EPIDKNDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 393 



ratus, siatim ililatatus , transversus . biJobus. lobi oblongi , margine externo pauci- 

 serrati , apiculus parvulus nunc in imo sinu antico ; callus hippocrepicus crenulatus 

 lirabosus a basi lobi medii angulos versus gynostemii , androclinium trilobum , noti 

 serratum. — Die kleinen Bluthen von orangengelber Farbe sind kaum halb so gross. 

 als wie die des E. ellipticum. Peru v, Warscewicz. 



283. EIMDENDRUM LINDEiNII Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845. misc. 59. Huc Lindl. 1. C. 227.: 

 E. caulibus simplicibus strictis , foliis carnosis ovalibus obtusis emar- 



ginatisve, racemo oblongo obtuso, sepalis lanceolatis petalisque aequali- 

 bus, labelli laciniis laceris lateralibus subrotundis, intermedia cuneala 

 emariiinata, callo 7-crenato crenis convexis inlegris inferioribus duplo 

 majoribus, clinandrio denticulato. 



Wild in Venezuela; rocks in the neighbourhood of Merida , al the height of 5000 feet 



— Linden 636; New Grenada , Santa Marlha — Purdie ; Caracas — Linden 64 (v. s. sp.) 



— This seems to be a common plant on tlie Spanish Main. Mr. Linden says there 

 are three varieties ; one with bright carmine tlowers, another wiih rose - coloured. 

 and a third with yellow - orange. The central tubercle is hemispherical . with seven 

 lobes gradually diminishing in size up to the point. Mr. Linden's 636 is authority 

 for this ; wbat is said about ihe species in the Bolanical Regisier. 1. c. , belongs , in 

 part at least, to some other plant. Mr. Linden's 64 is raiher smaller, ihe tubercles 

 on the lip are slightly different , and the middle lobe of the lip is merely denticulate. 



284. EPIDENDRUM COCHLIDIUM Liadi. in Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV. 382. Huc LindL L c. 228. 

 E. loliis ovato-obiongis oblusis emarginatisque coriaceis, sepaiis peta- 



lisque lineari-Ianceolalis patenlibus aequaiibus, labelli laciniis laceris 

 subaequalibus intermedia cuneata truncala callo carnoso maximo ex- 

 cavalo Irilobo parum majore. 



Wild in Peru — Mathews J868; Venezuela Merida . in subalpine rocky places — 

 Moritz 1601 (v. s. sp.) — Flowers yellow aad red according lo Moritz. The large 

 tubercle, which covers the whole centre of the lip is very remarkable. It is said by 

 Moriz 10 be called ..Flor de San Jose" in Merida. 



Huc : Epidendrum pulcherrimum Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenz, 1854, n. 30, 



Caule tereti gracili folioso; foliis oblongo lanceolatis brevissime acu- 

 tis ; carnoso coriaceis distichis patentibus basi vaginatis; racemo con- 

 gesto terminali; pedunculo sesquipedali vaginis elongatis bracteiformibus 

 suflulto ; floribus germinibusque sordide puniceis disco piicato cristato, 

 labelli vitellino, bracteis persistentibus linearisubulatis membranaceis, 

 perigonii foliolis oblongo obovatis acutis patentibus, basi attenuatis, ex- 

 lerioribus latioribus; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus flabelliformibus 

 inciso iaceris, intermedio basi cuneato, apice dilatato divergenti bifido 

 oblique truncalo argute dentato, inter lacinias apiculato, disco 5 piicalo 

 appendicibus raarginalibus 2 majoribus instructo germine glabro deor- 

 sum altenuato. 



Peru. v. Warscewicz. col. C. Matbieu. 



Epidendrum cochlidium Lindl. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. E. cochlidium und Lin- 



denianum scbeinen mir in einander iiberzugehen. Caracas. Wagener. 



285. EPIDENDRUM CATILLUS Rchb. fil, et Warsc. in BonpL IL 112, 



Afi. E. cochlidio Lindl., labelli callo a basi ad apicem lobi medii 

 obovati apiculali integerrimi elliplico, crenulato, duplici, basilari in an- 

 teriorem incurrente, disco carinato, 



Summitates tantum adsunt. Pedunculus nitidus , quasi calamaceus : terminalis cras- 

 sus , more Polystachyarum quarumdam ; pedunculi laterales elongati graciliores; 

 bracteae lanceae acuminatae ovariis pedicellatis inferioribus triplo -quadrupio brevio- 

 res . sepala oblonga acuta, tepala subaequalia acuta , labelli lobi laterales flabellati, 

 postice iatiores , margine externo rotundato dentati , autice et postice integerritai ; 



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