ovario aeqiialibus, sepalis acutis 

 lateralibus valde obliquis, petalis linearibus aculis venosis, labelli lobis 

 subaequalibus oblongis Iruncalis apice dentatis lateralibus obliquis, callis 

 2 elongalis, clinandrio integro. 



Wild in Peru; Quito — Jamieson (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Jamieson A. D. 1849). — The 



habit of ihis is almost that of some thin - leaved Evelyna. Leaves three inches and a 



hair long by one inch and three-quarlers wide. Flowers the size of E. nutans. 



209. EPIDENDRUM EXCISUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. 82, n. 14. Huc Lindl. L c. 163 : 



E. fohis lalis oblongis apice rotundalis excisis, spalha brevi iata 



