382 ORCniDKS 



EPIDRNDRUM. 



246. EPinENDRUM CUCULLATUM LindL in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 47. Huc:LindL 

 1. 0. 193. : 



E. cauJe compresso folioso, loliis iauceolalis acutis, pedunculo squa- 

 mato paucifloro loliis multo breviore, rachi brevj flexuosa, sepalis pe- 

 talisque ereclis ovalo- lanceolatis acutis, labello obovato acuto: linea 

 media tuberculisque duobus basilaribus callosis, anthera longe infra 

 apicem clinandrii cucnllati dentali truncati inserta. 



Epidendrum biforalnm Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. Misc. p. 15. n. 2. 

 Wild in Brazil ; P«ra — R. Harrison (v. v. c). — One of the most unatlractive of 

 ihis large genus. The flowers are small and white , at ihe top of a ieafy stem about 

 nine inches high ; the anlher is remarkable for being inserted far below the apex of 

 the column , in which respect the specis approaches Ihe genus Physinga. The E. 

 biforatum was founded upon a bad specimen of this. 



247. EPIDENDRUM LAMPROCAULON U. G. Reichenbach in Bot. Zeilung 1852. 735. 

 Huc: Lindl. 1. c. 194.: 



E. ramosum rigidum, ramulis paucifoliatis vaginis verruculis asperis, 

 foliis anthesi adhuc persistentibus 1 — 3 oblongo -linearibus acutis, ra- 

 cemis tenuibus paucifloris flexuosis basi unisquamalis, squamis lineari- 

 subulatis parvulis, bracteis angusto -lanceis pedicellis non aequatibus, 

 sepalis oblongo-linearibus acutis, petalis duplo angustioribus, labelli 

 lamina obtuse trilobula minute denticulata callis 2 erectis in basi. 



VVild in Mexico ; near Oaxaca — Galeolti 5265 (Rchb.). — There exist in Sir W. 

 Hooker's herbarium two specimens irom Galeolti , nurabered 5072, which agree with 

 this in nll respecls excepi the leafsliealhs , which are noi verrucose. They are mnr- 

 ked ,,Arborescent , on oaks iiear Oaxaca at 7500 feet , flowers greenish , May." 

 — Rchb. fll. I. c. : 



Ramosum, rigidum, ramulis paucifohatis, vaginis verruculis asperis, 

 foliis anthesi adhuc persistentibus 1 — 3, oblongo -linearibus acutis, ra- 

 cemis tenuibus paucifloris flexuosis basi unisquamatis, squamis lineari- 

 subulatis, parvulis, bracteis anguslo-lanceis pedicellos non aequantibus, 

 perigonii phyllis oblongo-lineaiibus acutis, laleralibus internis duplo 

 anguslioribus, gynostemio semileieti clavato; androclinii limbo postice 

 exciso, antice utrinque producto retuso repandulo, labelli lamina ob- 

 tuse trilobula, minute denticnlala, dentibiis 2 erectis in basi. 

 Oaxaca. Gaieotli «265. 



248. EI'IDENDRUM ANTENNIFKRUM Lindl. in Paxton's Flower Garden vol. i. ; gleanings 

 234 ic. 113. liuc: Lii.dl. I. c. 195.: 



E. loliis coriaceis oblongis aculis, pedimculo gracillimo apice sub- 

 paniculato, petalis longissimis filiformibus, labello ovato leviter dentato 

 basi trituberculalo. 



Wild iii .Mexico; Xalapa Flenchmann (v. s. c). — In many other Amphigloits . ihere 

 is a similar tendency to lengthen the peials , bul in no other does it occur in the 

 same degree as here. It is to be observed that the lengthening is an after - growth, 

 the petals beinp straight and short before ihe flowers expand. 



249. EPIDENDRUM SKINNERI Bateman in Bot. Reg. t. 1881. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3951. 

 Huc: Lindl. I. c. 196.: 



E. foliis dislichis lanceolatis acuminatis, caule apice longe aphyllo 

 squamoso, racemo cylindraceo multifloro, bracteis membranaceis seta- 

 ceis pedicellis aequalibus, floribus cernuis , sepalis lineari -lanceolatis, 

 petalis ovalibus acutis, labello ovato acuminato integerrimo per medium 

 trinervi basi ol»sol*^te 2-calloso. 



Epidendrwn Fuchsii Regel in Schweiz. Zeitschr. fur Garlenb. 1851. p. 202. 



