LPIDtNDUUM. 



ORCHIDES. • 397 



subdenlatis apice trifidis intermedio lineaii indiviso, caliis 5 conspicuis 

 ovitormibus. 



Wtld in New Grenada; on irees in foresis on liie Volcan del Diablo, in the province 

 of Socorro . at tlie heigtu of 4—5000 feei — Schlim 75 (v. s. sp. coram. cel. Linden.) 

 — Leaves unknown. The stem branches like some shrub. The flowers are bright 

 red , an inch and a half in diameter , with a very slender column and small lip. 

 m EPIDENDRUM PANCHRYSUM Rchb. fll. et Warsc. in Otto et Dittrich Allg. Gartenz. 

 XXII. n. 40. p. 313. 



Affine E. gracilicauli labelli lobis lateralibus obtriangulis angustis la- 

 lere externo sinuato dentatis, lobo medio ligulato dilatato antice quin- 

 quedentalo; callo ligulato postice obtuse corniculato utrinque in basi 

 loborum lateralium , altero alteri subparallelo, antice in calium hippo- 

 crepicura plicatum latere antiorso rotundato et in apiculum subtus ad- 

 natuin exeunte; androclinio tridentalo. 



Diese schone Art hat goldgelbe Bluthen , die nur halb so gross sind , wie die eines 

 gesunden E. ellipticum Grah. Die Vegetationsorgane kennen wir nicht. doch geniigt 

 die obige Diagnose zur Erkennung der Art. Dass Sepalen und Tepalen wie bei den 

 Verwandten gestaltet sind. ist aus der Weglassung derselben in der Diagnose er- 

 sichtlich. — Herr v. Warscewicz endeckte diese Art in Peru. Wir erhielien sie aus 

 dcm Garten des Herrn Senator Jenisch durch den Obergartner Herrn Kramer. 



§ 10. Euepidendnim. Lindley in Hooker§ Journal III. 81. Lindl. I. c. 



The essential distinclion of this section is the leafy, nol pseudobulbous stem , the 

 adnale labellum. and the enlire want of sheaihs at the base of its peduncle, as in Am- 

 phiglottium, or of leafy spathes, as in Spathium. 

 The Species may be subdivided thus : 



Folia equitantia A. Equitantia. 



Folia plana , bracteis spalhaceis saepius ancipitibus . . B. Planifolia spalhacea. 

 Folia plana, bracteis depauperatis. 



floribus umbellatis C. Planifolia umbellata. 



floribus rscemosis D. Planifolia racemosa. 



floribus paniculatis E. Planifolia paniculata. 



In ali cases the species with an entire lip lorm the beginning of each series . and 

 those witb it mosi divided the termination. 



A. EQUITANTIA. 



m EPIDENDRDM VESICATUM Lindi. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 89. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 236.: 

 E. caule elongato, foliis inflatis equitantibus carinatis acutis glaucis, 

 floribus terminalibus fasciculatis carnosis foliis vix longioribus, sepalis 

 lineari-oblongis acutis, petalis conformibus anguslioribus, labello sub- 

 rotundo cordato linea media tuberculisqne duobus basilaribus elevalis, 

 collo ovarii medio vesicato. 



Wiid in Brazil — Loddiges (v. v. c.) — Leaves covered wiih a glaucous bloom , im- 



bricated, and more like inflated carinate bracis , ihan truc leaves. Flowers greenish 



white , with the neck of the ovary having aa elevated semi - transparent blister near 



ils middle. This blister is in fact the lower extremity of the cuniculus. 



300. EPIDENDRUM EQUITANS Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 76. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 237.: 



E. caule folioso ancipili, foliis equilantibus ancipitibus lanceolatis 



elongatis acurninalis, flore solilario terminali pendulo, pedunculo an- 



cipiti, spatha diphylla foliolo inferiore erecto foliaceo flore longiore, 



sepalis linearibus acuminatis patuhs, petalis conformibus paulo brevio- 



ribus, iabello ovato-lanceolalo Irilobo complicato cum columna basi con- 



