372 ORCHinES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



duplicalis vix longioribus, sepalis rigidis striatis acutis, peLalis tilifor- 

 mibus, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus obtusis postice obsolete crenu- 

 latis, intermedia ovali obtusa basi bilamellata linea elevata interjecta 

 brevjoribus. 



Wild in Peru ; obtained by Mr. Mallhews out of the herbarium of Ruiz and Pavon, 

 preserved at Lima ; New Grenada ; in ihe province of Pamplona , near Matanzas, ai 

 the Jieight of 6000 feet ; February — Schlim 110; Mariquita — Triana 125 (v. s. sp. 

 in hb. Hooker et comm. cel. Linden). — Tbe masses of inllorescence cf ihis plant 

 are upwards of one and a half foot long. and consist of dense racemes proceeding 

 from ihe axil of falcate spathes , so as to have a great resemblance to that of sorao 

 Palm. „FIowers white and pink. Leaves thick , leathery". — Schlim. 



Epidendrum spathaceum Lindl. Bclib. til. in BonpL IL 282. Neu - Grnnada. 

 n. 1197. Schlim. 



214. EPIDENDRUM R.AWFERUM LO. 64. Bot. Reg. 1842. t. 42. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 167. : 

 E. foliis dislichis lanceolatis, spathis plurimis equitantibus oblusis 



pedunculo aequalibus, racemis terminalibus lateralisbusque divaricatis 

 multifloris, sepalis oblongis convexis obtusis petalisque linearibus mu- 

 cronulatis patentissimis, labelli sexlobi basi 2-callosi laciniis integerrimis 

 dentatisque: poslicis latioribus — intermediis linearibus — anticis linea- 

 ribus oblusis retrorsum falcatis. 



(A) Lobes of ihe lip all looihed at the point. 



(B) Back lobes of the lip rounded , others linear blunl , all entire. 



(C) luteum. Flowers bright yellow , wiih red spots and a whiter lip. Buck lobes of tbe 

 lip conQuent, plaited and lacerated. 



Wild A in Mexico — Pavon ; B and C in Demerara — Schomburgk 424 (v. v. c. 

 et s. sp.) — Someihing Iike E. nutans. Flowers greenish . marked wiih rich purplish 

 brown spots. The species varies in the amouni of tcotbing observable in its lip. In 

 the specimen originally described the divisions were perfectly entire ; in olbers they 

 are all toothed. 



In the variety C. which flowered with Mssrs. Loddiges , ihe lip is nol six - iobed, 

 but three-lobed only , with ihe middle lobe eraarginate. The lateral divisions are 

 rounded . laceraled . and crisp , like those of sorae Amphigloll. 



215. EPIDENDRUM CNEMIDOPHORUM. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 168.: 



E. spalhis plurimis foliaceis equitanlibus obtusis, racemo brevi multi- 

 floro sessili cernuo, bracteis linearibus, sepalis oblongis oblusis, petalis 

 linearibus, columna sigmoidea, labelli lobis carnosis integerrimis lobis 

 Jateralibus rotundatis intermedio cuneato bilobo rotundato, callis 2 maxi- 

 mis lineisque tribus elevatis quarurn intermedia major. 



Wild in Gualemala — Skinner (v. s sp. comm. cel. Skinner). — Leaves long . broad. 

 aculc. Spathes ten , closely imbricated , forming a sheath nine inches loog in ibe 

 specimen before me , just as in ranifcrum. Flowers fleshy in a shorl raccmc scarcely 

 longer than broad. 



216. EPIUE.NDRUM DISCOIDALE. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 169. 



E. foliis ellipticis aculissiinis, racemi brevis pedunculo spathis pluri- 

 bus equitantibus acutissimis breviorc, floribus carnosissimis, bracleis 

 minutis apice setaceis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis linearibus canali- 

 culatis, labelli transversi circularis lobulo terminali truncato callis 2 

 aculis liiieaqne intermedia elevata. 



Wild in Dominica — Dr. Iraray (v. s. sp. hb. Hooker), — Slera one to one and a balf 

 foot high. Leaves six inches long. Flowers erecl , larger iban in E. nutans , their 

 stalks an inch long. In tbe centre of ihe iip is a circular dull space , which seeras 

 to be connected with some peculiarily of colour , the nature of which cannot be de- 

 termined frora dry specimens. Much like E. Clowesii , but a aiouter plant, with nower.s 

 very much larger , and a widely different lip. 



