EPiDENDRUM. ORCHDES. 391 



275. EPIDENDRUM DECIPIENS. Huc Lindl. l. c. 221.: 



E. foliis obloDgis oblusis carnosis, caule simpjici apice aphyllo, se- 

 palis petalisque lanceolatis aequalibus patentissimis , labelli trilobi cari- 

 nati basi bicallosi semicircularis lobis aequalibus inaequaliter denlatis 

 intermedio cuneato lateralibus antice rectis postice rotundatis, clinan- 

 drio cucullato denticulato. 



Wild in New Grenada ; in the province of Ocanna — Sclilim . 1032; Demerara , on 

 the Conocon mountains — Schomburgk (v. s. sp.). — This is nearest E. Schomburg- 

 kii , from which it is dislinguished hy its equaily divided lip , smaller llowers , and 

 the incoosiderable keel of the lip. The flowers are vermilion according to Schom- 

 burgk , orange according lo Schlim. 



Epidendrum decipiens Lindl. Rchb. fll. Bonpl. III. 68. Wagener. 



— Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 282. Ocanna. 4000'. ..Environs de Bruxelles." Sep- 

 tember. n. 92. Schlim. 



276. EPIDENDRUM PAYTRNSE (Schistochila carinala) Rchb. fil. in Donpl. III. 220. 



Aff. Epidendro decipienli Lind. sepali^ lanceis, lepalis cuneato 

 rhombeis, superne denticulalis, labelli laciniis lateralibus semirotundis 

 antice acutis seiratis, lacinia media cuneata apice biloba lobis incum- 

 bentibus anlice serratis. 



Caulis rolundulus. Folia oblonga supra basin pauio rolundata , margine anguste carti- 

 lagineo denticulato cincia , bi — quinquepollicaria , supra basin nunc unum lata. Pe- 

 dunculus teres vaginis nonnullis arctis subdistantibus vesiitis. Racemi rhachis in- 

 crassala. Bracteae lanceae seu triangulae erectae. Ovarium basi atlenuatum plus 

 quam semipollicare. Sepaia lancea cinnabarina. Tepala spalhulala , apice acuta, 

 margine externo serrulata; iacinia media cuneala integerrima , apice biloba , lobi 

 semiovati , superposite denticulati , calli duo aogusti rolundati in basi , carina inter- 

 posita a basi per discum. Fios cinabarinus iilo E. cinnabarioi duplo minor , labellum 

 luteum punciis atropurpureis paucis in disco. Gynostemii anguli laterales uirinque an- 

 gulati. La Payta de Peru v. Warscewicz. — Eingefuhrt von Herrn Fabrikbesitzer 

 Nauen in Berlin , cultivirt von Herrn Gireoud. (Vgl. Allg. Gtz. 55.) 



277. EPIDENDRUM IMATOPHYLLUM LO. n. 52. Huc Lindl. I. c. 222. : 



E. foliis distichis ligulatis obLusis subemarginatis, caule simplici 

 apice aphyllo vaginato, sepalis lineari-Ianceolatis patentibus lateralibus 

 falcatis, petalis duplo latioribus nanis laciniatis, intermedio cuneato- 

 rolundo subundulato basi serrato. 



? Epidendriim flexnosnm Meyer Fl. Essequeb. p. 260. LO. n. 34. Focke Tijd- 

 schrift nederl. IV. 65. 

 Wild in Demerara — Schomburgk 426; Parker ; Surinam — Kappler 1656; Hostmann 

 405; Brazil . mouth Rio Negro , on trees — Spruce 16fl0 (v, v. c. ets. sp.) — Flowers 

 pale rose-colour , larger than in E. ellipticum. Leaves very long, strap-shaped. The 

 column is somelimes green , and the sarae colour occurs to a small extent in the 

 sepals. E. tlexuosum is referred hither in hb. Hooker — and perhaps wiih justice. 

 N. 122 of the Herb. Mus. Par., collected in Frencb Guiana by Melinon . consists of 

 leaves of ihis , and flowers of E. Schoraburgkii. 



Huc : Epidendrum fle.vuosum G. F. W. Meyer Fl. Rsseq. p. 260. Lindl. I. c. p. 103, 

 in Tijdsch. Natuurk. Wetensch. IV. 65. — CI. Meyeri descriptioni haec sunt addenda : 

 Spica urabellata termifialis 9 — 12-flora. Sepalo recurva . lateralia falcata. Labelli 

 discus 2 costis brevibus compressis elevalis divaricatis albi.»» instruclu.s. Anthera 4- 

 locuiaris. Pollinia dimidiato - ovata , hinc rotundnta , compressa. ("linandrium mar- 

 ginatum , 3-deniuium. dentibus oblusis. Capsuia oblonga trisulcala. — Mense Sep- 

 lembri Horens ad rivum Tampati, fluminis Commewyni superioris tributariura , ad ar- 

 boris truncura. 



