388 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRDM. 



teretiusculis obtusis, pedunculo ancipiti paucifloio, biacleis triangulis 

 amplexicaulibus ovaria pedicellata non aequanlibus, sepalis petalisque 

 lanceolafis acutis, columna ullra basin labelli producta, (labello?) trilobo 

 lobis lateralibus oblongis antice et postice rotundatis medio lineari acuto 

 (omnino Hormidii more). 



Wil(i iii Gualemala — Warczewilz. — Fiowers as sinali as in Stelis parvilahris. 



Leaves scarcely half an inch iong. Stem as much as f5ve inches high. — Rchb. 



I presurae that the word iabeiio is accidentally omilted hy Mr. Reichenbach iii his 



prinled definition nbove quoted. 



268. EPIDENDRUM CENTROPETALUM ') H. G. Reichenb, in Rot. Zeil. 1852. p. 736. Huc 

 Lindi. i. c. 215 : 



E. caule stricto calamum passerinum crasso densius foliato, foliorum 

 vaginis aictissimis violaceo - verrucosis, foliis lineari - oblongis sensim 

 acutis, pedunculo abbreviato basi unisquamato paucifloro, bracteis linea- 

 ribus acutis ovaria pedicellata longe non aequantibus, sepalis cunealo- 

 lanceolatis acutis, petalis duplo augustioribus magis cuneatis, labelli 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus basilaribus angusle triangulis apice cimeatis medio 

 cuneato alte bilobo lobis oblongis obtusis cum denticnlo in sinu, callo 

 bilobo cum denticulo medio corneo in basi, clinandrio cucullato looge 

 producto integro crenulato. 



Wild in Veragua ; on ihe volcano Chiriqui Warczewitz. — Caudicles ihree times as 



long as ihe pollen-masses. — Rchb. 



Huc : Oersledella Rchb. fll. in v. Mohi et v. Schlechtdi. Bot. Zeit. 1852. y. 932. 



Perigonium membranaceum, phylla lanceolata acuta, lateralia interna 

 angusta angustiora. Labelli unguis marginibus suis cum gynostemii 

 petaloidei margine connatus, lamina triloba. Gynostemium omnino pe- 

 taloideum, in cucullum membranaceum ligulatum ascendentem produc- 

 tum; anthera in puncto prominulo cuculli postice inserta (Coelogynis 

 more), antice bicuspis; quadrilocularis; pollinia quaterna (caudicuiae 

 valde elongatae in 0. cenlropetala inserta, quam in 0. centradenia non 

 vidi), rostellum nullum!! limbus stigmatis inferior : lineae oblique descen- 

 denles sub fovea stigmatis sub figura trianguli. 



Oerstedella centropelala : 



Labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus triangulis, lobo medio sessili diva- 

 ricato-bilobo, sinu inter utrumque lobum oblongum obtusum triangu- 

 lum; lamella unguis adnata obtusa biloba cum denticulo superposito. 



Epidendrum cenlropelalnm Rchb. fii. Bol. Zeit. 1852. p. 732. 

 Ein Exemplar mit 2 Bluthen. Chiriqui. V. Warscewicz. 

 Huc : Oerstcdella cenlradenia : 



Labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus lineari-falcatis, lobo medio a basi 

 ligulata subito expanso in laminam obreniformem cum apiculo iu sinu 

 antico; lainella angusla flava apice triloba lateribus suis accreta in un- 

 gue cum gynostemii marginibus connati. 



Ueber Fuss hoch. Blatter zweizeilig, spitzlineal , kurz ; Schciden nervig, blaugrane 

 Hockerchen anf dcn NerVen. .Aehre tnit zwei Zweigen. Dcckbfalter spitzlanzettlich, 

 viei kiirzer , als dic langestielten Fruclitknoten. Bliiihen rosa , so gross , wie bei 

 Epidendrum elongatum. Irasu in Ceniraiamerika. 7000'. Ein Exemplar. Oersted. — 

 Cf. Xenia Orchid. tab. 17. pag. 39. 40. 



*) ,.As this sheel was going to press . ilie B. Z. of Dec 31, 1852, reached rae . in 

 which Mr. Reichenbach raises ihis to the rank of a genns , cailed Oerstedeiia , joining 

 witb it a second species. Tbe genus is described as baving a petaioid, tbougb adna(e 

 column etc. Lindl." 



