EPIDKNDHUM. 



ORCHIDES. 385 



siniple , naked al ihe base , hard , as thick a goose - quill . leafy towards the upper 

 end. and curved. Racemes shori , proceeding from several sheaihs. Sepals four 

 lines long , ihree lines hroad", It is more than twenty - two years since I saw this 

 plaol , which I have since thought identical wiih a Mexican planl , now referred to 

 E. anisatum. The original specimen requires to he re-examined. 



258. EPIDEiNDRUM A.MSATUM La Llave p. 27 ; LO. n. 62. Huc Lindl. I. c. 204. 



E. caulibus bievibus erectis, foliis ovalo-lanceolalis cainosis obLusis 

 raceniis longioribus, bracteis membranaceis ovalis, sepalis oblongis 

 petalisque Jineari-cuneatis obtusis, labelii lobis lateralibus rotundatis 

 intermedio emarginato basi bicalloso. 



Epidendrum gladialum Lindl. in Bentb. Plant. Hartweg p. 72. 

 Wild in Mexico; on trees near Valladolid, June — La Llave ; Kancho del Ojo de 

 Agua , April — Hartweg (v. s. sp.). — This is very near E. gladiatum . wilh which 

 I once confounded il ; but it seems to be satisfactorily distinguished by iis narrow 

 fleshy ieaves, short membranous blunt bracts etc. The Qowers are described as 

 bcing of a <lingy colour , and emiiting a smell of Anise at night. The lip is said lo 

 have Ihree pnrpie lines at the base. 



259. EPIDENDRUM ORCHIDIFLORUM Salzmann LO. n. 29. Huc Lindl. I. c. 205. 



£. loliis distichis coriaceis planis ovato-obiongis obtusis, caule apice 

 nudo obtuse vaginato, racemo brevi terminali, floribus carnosis, sepalo 

 supremo obovato lateralibus oblongis dimidialis, pelalis linearibus sub- 

 cuneatis., labello subrotundo basi bicalloso apice tridentato: dente inter- 

 medio minore. 



Wild in Brazil ; Bahia , in sandy thickets — Salzmann ; sandy bushy places near 

 Macero, February — Gardner 1421; Berbice — Schomburgk (v. sp. sp.). — Leaves 

 very fleshy and .shining. Fiower - stem a foot long, stout, clothed with blunt some- 

 whai rough sheaths. Flowers green , as large as in the largest slate of E. fuscatnm. 



260. EPIpENDRUM FUSGATUM Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. VI. 69. LO. n. 38. Bot. Reg. t. 67. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 887. Bot. Mag. t. 2844. Huc Lindl. I. c. 206. : 



E. loliis oblongis undulatis apice recurvis, scapi squamis acuminatis, 

 sepalis obiongis, petalis linearibus, labello carnosocordato trilobo laciniis 

 rotundatis intermedia emarginata apice calloso basi 2-tuberculato, spica 

 globosa recurva. 



Epidendrum anceps Jacq. Amer. 224. t. 138. 

 AmphigluUis iurida Salisbury I. c. 



(B) virescens. Flowers smaller and more green than usual. 



Epidendrum virescens Lodd. Bot. Gab. t. 1867. 

 Epidendrum musciferum Lindl. in Hook. Journ. I. 6. 



(C) viridipurpureum. Flowers much larger ihan usual , with a violet lip edged with yellow. 



Epidendrum viridijiurpureum Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3666. 

 VVild in the VVesl Indies , and tropical Americal ; Jamaica — Swartz ; Grenada — 

 Loddiges ; Panama — Cuming 1288; St. Vincents — Guilding ; Dominica — Imray; 

 Guayana — Schomburgk ; Martinique — Jacquin (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — One of ihe 

 most common plants in same of the tropical parts of America , varying greatly in 

 ihe size of its llowers and the length of the flower-stem. Hence have arisen spurious 

 species , proposed by myself and olliers , which a better acquaintance with them 

 cancels. In colour , the Howers vary frora dull greenish purple to green and almost 

 yellow. E. viridipurpureum ha.s unusually large fiowers, and a flower-stem shorter, 

 ihan common. There is a liltle dilference in ihe dugree of lobing of ihe lip. 

 — Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 68. Ocanna. 3000'. April. Wagener. 

 Epidendrum (Amphigl.) amphislomum A. Rich. in Ram. Sagra. Tb. 81. 

 Caule eiecto siinplici, folioso, compresso ancipiti, bipedali, glabro; 

 foliis alternis vaginantibus, (vagina ancipili persistente nervosa) ellip- 

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