3^8 ORCHIDES. epidendkum. 



retusi denticulati transversi, lobus raeilius Cuneatus apice truncatus, denticulatus, calli 

 "2 trianguli in basi ; carinula a basi in discum. — Ein Labeiium quadiilobum , welches 

 E. 'Blepharistes besilzen soll . ist nicht vorhanden. Eher passt das E. brachycladiura 

 Lindl. 1853. — Nun aber sendete Hr. Wagener Exemplare. welclie sich auszeichnen durch 

 vollig gleiche Veihaltnisse, doch sind die Blatter viel schmaler (kaum ^inenZolli). Die 

 seitlicben Inflorescenzen flnden sich in den Achseln der Scheiden angelegt , nur die 

 endslandige ist entwickelt, Die Verhaltnisse der Blutbe sind fast wie bei voriger. 

 Allein das Labellura ist trilobum : lobi posiici serairolundi. lobiis raedius cunealus 

 bilobus , anlice fimbriatus. Tepala rhombea acuta minule denliculala. — Gehoren 

 nun diese Formen zusammen und das ganze E. Funkii zu Biepharistes Barker? — 

 Ocnnna. Wagener. 



231. EPIDENDRUM HAENKEANUM Presl. Rel. Haenk. 100. LO. n. 40. Huc Lindl. I. c. 179.: 

 E. foliis dislichis ovalo-fanceolatis nervosis aculis, spica paniculata, 



sepalis oblongo-lanceoiatis acutiusculis in basin attenuatis, petalis spa- 

 lulatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rolundatis, medio minore obcordato. 



Wild in Peru — Haenke. — Scape a foot high. Sepals ten lines broad. Perhaps 



E. porphyreum. 



232. EPIDENDRUM PALLIDIFLORUM Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 2980. LO. n. 41. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 180.: 



E. foliis distichis "oblongis linearibus obtusis pedunculo dislanter va- 

 ginalo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolalis oblusis palentibus, labelli 

 trilobi lobis subaequalibus rotundalis: inlermedii trisulci 2-callosi mar- 

 ginibus involutis. 



Wild in Dominica — Iraray (v. s. sp. comra. cel. Henslow). — Flowers pale yellowisb 

 whiie , with a purple stain on the end of column. The specimen figured in tiie Bo- 

 tanical Magazine was weak. The mtlorescence is really a loose panicle. I do not 

 flnd aiiy sufficient authority for its being a native of St. Vincenfs. 



233. EPIDENDRUM HYMENODES. Huc Lindl. I. c. 181. : 



E. foliis gramineis ianceolatis acuiissimis pedunculo longioribus, pani- 

 cula erecta pauciramosa, bracteis lanceolatis membranaceis floribus sub- 

 aequalibus, sepalis pelalisque lenuibus carnosis angustis acutis paten- 

 lissimis, labeili hastati lobis ovatis inlermedio acuto integerrimo, late- 

 ralibus serrulatis (?), lamelluia elevata ante antheram lineolisque 2 elevalis, 

 clinandrio subintegro. 



"Wild in New Greiiada ; on trees in the province of Sa. Martha , at the elevation of 

 '4000 feet; in lofiy forests above Miiica ; July - Schlim 986 (v. s. sp. coram. cel. 

 Linden). — This remaikahlu piuni has much the appearance of soine broad - leaved 

 Grass. The thin narrow panicle Is copiously cloihed by long membranous bracts, 

 which , in the dried staie , sirikiogly contrast wiih ihe black flowers. The latter are 

 much decayed in u/y specimen . and ibe struclure above assigned to ihem is not to 

 be altogether relied upon ; they seeni to have been boih membranous and succulent, 

 m the dried stalc are about an inch long , aiid are described by Schlim as dirly white. 



234. EPIDENDRUM MIERSll. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 182. : 



E. foliis ovalo-oblongis acutis, panicula ampla divaricato-ramosa 

 pauci-vaginata, bracteis minulis, sepalis lineah-oblongis acutis, pelalis 

 llliformibus, labelli lobis laleralibus oblongis inlegernmis, intermedio 

 bipartito cuneato laciniis fjmbriatis, catlis 3, chnandrio cucullato mem- 

 branaceo indiviso. 



Wild in Brazil ; Organ Mountains — Miers 1838; Demerara — Schomburgk (v. s. sp. 



in bb. Miers). — A mosi distinct plant witb a great branching panicle of (apparenily) 



yellow Howers , liaving a similar form lo Ihose of E. Weddelii. 



235. EIMDENDHUM MYRIANTHUM. IIuc Lindl. I. c. 184. : 



E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis vaginis nigro -punctatis, paniculae 



