EPIDENDKUM. 



ORCMIDES. 3W 



acuminatis pedicellis conlorlis subaequalibus, sepalis oblongis basi an- 

 gustalis, petalis fililormibus, labelli quadrilobi laciniis poslicis brevibus 

 rotundalis, onticis linearibus divaricatis, callis 2 elongalis costisque 3 

 crassis axin labelli occupantibus, colunina apice carnosa utrinque biJoba. 



(A) Leaves oljlong, six inclies hy one and a qiiarter. 



(B) Leaves linear oblong , six inclies l>y half an inch. 



Wild in New Greiiaila; province of Mariauita — Triana 127 (A) 136 (B) (v. s. sp. comm. 



cel. Lintlen). — Very like E. paniculatnm , but with a more erect panicle , with stiffer 



hranches, longer and stilfer hracls , and mucii shorter llowers. Ils polleuniasses are 



four, acuminate, anJ uuequal , the inner of each pair not being one third the size 



of the olhers ; to each pair is a single replicate slrap , proceding from the blunt end 



of the masses. This is very like what Mr. H. G. Reichenbach takes as ihe raain 



feaiure of his genus Pseudepidendrum. 



m EPIDENDRUM LAXUiM Popp. el Endl. N. G. el Sp. IL p. 2. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 176.: 



E. ..caulibiis repenlibus adscendentibus ancipilibus, foliis lanceolato- 



oblongis aculis, panicula lerminali elongata laxa multiflora, sepalis ereclis 



subaequalibus ianceolatis acutis, labelli columna tiiplo longioris ovalis 



subcordati apice breviter trifidi nudi laciniis integerrimis intermedia 



majore acutiore. 



Wild in Peru ; on trees in woods on the eastern subandine slope , at the farm of 

 Cuchero , in February — Poppig. — Stems above a foot high on a long creeping 

 rhizome. Leaves seldom more ihan ihree on each , with a spiny point. Panicle a 

 foot long or more. Flowers srnall , pale green. 



229. EPIDENDhUM PORPHVREUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 86. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 177.: 

 E. loliis disticliis oblongis aculissimis, squamis spathaceis dense im- 



bricatis acuntinatis pedunculo longioribus, panicula simplici multiflora, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis lateralibus falcatis, petalis lineari-spathulalis, 

 labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus rotundalis intermedia quadrata bidentata: 

 disci axi elevala apicem versus bicallosa basi bicornuta. 



Wild in Peru ; on trees in the .^ndes of Popayan — Hartweg ; woods on the eastern 

 side of Pichiricha , ai an elevation of 7000 feet — Jamieson (v. s. sp.) — very like 

 E. paniculatuni ; but abundantiy dislinct in the customary calli being long and horned, 

 and in ihe presence of iwo supplemental calli on each side ihe main rib of the lip. 

 Flowers larger than in E. paniculalum , deep orange red or purple. 



230. EPIDEiNDRU.M FUMKII H. G. Reichenb. in Linn. XXII. 839. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 178.: 

 E. panicula multiflora , bracteis brevissimis lanceolatis obtusis, sepalis 



oblongis acutis, petalis cuneatis apice obtuse trilobis, labelli trilobi lobis 

 iateialibus oblongis latere externo retusis denticulatis, medio cuneato 

 antice retuso, callo bicruri in basi lamella erecta interposita. 



Wild in Pamplona; at an elevation of 7500 feei; January 1847 — Funck and Schlim. 

 1436. — Leaves rather long. sharp - pointed with wide sheaths. Flowers whitish» 

 tinged with violet. — Rchb. It does not seem clear in Mr. Reicheul)ach's mind whether 

 this is an Amphiglott or not. I cannot find any species to which the definilion applies. 

 Huc : Epidendmm Funkii Rclih. fll. 1849. — Rchb. 111. in Bonpl. IIL 68. Diese 

 PUanze begriiiidet noch eiiiiye Zweifel, zumal weder von E. IJIepharisle Rark. , noch 

 von E. brochycladium Lindi. Originale vorliegen. — Die Pflanze von Pamplona 1436 

 hat einen am Giunde spindelformig trugknolligen Stamm , web her an Schomburgkia 

 erinnert und ware so zu beschreiben : caulis basi fusiformi pseudobulhosus, superne 

 foliosus. Folia sicca pergamenca basi cunneata oblongo - lanceolaia 8 pollicaria, 



prope duos pollices lata. Inllorescenlta elongata, Apex Rami lalerales cur- 



vuli. Rracieae iriangulae acutae ovariis pediccllaiis breviores. Pedicelli minule velu- 

 tini. Perigonia abbreviata. Sepaia oblonga acuia carinata , laleralia falcata. Tepala 

 spatulata npire irilobula. Labellum iransversum irilobum : lobi laierales ligulali exlus 

 VI. 4y 



