386 ORCHlDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



lico oblongis coriaceis oblusis, 5 — 7 uncias longis, 10—15 lin. latis, 

 subtus carinalis, floribus parvulis virescentibus pedunculatis, racemos 

 sinaplices unciales, saepius geminos e parte caulis superiore enatos, 

 bracteis ovali acurainatis, lata basi insertis persistentibus; sepalis ex- 

 lernis oblongis subspatlmlatis, nervosis lateralibus subobliquis, concavis; 

 int. (pelalis) oblongo-linearibus acutis, membranaceis, enerviis, basi 

 longe unguiculatis, sepalis aequilongis , labello parvulo cum lateribus 

 gynostemii coalilo et hic inllato subsaccato, in parte libera trilobo lo- 

 bis lateralibus oblongo subquadratis, truncalo obtusis, terrainali trans- 

 verso latiore quara longo subquadrato, raedio incrassato et plicato; 

 gynostemio abrupte incurvo, antice alato, alis cum ungue labeliis*) eoaiitis. 



Cuba. 



Obs. Huc forsan insercnda Lemaireana species : Epidendrum (Ampliigl.) callu 



ferum Lem. Jard. Fieur. IV. 65. 



Caule eiato subancipiti tripedali, foliis disticbis lineari oblongis 

 raucronulatis basi vaginantibus, coriaceis; racemo terminaii pedali can- 

 delabriforrai pendulo; floribus carnosis longe pedicellatis magnis flaves- 

 centibus purpureo punctatis, sepalis petalisque oblongis aequalibns, iis 

 anguslioribus; oranibus apice callo rolundo donatis; labelli partis li- 

 berae lobis basilaribus auriculiformi laceratis supra bicallosis, terrainali 

 ungue tricarinato, lobulis oblongo laceris divaricatis. 

 Grandes Antilles. 



Ubs. Forsan liaec nova species est anliquum Epidendrum raniferura ? 



261. EPIDEiNDRUM OVALIFOLIUM LO. n. 39. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 207. : • 



E. foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acutis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 petalis linearibus, labelli trilobi cordati lobis lateralibus rotundatis, inter- 

 medio lineari bilobo disco 3-carinato basi bituberculato, racerao elongato. 



Wild in Mexico — Pavon (v. s. sp. olim in hb. Lambert). — Very near E. fuscatum, 

 from wiiich it chiefly diflers in the lateral iobes of the lip being mucronate , the inter- 

 raediate linear and two - lobed , aiid the raceraes long. Il requirea re - examination. 

 What bears the name in gardens is usually a starved state of E. paniculatum. 



262. EPIDENDHUM SMAKAGDINUM Lindl. ia Bot. Reg. 1838. misc 44. Huc LindL 

 I. c. 208. : 



E- caule gracili ad fastigium ipsum folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis subdistichis, spica terminali pauciflora rigida nutante loliis 

 breviore, bracteis acuminatis squarrosis ovario ventricoso cuniculato 

 brevioribus, sepalis lineiiii-oblongis acutissimis, petalis angustissimis 

 acuminatis, labello cuneato cordato carnoso apice tridentato basi bi- 

 calloso: laciniis aequilongis lateralibus rotundato-truncatis intermedia 

 acuta decurva. 



Wild in Demerara — Loddiges ; Brazil , Organ Mountains — Miers (v, v. c. et s. sp. 

 in hb. Miers.) — Allied to E. cucullatum , with small brighl green flowers. hardly • 

 disiinguishable from the leaves. 



263. EPIDE.NDRUM CAMPESTRE l.indl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. p. 17. Huc Lindl. I. c.209.: 

 E. loliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis coriaceis, caule 



basi pseudobulboso, pedunculi elongati squamis distanlibus appressis, 

 racemo cylindraceo, sepalis lateralibus falcatis labello duplo brevioribus, 

 pelalis conformibus angustioribus. labello subiotiindo obsolete 4-lobo 

 margine 'integerrimo , callis 2 linearibus confluentibus linea elevata 

 flexuosa interjecta, clinandrio 4-Iobo laciniis quadratis. 



•) Sic I 



