RPIDRNhnUM. 



ORCHIDES. 373 



217. EPIDENDRUM CLOWESII Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. p. 16. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 170,: 

 E. foliis lanceolalis acutis racerno basi spalhaceo erecto longioribus, 



bracteis minimis mucronatis, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongo-linearibus, 

 petalis filiformibus reflexis. labelli lobis subundulatis rotundalis inter- 

 medio bilobo majore . cailis 2 minutis cum lineis duabus elevatis late- 

 ralibus conflnentibus Imea inlermedia abrupte cis apicem evanida. 



Wild in Guatemala — Baieman (v. v. c.) — Aithougli m the only specimen of tliis 

 plant which I have seen , the spathes of the peduncle are not in the leafy stale, ihat 

 i.s required for a Spathian Epidendrum , on wbich account I formerly placed it among 

 Amphiglotls, yet it has so close an affiniiy lo E. discoidale, thal I am led lo believe 

 roy specimen to be starved . and ibal the spalhes which do exist nre imperfect, in 

 which case ihey would in a more natural condition acquire a leafy cbarcCter. The 

 slera is leafy throughoul its whole length. The leaves are nearly six incbes long. 

 The raceme short wiih about fifteen llowers ; its peduncle being enctosed in several 

 equitant spathes. Flowers yeilowish white , sepals four lo flve lines long, their stalk 

 about the same lensjih. I formerly overlooked the calli , which are small and not 

 easily distinguished from ihe raised lateral lines, which proceed from them. 



218. EPIDE.NDRUM XANTIIOLEUCUM H. G. Rchb. Linn. XXII. p. 839. HucLindl. I c. 171. 

 E. spathis numerosis fastigiatis acutis, racemo recurvo multifloro, 



bracteis minutis acutis, sepalis oblongis obtusis cnneatis, sepalis linea- 

 ribus apice dilatatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis sinu obtuso 

 disjunctis a lobo medio abbrevialo cuneato antice biiobulalo, callis 2 

 maximis linea longa elevata interjecta. 



Wild in Venezuela ; at Cliachopo in ihe province of Merida ; al ibe beigbl of9000feet 

 — Funck and Schlim 852 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden). — Stem a fool and more high, 

 cloihed witb long obluse leaves. Spatbes numerous , collected in a cluster ai tbe 

 foot of the raceme , which is eight inches ong and almost parallel wilh the stem 

 down which it hangs. Fiowers yellowisb with a white lip. 



219. EPIDENDRUM HARRISONIAE Hook. in Boi. Mag. t. 3209. Huc Lir.dl. I. c. 172. 



E. caule folioso tereti, foliis elongato-obtusis cum mucrone, pedun- 

 culo flexuoso elongato spathis pluribus acuminatis vestito, racemi 7 — 8- 

 flori abbreviati nutantis axi pedunculo multo breviore, bracteis squamae- 

 formibus acutis, eepalis petalisque oblongis coriaceis obtusis his paulo 

 anguslioribus, labelli [carnosi tripartiti cordati basi bituberculati laciniis 

 lateralibus oblongis trnncatis intermedia cuneata apiculo reflexo. 

 Epidcndrum acridiforme Boolb in Bot Reg. 1845. misc. n. 12. 

 Wild in Brazil; on rocks in the Organ Mountains ; April — Gardnor 5868 (v. v. c. et 

 s. sp. in herb. Hooker). — This plant in habit and mode of growih bears some resem- 

 blance 10 E. nutans. Flowers green , sometimes touched with rcddish brown. 



§ 9. Amphiglottium Lindley in Hooker's Journal of Bot. Ili. 81 ; Bot. Reg. 

 1844. mibC. 24. Amphiglottis, Salisbury in Hort. Trans. I. 261. 



Tbe character of Ampbiglott Epidendrums cotisists in a long leafy stem wilb disiicbous 

 leaves , an absence of any tendency lo form psendobulbs, a peduncle suddenly covered 

 wilh close .shcaths. and'a lip wboHy uniied to the column. Thcy joiii ihe last section 

 of Spaihian Epidendrums through E. Harrisoniae , whicb section consists of Amphiglotls 

 in all respecis except tbat the brncts are spathaceous and herbaceous , or foiiaceous. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SECTIONS. 



Flores vere paniculati A. Polijcladia. 



Flores racemosi (raro in paniculam racemosam luxurianles.) 



Labellum indivisum B. IloJochila, 



„ lobainm. 



laciniis omnibus integris C. Schistochila integra. 



laciniis laceris. 



lobo medio laraellato D. Schiitochila carinata. 



lobo medio nudo basi bjcalloso . . E, Schislochila tuberculata, 



