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384 ORClllljES. EPIDENDRUM. 



A sirigdlar plaul , wili quite tiie babit of mi Am|iliigioitian Epideiulrum. From tbal 

 genus ii iliffers in iis later;il sepnls beiiig sborier, thnu tbe lip antl in no degree ob- 

 lique; in ibe latter grailually passing inio the column ; and esj.ecially in the presence 

 of a pair of smali round auricles , siantling ai tbe base of tbe column , at the place 

 wbere the iip Joins on. l think , there can be no doubt tbal ibese processes beloog 

 to tbe culumn antl not to ihe lip , becaiise tbey hold Hrmly lo ibe column , wben 

 ibe lip is pulied off, and bave evidently a vascular connection wiib tbe former. U 

 may be added, ihat ihe lip hangs down froin ibe foot of ibe column , instead of being 

 parallel wilb ii, as in Epidendrum. 

 1. HEMISCLERIA MJTANS. — Wild in Pei u ; Chachapoyas — Mathews (v. sp. in hb. 

 Miers). — Tbe single specimen of tbis rare plaiit , preserved in Mr. Miers' berbarium, 

 bas no number , and consists of a bard stem about six inches long , closeiy covered 

 with cnriaceous distichuus obtuse leaves. Tlie peduncle is scarcely so long as ibe 

 upper leaves . stamls nearly borizoiaally , and lias a pair of acute short scales at its 

 base ; below ihe middle tbere is a siiigle joint , above which il ihickens inlo a ciub- 

 shaped racbis, closely covered with small globular coriaceous flowers , and stiff acute 

 bracts , very much shorter , tban tbe siiff pedicels. Tbe sepals are loundish ovale, 

 concave. very obtuse, and erect. The petals are tbin , of tbe same figure . but flat 

 and raiher cordate. The lip is linear , cbannelled , two - lobed . very coriaceous, 

 at ihe base where it joins ihe colunin . and. th(;re furnished with three sioul ribs, of 

 which ibe central is mucb tbe largest. Tbe auricles of the column are nearly round, 

 and petaloid. 



C. SCHISTOCHILA INTEGRA. 



255. EPIDENDRUSl PATENS Swarlz Fl. Ind. Occ. I. 1495. Bot. Cab. t. 1537. LO. n. 60. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3800. Faxton's Flower Garden ; gleanings 394 ic. 19S. Huc: Lindl. I. c. 

 235. 



E. foliis obloDgo-lanceolatis, racemo longo laxo pendulo, sepalis 

 petalisque subaequalibus oblongis acutis concavis patentibus, labelli 

 quadrilobi lobis lateralibus subrotundis anterioribus liuearibus obtusis 

 conniventibus, callis 2 minutis lineaque elevata. 



Wild in Jamaica , on ibe mountains — .Swartz : Guatemala — Skinner (v. v. c). — 

 Slem about a foot higb , clotbed with oblong coriaceous dislichous leaves. The ra- 

 «eme is about nine inches long, and peudulous , bearing ibirteen or fourteen flowers, 

 of a pale rusty yellow colour , and about an inch aiid a half across. Sepals thicker 

 in texture than ihe petals , keeled on the outside , and somewhat darker. Lip thin, 

 roundish, four-lobed, witli a slight central elevated line, and a pair ol ihin tuber- 

 cles at its base; ibe lateral lobes roundcd , somewhat hatchet - slnped, very mucli 

 larger than ihe two in front , which are divergenl. 

 '.^56. EPIDENDRLM FRUTICOSUM LO. 22. Huc Lindl. I. c. 202.: 



E. foliis distichis ovato - oblongis acutis, caule ramoso fruticoso, 

 racenio terminali nutante, sepalis cartilagineis petalisque mfinbranaceis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis erectis, labello subiotundo cordalo rcluso api- 

 culato undiilato callis 5 magnis confluenfibus in disco. 



Wild in Mexico — Pavon (v. oliin s. sp. in hb. Lanib.). — Slem liraneliing , wilhout 



a trace of sheatbs , as tliick as a crmvquill. liracls linear-lanccolaio , about as long 



as ihe ovary. 

 257. EPIDENDRUM GLADIATUM LO. 47. Huc Lindl. I. c. 203.: 



E. „loliis disticliis gladiilormibus, racemis terminalibus fasciculatis 

 corymbosis recurvis, sepalis oblongis oblusis margine reflexis petalisque 

 spalulalis patulis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus subquadralis rotundatis 

 inlermedio raullo minore obcordalo basi bituberculato". 



WiUl it» Peru — Pavon (v. s. sp. olim in bb. Lambert). — ,,Steein a fooi bigh , a|)parently 



