EPfDKNDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 381 



longioribus. pedunciilo basi 1— 2-bracteato, bracteolis setaceis pedicellis 

 brevioribus, floribus membranaceis, sepalo supremo angusto, lateralibus 

 latioribus semiovalibus acutis, petalis linearibus basi tenuissimis uni- 

 nerviis, labello subrotundo cordato obluso, callis 2 lineaque brevi 

 elevala interjecta. 



Epidendntm dicholumuin Lindl. iii Bot. Keg. 1838. misc. n. 146; not otPrc^il. 

 Wild in Brazil — Miers n. 3484; Organ Mountains , on an oid tree — Gardner 631; 

 Demerara — Loddiges; Venezuela, on trees in the fore.^ts of Mcrida at 5500 fee^t — 

 Linden 647 (v. s. sp. et v. c.) — A small branching species wrth the appearance of 

 E. anisatum; but ihe leaves are thinner. the bracts setaceous , and ihe lip quite 

 membranous withoul lobes. Flowers green. 



242. EPIDENDRUM CARLNATUM. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 191. : 



K. cauJe brevi tenui erecto, foliis paucis membranaceis striatis lan- 

 ceolatis acutis, racemo subrotundo cernuo, bracteis setaceis ovario 

 subaequalibus, sepalis lanceolatis carinatis, petalis linearibus, labello 

 undulato circulari 3-lineato callis 2 angustis, clinandrio cucullato emar- 

 ginato, 



Wild in Mexico; Sicrra San Pedro Nolasco , Talea etc. — Jurgensen 647 (v. s. sp. in 

 hb. Hooker). — A smail thin-leaved plant with ihe habit of E. fuscaium. 



243. EPIDKNDRUM MISERRIMUM Rchb. fil. in Bonpl, HI. 220. 



Pone E. carinatum (L. F. 191.) tenuiculum, foliis hnearibus acutis, 

 dorso carinatis, spica pauciflora, labello Iriangulo humcribus posticis 

 rotundalis involutis. 



Pusiilum, 2—3 pollicare. Caules tenuiculi ramosuli subflexuosi. Folia linearia acuta, 

 dorso carinata. carinis vaginam descendentibus, abbreviala, vix poiiicaria , lineam lata. 

 Spaihula anceps obtusa sicca solilaria. S|)ica iri — novemflora , dislicha. Bracteae 

 carinatae triangulae nervosae. Flores horizontales , bracteis revprsis Ovaria demum 

 sphaerica, Sepala triangulo lanceolata. Tepala lineari subfalcala. — Pianta facie 

 Epidd. microphylli et paranthioi. — Ind. occ. Duchassaing. 



214, EPIDENDRUM SETIFERUM Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hisl. IV. 383. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 192.: 



E. foliis lauceolalis acutis, caule simplici, pedunculo squamis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis sub floribus foliaceis vaginato, racemo cernuo 

 pyramidali, bracteis longis setaceis, petalis linearibus obtusis sepahs 

 angustioribus, labello cordato integerrimo acuto reticukito basi 3-luber- 

 culato, clinandrio integro. 



Wild in Brazil — Gomez (v. s. sp.) — Has tiie habit of E. fuscatum , bui shorter 

 leaves, longor bracls and a different lip. The llowcr stem is about ten inchcs long 

 in the specimen bcfore me, 



245. EPIDENDRUM VIEJI (Amphygloitium Holochila) Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 220. 



Pone Epidendrum setiferum caulibus membranaceo vaginalis di — tri- 

 phyllis, foliis coriaceis oblongis subacutis nitidis, racemo brevi basi 

 1 — 2 squainato, squamis biacteisque sessilibus lanceis scariosis, tepa- 

 lis cuneato ovatis, labello cordato orbiculari apice emarginato, carina 

 hippocrepTca ante basin. 



Planta egregia a cl. Ocrsied ur:ico , a Pavonio pluribus speciminibus lecta . ab hoc 

 E. fnstigiaium de Mcxico dictum. Rami novelli prodcunt ex nxillis vaginarum ramo- 

 rum velustorum. Folia ires pollices longa . prope duos laia . vernixia. Flores illis 

 Epidendri ellipiici Grah aequales , bene coriacei. Sepala iriaiigula ct tepala <'x icone 

 picta Oerstediana carnea purpureo tristriata. Labelluni flavido carneum uti gynoste- 

 temium. Cnlius purpureus. — Bracteae ovariis pedicnllatis plus minus breviorcs. In 

 summo monie ignivOmo El Viejo Nicaraguac. Oersted. — Rchb. fll. in Xcnia I. tab, 

 48. II. 56. 



