RfMDKNDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 389 



D. SCHISTOCHILA CARINATA. 



269. KPIDENDRUM SPIC.ATUM Hook. fll. in Linn. Trans. XX. 180 Huc Lindl. 1. c. 216.: 

 E. caiiiO .^iiii|ilici fiexuoso, foliis lai)ceol;ilis arulis laxe vaginatis, 



spica densa ovali squamis 2 menibranaceis suftulta foliis multo breviore, 

 •bracteis lineari-oblongis carinatis ovario aequalibus, sepalis ovalibus 

 acutissimis Jateralibus sub apice alte carinatis, petalis linearibus acu- 

 tissirais, labelli subrotundi lobis lateralibus cordatis rotundatis antice 

 denticulatis sublaceris intermedio retuso rnajoribus, callis 2 minutis 

 lineaque interjecla obsuleta. 



Wild in ihe Gaiapagos ; Chatam Island — Capl. VVood; James Island — Darvvin (v. 



s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — This has no very obvious affinity lo any othcr species. 



Ils loose leaf-sheaths and simple oval spike are very peculiar. 



270. EPIOENDRUM ATTEiNUATUM. Huc Lindl. I. c. 217.: 



E. folis carnosis ovato-oblongis obtusis, pedunculo aphyllo, bracteis 

 linearibus acurainatis pedicellis multo longioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 iinearibus acuminatis, labelli lobis lateralibus semiovatis laceris, inter- 

 raedio lineari - lanceolato subdentato raulto brevioribus, callis 4 linea 

 longa eievata interjecta, clinandrio obsolete denticulato. 



Wild in New Grenada — Lobb. (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker). — A plant quite unlike 

 all other.s. with flowers reserabling ihose of E. cilialum in miniature. 



271. EPIDENDRUM CINNABARINUM Salzmann LO. 106. Bot. Rcg. 1842. l. 25. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 218. : 



E. foliis oblongis apice sub-recurvis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis 

 subaequalibus, labello trilobo carinato basi bicalloso laciniis lateralibus 

 inciso-laceris intermedia basi obcuneata sub apice constricta apice cu- 

 neata truncata angulis acurainatis simplicibus fissisqne. 



Wild in Brazil; sandy thickets near Bahia — Salzmann ; Glocker38; Pcrnambuco. 

 in similar places — Gardner 1163; Venezuela , Merida — Sonder in hb. Hooker (v. 

 V. c. et s. sp.). — Three species, each of great beauty, are very nearly related. 

 They all have bright scarlet or crimson flowers , a pair of tubercles ai ilie basc of 

 the labellum , and a ridged line running from between the tubercles lo nearly ihe 

 apei of the lip. They however differ thus : E. radicans has thc lateral lobes of tlie 

 labellum rounded and looihletted only , not laceratod , and it produces coarse pale 

 green roots from ils stems; E. cinnabarinum has the laieral lobes of tbe labellum 

 deeply lacerated , while the central lobe is contracted in ihe middle, and then sud- 

 denly wedge shaped , wilh its angles prolonged into one or two fine teeth ; E. Schom- 

 burgkii has the iateral lobes only toothed , with ihe cenlre lobe gradually widened 

 10 the point, and there tooihletted , without being at all truncate. 



272. EPIDENDRUM SCHOMBURGKH Lindl. in Bot. Keg. 1838. Misc. n. 16. t. 53. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 219.: 



E. foliis oblongis obtusis carnosis, caule siraplici apice aphyilo, se- ' 

 palis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis aequalibus patentissimis, la- 

 belli trilobi alte carinali basi bicallosi lobis iateralibus semiovatis latis 

 rotundatis postice laceris: interraedio cuneato apice triangulari crispo 

 denliculato et utrinqiie undulato. 



Epidendrum fukjens Focke Tijdschrift ncderl. IV. 66. 

 (B) confluens. Lobes of ihe lip almost blended in one circular deeply fringed hody. 

 Epidendrum fulgens Ad. Brongn. Voy. Duperreiy t. 43. 

 Wild in Demerara — Schomburgk, 834, 581; Surinam, on the trees bordering the 

 Commewyne river — Focke 57, 1057; Brazil , Pernambnco, on trees — Gardner , 1162; 

 St. Catharine's — Lesson ; Peru , Andes of Quito — Jumieson in hb. Hooker (v. v. c. 

 et s. sp.}. — Flowers rich scarlet , very handsome. Leaves sometimes bordered wiib 



