380 OR(]HmES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Huc : Epidendrum (Spalhiuai) colorans Klotzscii. Allg. Glz. 1851. 250, 

 Caule simplici, lereti, folioso, foliis distichis, palenti recurvis ob- 

 longis, brevi aculis, subcarinatis, paliide viridibus, racemo brevi, ter- 

 minali, punctato scabro, spatha ancipiti, dorso crenulata , diphvlla, flori- 

 bus parvis, roseo albicanlibus, brevi -pediceilatis, bractea lanceolata, 

 pallide lilacino suffuUis, perigonii foliolis albido -subroseis, spathulatis, 

 interioribus subbrevioribus angustioribusque, labelli trilobi lobis laterali- 

 bus brevioribus integerrimis, subobliquis, intermedio elongato, apice 

 bilobo, lamellis 3 parallelis, angustis inslructa; columna elongata, tri- 

 angulari, inferne attenuata. 



Caulis teres, itednlis, ^oliosus , crassitudine pennae cygneae. Folia 4'/, pollices ionga, 

 ■ 14 lin. lata. Hacemus lerminalis, 2 pollicaris. Flores penduli . brevl pedicellali. Hrac- 

 tcae 2 lineas longae. Perigonii foliola subspalhulain , obtusa , patenlissiina . primum 

 aihida, deinde dilatalo rosea , exieriora 5 lin.^longa , l'/^'" laia. interiora angusiiora, 

 (laululum breviora. Labellum trilobum coluninaque triangulari candidum , anguste 

 ti ilamellatiim , lobis lateralibus brevioribus , obliquis , iniermedio elongato , obtuso, 

 apice bifido. — Guatemala v. Warscewicz. 



Epidendrum Lansberijii Rgl (Amjihiglottium A.Polycladin Lin !|.) Cil. Hori. Pclrop. 55. 

 Caulis elongatus, simplex , foliatus; foliis distichis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, acuminatis. Panicula simplex, nutans ; pedunculo vaginis mem- 

 branaceis longe acuminatis vestito; bracteis pedicellum (nec germen) 

 aequantibus; pedicello germineque papilloso. Flores virides; sepalo 

 supremo cuneato- oblongo , apiculato, sepalis lateralibus supremo paullo 

 latioribus; petalis filiformi-spathulatis; labelli ungue columnae adnato, 

 lamina late obcordata quadriloba, lobis lateralibus semicordato-angula- 

 tis, lobis anticis divaricato -oblongis apiculo interjecto , callis duobus 

 basilaribus costisque tribus crassis elongatis axin labelli occupantibus; 

 columna semitereti adnata. 



Caulis ad 6 pedes altus , Vs pollices crassu.s. Folia ad V^ pedem longa et l'/» polli- 

 ces lata, superiora tenuiora. Flores % pollicis iii diametro , labello albido. Affine 

 E. paniculato ei fastigialo, panicula simplici, sepalorum et loborum auticorum la- 

 helli sicul foliorum forma diversum. E. porphyreum differt llorum colore et se\>n- 

 lorum labelliqiie forma. — Venezuela. Florel Octobri. Landsherg plantam vivam 

 misit. 



239. EPIDKNDRUM LIGNOSUM La Lhive Orch. Mex. II. 28. LO. u. 42 Iluc. Lmdl I. c. 188.: 

 E. caulibus ramosissimis lignosis, foliis distichis lineari- lanceolatis 



confertis emarginalis, sepalis petalisque patentibus , labelli 



3-partiti lacinia intermedia convexa integra, florum fasciculis sparsis. 



VVild iii Mexico; on trecs on ihe mountains of Valladolid — La Llave. — Flowers 

 grcen , dolted. Lip willi three jiurple streaks at ihe base. 



240. EPIDKNDRUM MARTIANUM Liudl in Aun. Nat Hist. IV. 382. IIuc Lindl. I. c. 189.: 



E. foliis distichis angustis lanceolatis, panicula slricta simplici, squamis 

 concavis oblusiusculis vagiiiala, racemis corymbosis, petalis linearibus 

 obovalis obtusis sepalis multo angustioribus, labello cordato subrepando 

 basi bicalloso lineis 3 elevalis. 



Wild iii Rrazil ; on plains near Villa Rica , in the Minas GerJies — Martius (v. s. sp. 

 in hb. .Mart.) — Stem froin oiic and a half to two feet hii:h. Flowering stem stifT, 

 erect, brauched , much longer thau the leaves , which are narrow and sharp-poinied. 



B. HOLOCHILA. 



241. EPIDENDRUM CORYMBOSUM. Huc Lindl. I. c. 190.: 



E. caule ramosissimo, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis racemo corymboso 



