EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 371 



coriacea pedunculo longiore, floribus laxe paniculatis, petalis filiforraibus, 

 labello basi bicalloso laciniis lateraiibus cordatis obsolete crenulatis, inter- 

 raedia lineari divergenti cuneata retusa. 



(B) grandiflorum. Flowers with all the parts larger and broader. 



Wild in Peru; on ihe ascent to Sotara . near the village of Tortoro in Popayan — 

 Harlweg; B. rocky banks . Chachapoyas — Mathews 3182; Santa Martha — Purdie 

 (v. s. sp. ; B. in hb, Hooker). — This is much like E. floribundnm , of which il has 

 the habii, but it has a great sheathing spathe. The variety B sometimes forms great 

 horizontal cucullate spalhes , not unlike those of E. spathaceum ; this is observable in 

 Purdie's specimens. 



210. EPIDENDRUM MODESTUM Rchb. fll. et Warscew. in Bonpl. l\. 110. 



Aff. E. exciso spathis rainoribus, inflorescentia compacta, labello tri- 

 lobulo, lobulis posticis semirotundis basi alte cordatis lobo raedio ligu- 

 lato brevi retusiusculo, linea media carinata, additis utrinque carinulis 

 2 in basi. 



Folia coriacea oblonge attenuata obtusiuscula , spaihae ancipites profunde flssae apice 

 carinato cucullatae , 3 — poUicares, panicula pauci- et longius ramosa , rarai poly- 

 anthi , bracteae lineares minutissimae , sepala ligulata acuta . lateralia margine infe- 

 riori obliqua , lepala ab angustissima basi linearia, validissime uninervia . labellum 

 trilobatum , lobuli postici semirotundati basi alte semicordati , margine minute deoti- 

 culaii. sinus inier illos ac lobum medium obtusanguli , lobus medius brevis ligula- 

 tus, retusiuscuius cum apiculo , calli ancipites obtusi erecti 2 in basi, addita cari- 

 nula minutissima utrinque. hnea media carinata. — Vom Ansehen des E. excisum 

 Lindl., weiches ganz breite. stumpfe . mehr lederartige Blatter . grossere , auch 

 mehr lederartige Scheiden , eine schlaffe Inflorescenz und eine ganz verschiedene 

 Lippe zeigt. Peru. Warscewicz. 



d. Spathae plures imbricatae. 



211. EPIDENDRUM RAPHIDOPHORUM. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 164. 



E. foliis oblongis obtusis, racemo crasso pendulo spathis pluribus 

 maximis foliaceis Tongiore, bracteis rigidis acicularibus inferioribus aequa- 

 libus, sepalis coriaceis oblongis lateralibus abrupte acuminatis, petalis 

 linearibus reflexis, labelli lobis lateralibus acinaciformibus obsolete denti- 

 culatis intermedio oblongo truncato apiculato apice concavo, callis 2 

 lineaque intermedia. 



Wild in the Caraccas; thc Silla . at the height of 6500 feel — Funck and Schlim 182; 

 same place , at the entrance of the Paramo de los Conisos . .. .? 1180 (v. s. sp 

 comm. cel. Linden). — A strong coarse plant , with the habit of E. nutans , but 

 distinct in its great spatiies and long slifi"needle-Iike bracts. Flowers white , according 

 to Fuuck and Schlim , flesh-coloured according to my n. 1180, procured by the same 

 unknown coHector as he, who obtained E. sinuosum. 



212. EPIDENDRUM OCHRIODES. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 165. 



E. spathafoliacea peduncuio longiore, racemo denso multifloro nutante, 

 bracteis minutis setaceis, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis cuspidatis, 

 petalis linearibus, labelli trilobi laciniis subintegris, laciniis lateralibus 

 rotundatis interraedia retusa cuneata, callis 2 conspicuis lineaque inter- 

 jecta obsolela. 



Wild New Grenada; at Matanzas, in Pamplona , at the elevation of 7000 feet; Nov. 

 — Schlim 136 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden). — A plant wilh the habit oi E. nutans; 

 the flowers are not panicled, but in a dense cylindrical raceme six inches long, and 

 there is a large herbaceous spathe at its base. Flowers pale violet. 



213. EPIDENDRUM SPATHACEUM Lindl. in Hooker'3 Journ. HL 85. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 166. : 

 E. racemis alternis densissimis pendulis spathis foliaceis falcatis con- 



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