EPIUKNDRUM. 



OHCIIIDES 399 



Planta iiabitu Ponerae juncifoliae. Caulis usque octopollicaris. Vaginne nervosae 

 (ancipites ?). Folia carnosa sesqui|>oilicarin 8 — 9 Caulis dein anceps in spatham 

 foiiaceam excurrens : fasciculus hraciearum ancipitium (raore E. equuantis) congeslus 

 ex axi raccnii vaide abbreviaia. Flos ex icone Oersiediana (lavus . clausus, incluso 

 ovario subpoilicaris vivus — siccus multo minor. Ovarium cuniculatum fusiforme. 

 Sepala carnosa triangula , tepala spatljulata acuta. Labellum basi gynostemii obtusi 

 abbreviati adnalum. !n summo raonte E\ Viego 5500'. In monte Irasu 10.000'! Oerst. 



303. EPIDENDRUM KARVi^INSKII Rchb. fil. in Botipi. 1856. 327.: Huc: Isochilus cernnum 

 Lindi. .Ann. Bat. Hist. t. 18f.2. 184 



Caulibus caespilosis tilifotiiiibus ereclis, foliis leretibus oblusissimis, 

 spalha terminali bivalvi, pedunculis elongatis, floribus cernuis, sepalis 

 ovatis pefalisque Mnearibus oblusis, labello concavo sublrilobo colunnnae 

 adnalo apice carnoso aculo utrinque rolundato membranaceo, linea 

 elevata in medio. 



Mexico. Karwinski. — The habit of this piant is that of Isochiius globosus, but iis 

 siem are nearly 6" high and stout in proportion , and the flowers are 'A " long. 



304. EPIDENDRUM SUBULATIFOLIUM Rich. and Galeoiti Orch. Mex. n. 51. Huc Lindl. 

 l. c. 258. : 



E. foliis leretibus subiilatis aculis, scapo 4-5-floro, floribns inlense 

 luleis parvulis, laliello suborbiculari inlegro sinuoso. 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



D. PLANIFOLIA SPATHACEA. 



305. EPIDENDRUM RAMOSUM Jacq. Amer. 221. t. 132. Swartz FI. Ind. Occ. l. 1505. LO. 

 n. 24. Huc Lindi. 1. c. 238.: 



E. frulicosum, ramosum, foliis linearibus obtusis emarginatis, ra- 

 cemis terminalibus laxis flexuosis paucifloris , bracteis cucullatis obtusis 

 ovario longioribus, sepalis ovato- lanceolatis petalisque linearibus acutir. 

 pati'nlibus, labello subcordalo ovato acnto concavo rigido. 

 Epidendrum rigidum Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1600. 

 Isochilus ramosum Spreng. Syst. II!. 734. 

 Wild on trees in ihe West Indies , common ; Demerara — Parker; French Guayana 

 — Melinon 116; Mexico , rocks and trees at 5000 leet near Oaxaca , on tiie PaciQc 

 side — Galeotti 5034; Brazil , Organ Mountains — Miers (▼. s. sp.) — Stem shrubby, 

 somewhat dichotomous. Flowers small , greenish yeliow. It varies in the size of 

 its parls. In Sir Wiiiiam Hooker's herbarium is a Donnnican specimen (Imray 179), 

 wiili leaves two inches long by half an inch wide. 



306. EPIDENDRUM STROIIILIFERUM Rchb. fll. in Orch. Splitg. Huc Isochilus ramosnm 

 Fockc in Tijdschr. Natuurk. Wetch. IV. 69. 



Caule tereti ramoso lolioso vaginjto, foliis distichis carnosis ovato- 

 lanceolatis apice oblique bidentatis, spica dislicha terminali stricta com- 

 pressa, floribus bracleis inclusis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis subfalcatis 

 basi obliquis concavis acutis superiore oblongo plano jatioribus , peta- 

 lis paullo anguslioribus linguaelbrmibus basi obliquis, labeJlo cordato- 

 hastato aculo concavo, ovario ventricoso 



Radices filiformes , viridescentes. Caules teretes, ramosi, foliosi , vaginati. Folia 

 disticha, vaginantia , ovatn , obiongo - ovata vei ovato - lanceolata, apice oblique biflda 

 vel emarginata, carno.sa , uninervia , 1 — 2 centim longa , 6 — 8 uiiliim. lata. Spica 

 • dislicba , terminalis , siricla , 3 — 4-llora, bracleat? , compressa. Bracteae merabra- 

 naceae. ampiae, subtriangulares , plicato - cucuiiatae , amplexicaules, persistentes, 

 floris longitudine. Perianthum ciausum. Sepala aequilonga, iateralia ovata acuta in- 

 aeqnilaiera , i)nsi oltliqnn . coiicnva , superioic oblongo obtnso piano erecto laliora. 



