400 ORGIliDES. 



EPIDEiNORLM. 



Petala paiillo angustiora, sepalis aeqtiiionga , linguaeformia . basi oliliqiia. Lahelluru 

 unguiculalum , unguicuio coiumnae basi aduaium . cordaio -Lastalum , acutum, con- 

 cavum . cum columna parallelum , marginibus conniventibus. Columna brevis, cum 

 ovario coniinua semiieres , marginata, apice bicornis. Anthera opercularis 4-locu- 

 laris. Pollinia 4 subrotunda , compressa , per paria caudiculis brevibus replicatis ad- 

 flxa. Ovarium sub labello ventricosum. Capsula globosa . rostello obtuso terminaia. 



— Herba epipbyta perennis. in Crescentia Cujete non rara. — Fiores albi. inconspicui. 



— Florel Augusto. 



307. EPIDENDRUM RIGIDUM Jacq. Amer. 222. t. 134. Swailz Fl. Ind. Occ. III. 1507. 

 LO. n. 70. Uook. ic. t. 314. Huc Lindl. I. c. 239.: 



E. caule subsimplici, foliis distichis ovato-oblongis obtusis, spicae 

 flexuosae rachi ancipitj, bracteis foliaceis dolabriformibus carinalis ovarii 

 longitudine, sepalis coriaceis ovatis obtusis patentibus, lateraiibus ma- 

 joribus, petalis hnearibus rnembranaceis, labelli postici cordato-ovati 

 obtusi disco calloso cuniculo inflato, chnandrio dentato. 



Wild in the West Indies, common ; Caraccas — Purdie ; Mexico — Pavon ; Demerara 



— Loddiges , iSchoniburgk 889; Surinam — Splitgerber; Brazil, on irees , Barro do 

 Rio iNegro — Spruce 166. Martius , Miers (v. s. sp. et v. c.) — Stem simple , a sjian 

 bigh , two-edged. Flowers small , green . turning yellow. 



— Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20. Caracas. Wagener. 



308. EPIDE.NDRUM CORIIFOLIUM Lindl. in Journ. Horl. Soc, VL 218. c. ic. Huc Lindl. 

 1. c. 240 .• 



E. loliis angustis coriaceis subdistichis carinatis concavis obtusis, 

 spica densa terminali, bracteis coriaceis carinatis herbaceis distichis 

 ovario longioribus, sepalis lateralibus crassis carinatis ovalibus. petalis 

 linearibus spathulatis, labello subrolundo plano eraarginato basibicailoso, 

 medio elevato. 



Wild in Central America — Skinner (v. v. c.) — In all its parts tough, thick. lea- 

 tbery . and generally glazed . as it were , witb a shining exudation. The narrow stiif 

 leaves are blunt , about six inches long , concave . with a sharp midrib. Spike ter- 

 minal , about four inches long. coasisting of hard amplexicaul kceled bracts. Flowers 

 greenish. Keel of lateral sepals serrated. 



Lindl. Paxt. II, p. 85. n. 356. : Epidendrum coriifoUum Lindl. — Flowers green, 

 Central America. Touyh . thick . leathery structure. generally glazed with shining ex- 

 sudation. The narrow stiff leaves are blunt , 6 inches long , concave, with a sharp 

 midrib. Spike. whioh is terniinal and about 4 inches long . consists of hard amplexi- 

 caul keeled bracis pressed close to ihe llowers and forming a kind of cone before they 

 expand. The tlowers are pale green . very firm and leaibery . with a broad roundish 

 convex lip having an elevaied callosity aiong tbe middle. The latcral sepals , which 

 are peculiarly thick. have a serrated keel at the back. — Nearly rehited to E. rigidum, 

 but its leaves are much longer. aud narrower, and the tlowers three or four timesas 

 large , and extremely coriaceous. — Jonrn Horl. Soc. VI. 



309. EPIDENDRUM XYLOSTaCHYLM Lindl. in Boi. Reg. 1845. misc. p. 70. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 241 : 



E. caule simplici, fohis oblongis obtusis coriaceis mucronulatis, va- 

 ginis scabris, spica stricta flexuosa dura folio summo parum breviore, 

 bracleis herbaceis cucullatis ovatis rigidis approximatis, floribus carnosis, 

 sepalis oblongis concavis , petalis conlormibus planis angustioribus, labeilo 

 cordato ovalo obtuso concavo maigine recurvo, chnandrio integro. 



Wild in New Grenadu ; Pennon du Pan de Azucar , on the side of Tolima , al the height 

 of 6000 feei ; February — Lindcn 1280 (v s. sp ). — Resenibles E. macrostacbyum, 

 but ibe bracts are larger , ihe spike is short, the flowers are larger, and the petols 

 are almost as hroad os llie sepals. instead of beiiig fllilorm. Flowers greenish white. 



