ei»idi<:ndulm. ORCHIDES. ^* 395 



latcralia diniidiata. Labelluui circuiiu circulare, lobi lateralcs seniicordali, dentiruiati, 

 sinubus parvis acute iriang-ulis a lobo medio transverso aoquilato antice rolundalo 

 bilobo separati , latcribus denticulato; callus depressus carnosus in basi anteriore lo- 

 borum lateralium ac in radice lobi medii , aiitice minule crenulatus . superne hinc 

 papulosus , carinis 2 ab angulis decurrentibus serrulatis gynosteniii divaricalis inter 

 lobos laierai«s et lobum medium. — Blulhen so gross , wi«! dic des E. elotigalum. 

 Caracas : Cbacaos. 625. E. Otto. 



290. EPIDENDftUM XANTHINUM LindL in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. p. 18. HucLindl. I. c. 229. : 

 E. luliis oblongis carnosis, caule longe apljyllo, sepalis petalisque 



patenlibus ovalibus acutis aequalibus, labelli tiilobi lobis lateralibus 

 truiicalis alle incisis intermedio cuneato dentato, callo plicalo mucronato 

 concavo serrato, clinandrio antice serralo. 



Epidendrnm ellipticum var. flavum Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 382. 

 Wild in Brazil — Martius ; Serro do frio , Minas Geraes — Gardner 5205; Caraccas 

 — Linden 636; Loddiges (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — Flowers yellow , or vermilion , louched 

 wilh orange. Stems tliree feet high according to Martius , but in all my specimens 

 very much shorter. The leaves like E. elliplicum , but its yellow flowers are peculiar. 

 and the central tubercle of ihe lip is destitute of the shoulders that run off into the 

 side lobes in £. eliipticum. 



291. EPIDENDHCM ELLIPTICUM Graham in Exot. Bot. t. 207. LO. n. 56. Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1216. Huc Lindl. I. c. 230.: 



E. foliis fclliplicis obtusis concavis succulentis, caule longe aphylio 

 nunc ramoso squjiiiioso, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-lanceo- 

 lalis aequalibus, labelli trilobi lobis denlatis luteralibus rolundatis, iuler- 

 inedio emarginalo basi cuneijto, callo concavo plicalo acuminalo utrinque 

 in lobos laterales decurrenle deorsum denlalo, clinandrio seriato. 

 Epidondrum crassifollum LO. n, 55. Bot. Mag. l. 3543. 

 Wild in Brazil; Organ mountains — Miers ; common on rocks in exposed places — 

 Gardner 627; three lo four feet high in marshy bushy places , Chapada de N. S. 

 d'Abadio , May — Gardner 4365 (v., v. c. et s. sp.) — Very near E. elongatum , from 

 which it differs in its elliptical blunt succulent leaves , paler flowers, and especially 

 in the form of the tubercle of tlie lip , which is deeply furrowed , or plaited , shoul- 

 dering off to the lateral lobes , and is not furnished there with a free tubercle as hi 

 E. elongatum. Flowers light rose-colour. 



292. EPIDENDRUM ELONGATUM Jacq. ic. rar. HI. t. 604. Boi. Mag. t. 611. LO. n. 54. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 231. : 



E. foliis ovalo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, scapo longe aphyllo nunc 

 lamoso squamoso, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-lanceolalis aeqiia- 

 libus, labelli Irilobi lobis hiteralibus truncatis denticulatis : interniedio 

 duplo majore dilalaio cunealo emarginato biloboque denticulalo, callo 

 carnoso concavo acuminato crenato utrinque verruca crenata aucto, 

 clinandrio serrato. 



Amphyglottis secunda Salisb. Hort. Trans. I. c. 



Epidendrum sccundum Linn. sp. pl. 1349. Jacq. Amer. 224. t. 137. LO. n. 57. 

 Wild in the Wesl Indies; Trinidad — Schach ; Dominica — Imray ; Antigua — Ni- 

 cholson; Maitinique, on the niouniains — Jacquin ; Caraccas — Jacquin (v. v. c. et 

 s. sp.) — Flowers bright rose - colour. Leaves longer and ihinner, more ovate and 

 aculc tlian in E. ellipticum. 



293. EPIDENDRUM LACERUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 18. Huc Lindl. I. c. 232.; 



E. toliis lineari - oblongis acuminalis obtusis,* caulu simplici apice 

 aphyllo laxo squamato, sepalis i^etalisque paleiitibus lineari-lanceoJatis 

 subaequalibus aculis, labelli lobis aequalibus laceris pectinatis, inter- 

 medio apice mucronalo inlegro, callo hippocrepico mucronato in labellum 

 utrinque per crura 2 dccurrenle, clinandrio sernilalo. 



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