392 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



E. SCHISTOCHILA TUBERCULATA. 



278. EPibENDRUM DlCflOTOMUM Presl. Rel. Ilaenk. 101. LO. n. 58. Hiic.Mndi. I. c. 223.: 

 E. loliis luiiceolalu-obiongis oblusii, caule apice apLylio squamoso 



ramoso , sepalis pelalisque ianceolalis aculis reflexis, labelli laciniis 

 fimbrialis lateralibus rotundatis patentissimis inlermedia majore obcor- 

 data , callo altero concavo crenulato indiviso duobusque minoribus ad 

 basin, clinandrio integerrimo. 



Wild in Peru — Maliiews 1024; near Huanaco — Haenke (v. s. sp.). — Yery near E. 



ibaguense, but distinguislied by its iiille iobed iij), and entire cliiiandrium. The un- 



lobed tubercle, wiih a pair of smaller caiii near its base , alTords anoiber mark of 



distinction. 



279. EPiDENDRUM QUITENSIU.M Rchb. fii. MSS. Huc : Epidendnim fastigiatnm Lindl. 

 1. c. 224. : 



£. loliis ovalo -oblongis oblusis carnosis, scapo aphyllo, racemo 

 oblongo composito densissimo fasligiato, bracteis setaceis, sepalis pe- 

 talisque oblongis obtusis aequalibus , labelli multifidi laciniati lobis I.a- 

 teralibus intermedio Iruncato minoribus, tuberculi 5-lobi elongati callo 

 lerminali 3-crenato lateralibus 2-crenatis, clinandrio integro. 



VVild in Peru ; oa the Andes of Qui/o — Jomieson (v. s. sp. in iib. Hooker). — The 



large middie lobe of the iacerated lip , and its very peculiar long tubercle , render 



it easy to recognise this , independenliy of the dense fastigiate inflorescence. It is 



tbe size of E. Schomburgkii. 

 260. EPIDENDRUM RRACHYPHYLLUM. Huc LindL 1. c. 225. 



E. foliis ovalo- oblongis carnosis, pedunculo 4-squamato racemo 

 bis longiore, bracteis acuminatis pedicellis brevioribus, sepalis petalis- 

 que oblongis acutis subaequalibus, labelli lobis inaequalibus dentatis, 

 lateralibus rotundatis intermedio cuneato emarginato apiculato ungue 

 utrinque 2-dentato, tuberculi tripartiti lobis lateralibus decurrentibus 

 intermedio ovato 5-crenato, clinandrio serrato 



Wild in Rolivia ; in the province of Yungas , Dec. — VVeddell , 4255 (v. s. sp. comm. 



hb. Mus. Par.). — A slurdy piant, about six inches high , with ihe habit of E. eion- 



gatum. Flowers rose- coloured. 



281. EPIDENDRUM SPLNESCENS. Huc Lindi. 1. c. '^26 : 



E. caule elongalo apice dense folioso, foliis lineaii-Janceolalis pelio- 

 latis rigidis apice spinescentibus, pedunculo sessili bracteis inferioribus 

 acuminatis herbaceis, sepalis oblongis subaequalibus, labelli transversi 

 lobis dentatis lateralibus rotundatis antice incisis intermedio apiculato 

 minore, callo ovato elevato concavo medio utrinque tumido et in la- 

 bellum decurrente. clinandrio serrulato. 



Wild in Drazii — Miers 3484 (v. s. sp. in hb. Miers). — Stera nine inches high . at 

 ihe upper end bearing five or si.i stalked taper-poinied leaves, aii inch .nnd a half to 

 iwo iiiches long. Raceme sessiie , two inches long. Flowers ihe size of E. eliipiicum. 



282. EPIDENDRUM GRACILICAULE Rchb. fll. et Warscew. in Ronpl. II. 111. 



Afl. E. Lindenii floribus cainosulis tiiplo minoribus, labelli lobo rne- 

 dio transverso bilobo, lobis margine externo seriatis, callo depresso 

 hippocrepico cienato a basi lobi medii ad angulos gynostemii. 



Summilates lantum adsunt. Pedunculus ulira pedalis. calnmum columbinum vix cras- 

 8U3 , nuiic Ilexuosus . miiitisquamaius (squamae arctae , appressae) , apice racemo 

 2—3 poliicari icrnjinaius , nunc superadditis racemis lateralibus. bracteae trianguiae, 

 brevcs , ovaria bene sed iiaud coiispicue cuniculata , flores carnosuli , sepala ac te- 

 pala subaequalia pauio angustiora obiunga acuta, labelium iriiobum , lobi lalerales a 

 hasi cuneala trianguii , seu ovaii laceru dentati, lubus medius sinubus angustis sepa- 



