396 ^ ORCIIIDES. i:pioen[)kuj!. 



Wilii iii Cuba — Capt. Suitoii (v. v. c). — A slender species wilh narrow gras.sy 

 leaves , pale rosy flowers . and a distinct entire point to tbe middle lobe of the lip. 

 It bas the babit of E. iqaatopbyllum . bul the leaves taper to ibe point. and the lip 

 is wholly different. 



294. EPIDENDRUM IBAGUENSE Ihimli. el Kunlh , Nov. Gen. et Sp". I. 352. LO. n. 53. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 233.: 



E. foliis ohlonpis obtusis carnosis, caule simplici apice aphyllo nunc 

 ramoso, sepalis oblongis acutis patenlibus, petalis conformibus paulo 

 minoribus, labelli laceri lobo intermedio obcordato lateralibus altius 

 litnbriatis cordalis apice rolundatis, callo concavo carnoso trilobo api- 

 culato, clinandrio serrato. 



Wild in New Grenada ; belween Ibague and M. Tolima , at the helght ol 4440 feet 



— Humboldt and Bonpland ; Peru , on walls and rocks about Loxa — Hartweg; deep 

 ravines near Quito — Jaraieson 94 (v. s. sp.) — A very fine species , witb orange- 

 coloured flowers. The leaves are an inch and a quarter broad , and the stems as 

 thick as a swan's quill. and apparently often branched. When old they becorae as 

 smooth as bamboo. 



295. EPIDENDRUM NOVOGRANATENSE Rchb. fll. et Warsc. in Bonpl. II. 111. 

 Afi. E. ibaguensi, callis falcatis ulrinque 2 calli limbo suppositis. 



Tripedale. Foliorum vaginae bene transverse rugulosae (arpophyllaceae) : larainae 

 oblongae , apice inaequales, tres pollices longae, duas lertias pollicis latae. Pedun- 

 culus ultra bipedalis , pluri (9) vaginatus , vaginae arctae , dorso bicarinulalae. Race- 

 mus ineunte anthesi subcorymbosus illum Calantbidis veratrifoliae aemulans. Brac- 

 teae inferiores triangulo setaceae , ovarii pedicellati tertiam aequantes. Sepala oblonga 

 apiculata ; tepala angustiora. apicem versus vHlgo»crenulata. Labelli lobi laterales 

 tepali dimidiura lati, postice aite semicordati, ceterum roiundati , antrorsura lacero 

 serrati , postice denliculati , lobus medius subaequilatus , cuneatus, antice rotundalus 

 cura sinu trianguio , lateribus aoiicis lacero serratus; callus depressus a gynosie- 

 mii basi in basin lobo medii : antice trilobus , lobi laierales falcati , lobus medius 

 qnadratus apice retuso trilobulus; iateribus crenulalus ; falculae 2 suppositae sinu- 

 bus inter lobos anticos calli ; falcula altera ulrinque lateri medio calli supposita; an- 

 droclinium trilobura , lobus verlicis triangulus , lobi ^aterales decurrentes serrulaii. 



— Bluihen getrocknet mennigroih , etwas grosser . als die des E. Lindenii ; Bluthen- 

 stiel und Fruchiknoten uber zollang. Neu - Granada. v. Warscewicz. 



296. EPIDENDRUM TRICRURE Rchb. fil. et Warsc. in Bonpl. II. 112. 



Aff. E. ibaguensi, labelli lobo medio quadrifido, callo depresso tn- 

 cruri, cruribus lateralibus in Jabelli lobos laterales prostratis, crure 

 medio latiori lobulato in raediura usque discum lobi medii. 



Pedunculus tautum adest pedalis quadrivaginaius ; apice racemosus per tres pollices. 

 Bracteae lanceae acuminatae ovariis pedicellatis quadruplo -sextuplo breviores. Ova- 

 rium bene sed non abrupte cuniculatum. Sepala subaequalia oblonga apiculata , late- 

 ralia dimidiata, tepala angustiora apice minute crenulata, labelli lobi laterales postice 

 alte semicordati , margine rotundato externo denticulali . antrorsum laceri , lobus 

 uiedius trciDsversus , aequilatus , siiiu lineari parallelo a lobis laleraiibus divisus mar- 

 ginibus exlernis rotuadalus. flmliriatolaceratus , medio alte bifidus . utrinqne etiara 

 bifidus ; androclinii angulis decurrentibus serrulatis. — Bliilhe so gross, wie die des 

 E. Lindenii Lindl. : schon lila. Die Lippe ist im Umkreise ganz rund und ziemlich 

 haulig. Peru. v. Warscewicz. 



297. EPIDENDRUM SOCORIJEiNSE Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20. Huc: Epidendrum Schliimi 

 Liudl. I. c. 234. 



E. caule erecto ramoso, pedunculi vaginis paucis obtusis distantibu.<5, 

 racemo laxo, sepalis petalisque membranaceis oblongis leflexis, columnae 

 elongatae basi tenui, labelli parvi lobis lateralibus haslalis cordalis postice 



