EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 387 



Wild in Brazil; in dry upland Campos, Serro do Frio , Diamond Districi — Gardner 

 5207 (v. s. sp.) — Soraewhat relaied to E. orciiidiflorum. Remarkable for its short 

 falcate lateral sepals and round lip , without any sort of fringing, and for the en- 

 larged pseudobulbous condition of its stems ai the base , in which they approach 

 E. brachyciadium. 



264. EPIDENDRUM LLMA. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 210. : 



E. caule rainoso folioso, foliis ovato-lanceolalis aculis vaginis scabris, 

 racemis subsessilibus corymbosis, bracteis linearibus acuminatis her- 

 baceis pedicellis aequalibus, sepalis lanceolatis margine revolutis, late- 

 ralibus obliquis carinatis basi columnae manifeste adnatis, petalis lineari- 

 spathulatis 3-veniis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio cuneato 

 minoribus, caUis 2 conspicuis lineaque elevata interjecta, clinandrio 

 cucullato carnoso. 



Wild in Peru ; in the ravines of Pichincha — Jamieson 111 (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker). 

 — In habit ihis agrees willi E. corymbosum , from which its scabrous sheaths , iarger 

 flowers, and widely difTerent iip, distinguish it. The lateral sepals are an inch long, 

 and very distinctly uniied to he the base of the column. The capsule is oblong, three- 

 cornered , with broad rather thin-edged ribs at the angles. 



264. EPIDENDRDM VANDIFOLIUM Lindl. in Journ. of Hort. Soc. IV. p. 269. Huc 

 Lindl. l. c. 269. : 



E. foliis longis angustis distichis recurvis basi canaliculatis, racemo 

 brevi cernuo subsessili, labelli tripartiti lobis lateralibus semicirculari- 

 bus, intermedio lineari retuso lineis tribus parallelis lucidis elevatis 

 callisque 2 elongatis intra basim. 



Wild in Mexico — Loddiges (v. v. c). — Introduced by Mssrs. Loddiges , from whom 

 I received it in April 1849. It is nearly related to E. fuscatum , but its leaves are 

 long , narrow, distichous , and recurved like those of some Vanda. The flowers are 

 sweet-scented , duil purple, somewhat freckled. 



265. EPIDENDRUM WEDDELIL Huc Lindl. i. c. 212.: 



E. caule simplici, foliis paucis ovalibus oblusis sursum angustioribus, 

 pedunculo elongato gracili apice paucifloro, petalis fihformibus, labelli 

 lobis iaterahbus rotundatis intermedio cuneato fisso brevioribus. 



Wild in Brazil; Serra d'ouro branco , Minas Geraes, Dec. 1843 — Weddell (v. ic. pict. 

 in hb. Mus. Par.) — I have only seen a sketch of this among Mr. WeddeKs Brazilian 

 drawings. It represents a slender plant about a foot high , with four leaves towards 

 the root. The flowers are rose - coloured , like ihose of E. elongatum , and twice 

 as iarge. 



266. EPIDENDRUM WARSZEWICZH H. G. Reichenb. in Bot. Zeit. 1852. p. 736. Huc 

 Lindl. i. c. 213.: 



E. caule calamum anatinum crasso paucifolio (5 — 6), foliis in caule 

 florido duobus surnmis tantum adhuc vigentibus lineari-Iigulatis apice 

 bilobis, pedunculo reflexo plurifloro basi bisquamato, squamis apice 

 lanceis glumaceis vix pollicaribus pedicellis brevioribus seu aequalibus, 

 ovario sub apice strumoso canaliculato , sepalis petalisque oblongis 

 aculis, labello lato-cuneato antice dilatato minute denticulato trilobulo, 

 callis 2 erectis in basi lineis tribus elevatis anlrorsum procurrentibus. 



Wild in Costa Rica and Veragua — Warczewitz (Rchb.) — Rchb. fil. Xenia I. Fl, 



26. p. 67. 



267. EPIDENDRUM PARANTHICUM II. G. Reichenh. in Bot. Zeit. 1852. p. 736. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 214.: 



E. tenue pusillum rhizomate lenuissimo, caulib*us assurgenlibus te- 

 retiusculis, foliorum vaginis arpophyllaceis laminis carnosulis trigono- 



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