390 ORCHIDES 



EPIDENDRUM. 



crimson. The variety B , with ali the lobes of the lip nearly run together into one 

 circuhir piate , a iiitle toothed at the edge, and more so ai ihe point , seems to he a 

 very common state. There is no doubt ihat the form of ibe lip varies greatly. 

 Huc: Epidendriim ftilgens Focl(e in Tidschr. Natuurli. Weteosch. IV. p. 66.: 



Foliis oblongis ellipticisve apiculatis rigidis, caule folioso apice et 

 inferne aphyllo vaginato, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acuminalis aequa- 

 libus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus dimidiatis laceratis patentibus, inter- 

 medio cuneato apiculato, utroque apicis margine lacerato involuto, basi 

 bicnlloso, disco cristafo. 



Radices fibrosae ; primariae crassiusculae aibidae. Caulis iriferne teres , apbylius, 

 vaginatus; superne subcompressus , foliosus . ereclus , 2 — 3-pedalis crassitie pennae 

 anserinae. Folia alterna , vaginata , oblonga vel elliptica , recurvo - apiculata , crassi- 

 uscula , subcarnosa v. coriacea , rigida , oblique paientia , nitida , laete viridia , 8—15 

 cenlim longa , 2—3 lata. Pedunculus terminalis apice subcorymbosus aphyllus , arti- 

 culatns, vaginatus, 5 — 7-florus. Vaginae arciae , longiores . totum fere articulum 

 amplectenle.s , purpurascentes ; superiores minores angustatae acutae. Flores speciosi, 

 coccinei. Sepala et pelala aequalia laiiceolata , acuniinata; sepala relrorsum flexa, 

 paullo latiora concaviuscula. Labellum cum columna connalum, limbo 3 - partilo, 

 disco crisla lineari lutea ultra medium lobi intermedii porrecta instructo ulrinque ad 

 basin calloso , callis luteis apice subulaiis, basi roiundatis; lobis lateralibus dimidia- 

 tis iaceratis patentibus , intermedio lato - lineari vel cuneato apiculato , utroque apicis 

 dilatati margine lacerato involuto. Columna erecla cum ovario continua , marginibus 

 luteis in labellum juxta cristam in callo decurreniibus. Antbera globosa bilocularis, 

 loculis septo divisis. Pollinia 4 geminata , cultriformia , compressa , per paria caudi- 

 culis duabus elasticis pulvereis replicatis afflxa. Ovarium et pedicellus concolor. — 

 Epiphyta in arboribus sylvarum secus flumen Commewyne superioris. — Florebat 

 Martio et Decembri. — Ah E. crassifolio Lindi. haud ita longe distare videtur , sed 

 iconom Loddigesianam in Op. Lindl. p. 107 citatam , mihi videre non contigit. 



273. EPIDENDRUM RADICANS Pavon. MSS. LO. 35. Huc Lindi. L c. 220. : 



E. foliis carnosis subcordatis ovalis obtusis, caule simplici longe 

 aphyllo vaginato, sepalis petalisque* lanceolatis acutis patentibus, labelli 

 carinati basi bicallosi lobis lateralibus rotundatis denticulatis, inlermedio 

 cuneato apice fimbriato emarginato utrinque integro. 



Epideiidrum rliizophorum [Jateman in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 10. 

 Wild in Guatemala — Skinner ; Mexico — Hartweg 567; in grass at Tomalze, near 

 Comaltepeque — Id. (v. v. c. et s. sp.). — One of ihe finest of its race , wilh dark 

 orange- red flowers , as niuch as an inch and a half across. It always has long wbite 

 roots proceeding from the sides of the stem. The plant thus named in Pavon's hand- 

 writing in tbe Fieldiiigian herbarium is Dinema polybulbon. 



274. EPIDEISDRUM C.\LANTHUM Rchb. fil. el Warscew. in Bonpl. II. 110. 



Aff. E. radicanti et decipienti, superne arrhiznm, labelli lobo medio 

 sessili obcordato, omnino denticulato. carinula hinc flexuosa a basi in 

 discnm, disco (sicco) velulino. 



Summiiate.s tanlum adsunt. Pedunculus bene lignosus. Vaginae arctae, ostio flsso 

 acutae haud vable productae. Racemi lalerales inflorescentiara terminalem haud ae- 

 quantes. Bracteae triangulares seu lanceae ovariis quaier breviores. Sepala ac le- 

 pala membranacea oblonga acuta ; labellum trilobum ; lobi laterales llabellati , margine 

 externo flinbriato deniiculaii , marginc postico el antico integerrimi , lobus medius ob- 

 cordatus , antice emarginatura triangula eicisus, sinu integerrimo parvo a lobis laie- 

 ralibus dislinctus. marginibus fimbriato deutatis , calli 2 parvi irianguli in ima basi, 

 linea carinata hiiic flexuosa a basi in discum veluiinum , androclinium vertice trian- 

 gulum. utrifHiue falcatura. — Bliitben so klein , wie die des E. ellipticum Grah. Peru, 

 T. Warscewicz. 



