376 ORCHIDES 



EPIDENDRDM. 



res lineares oblusatae; lobus anlicus iigulatus apice retuso hinc crenulato biiobulus. 

 Gynosteniium bene ampliatum. pro genere latum. Iraru. 9000'. Oersted. — Rchb. 

 fll. Xenia I. Tub. 48. I. 1-4. 



t f Labellum adnaliim. 



A. POLYCLADIA. 4 • 



a. Panicula effusa pyi;imidalis. 



225. EPIDENDRUM NUTANS Swariz Fl. Ind. Occ. I. 1499; Hooker Exot. Bot. I. t. 50. 

 LO. u. 44. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 173.: 



E. loliis oblongis disliclus umlulalis oblusis, paiiicula divaricata nutanle 

 muUiflora ramis basi spathaceis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis petalisque 

 lineari-lanceolatis obtusis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus sub- 

 rolundis, intermedio transverso truncato apiculato basi bicalloso venis 

 tribus elevatis. 



(B) di\)us. Middle lobe of llie lip divided into two linear arras. Flowers brownish green 

 wiih a white lip. 



Epidcndrnm dipuft Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845. t. 4. 

 Wild in ibe VVest Iiidies ; mountains on the west of Jamaica — Swartz ; B. Brazil in 

 rocky places — Von iMartius (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — Flowers sweet - scented in the 

 evening. qiiite green in general , bui brown-green and white in B., which has a shoner 

 and more compact inCorescence , and a differently shaped lip , but which 1 do not 

 now regard as a species. 



226. EPIDENDRUM PANICULATUM Fl. Peruv. Syst. p.243. LO. 61. Huc Lindl. L c. 174.: 

 E. toliis oblongis acuminatis, pedunculo vaginis acuminalissimis mem- 



branaceis vestilo, panicula composita divaricata, bracteis pedicello bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis oblongis. petalis filiformJbus, labelli quadrilobi laciniis 

 posticis brevibus semicordatis obtusis: anticis linearibus divaricatis, callis 

 duobus lineisque 3 brevibus elevatis contiguis. 



Epidendrum laeve Lindt. in Bot. Reg. 1844. p. 17. 



(B) longicrure. Leaves very acuminate. Front lobes of lip very long and falcate. 



(C) cuspidatum. Leaves obtong , suddenly cuspidate. 



Wild in Peru ; Popayan — Hartweg : New Grenada — Funck and Schtim 1448; Schlim 

 68; Venezuela — Funck and Schlim 732; Caraccas -Linden616; B Peru — Maclean; 

 Bolivia — Bridge.'» ; C. Peru — Matthews (v. s. sp.) — A noble species ; its panicle, 

 which is eight or nine inches long and nearly a foot broad , being crowded with 

 tlowers. It is common all over tropical South .America , varying with a more or tess 

 dense inflorescence , and in the colour of the flowers, which are soid to be green 

 with a white lip (732). or lilac (68 and 1448). and very sweei-scented. The roughness. 

 which is found on the sepals of some specimens seems to be arcidental. The two 

 most striking forms, that I have seen are tlie varielies B and C. 



ICptdendrum lueve Lindl. Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. 11. 110. Wir glauben . dass das E. 

 syringaellorum Wzw. in litt. in die reiche Formenreihe dieser Art gehort , von der 

 wir doch vermuthen mochten , dass sie sich ges^^n die neuere Ansicht als verschie- 

 dcn von E. paniculatum Ruiz , Pnv. ausweiseu wird. E. paniculaiuin kennen wir nur 

 in Exemplaren von Hartweg und Huiz : die selbst beim Abbluhen gedrangie Rispe und 

 die Hauiiigkeiten an den Kielcn der Perigonnerven auf der .\nssenseile scheinen uns 

 constant. — Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 282. Bluthen lita. Sehr aromalisch. Pamptoiia : 

 la Baja. 8000'. 1849. n. 1174. Schtim. 



227. EPIDENDRUM FASTIGIATUM. Huc Lindt. 1. c. 175.: 



E, ioliis anguale oblongis uciilis, pedunculo vagiiiis acuminalis mem- 

 branaceis vestito, panicula composita rigida pvramidali. bracteis rigidis 



