EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 401 



310. EPIDENDRUM MACROSTACHYUM Lindl. in Boi. Reg. 1845. misc. p. 70. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 242. : 



E. caule simplici, foliis oblongis mucronalalis vaginis scabriuscuiis, 

 racemo longissimo cernuo angulato, bracteis magnis duris ovato-cor- 

 datis reflexis, floribus coriaceis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis fili- 

 formibus, labello cordato obtuso iaevi basi valde concavo, clinandrio 

 integro. 



Wild in New Grenada ; on the rocks of the Pan Azucar , on the side of Tolima , at 

 the height of 6000 feet; February — Linden 1279 (v. s. sp.) — A singular species, 

 wiih racemes raore than a foot long, covered wiih distant leafy bracts full half an 

 inch long. Flowers green . fleshy. Stem from two to three feet high. 



311. EPIDENDRUM IMBRICATUM LO. 71. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 243. : 



E. caule ramoso, foliis disticiiis lineari-oblongis obtusis, spicis ovalo- 

 oblongis imbricatis, bracteis carinatis obtusis, sepalis pelalisque ovatis 

 acutis subaequalibus erectis, labello ovato acuto obsolete crenulato. 



Wild in Drazil ; pendent from large trees in the Organ Mountains — Gardner (v. s. sp.) 

 — Spike almost like a strobllus , two inches long, by one and a half inch broad. 

 ..Flowers ^Thite". — Gardner. 



312. EPIDENDRUM BIFARIUM Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. IIL 1509. LO. 69. Huc Lindl.l. c.244. : 



E. foliis distichis cordato-lanceolatis acuminatis horizonlalibus, spica 

 lerminali flexuosa, rhachi ancipiti, bracteis spathaceis compressis falcatis 

 acutis carinatis, sepalis ovato-Ianceolatis convexis, petalis brevioribus 

 setaceis, labelli dilatati trilobi lobis lateralibus subrotundis integris, in- 

 termedio bilobo. 



Wild in Jamaica — Mac Fadyen 4; on the trunks of trees on the Blue Mountalns; 

 September — Swartz (v. s. sp. in hb. Smith et Hooker). — Stera two lo four inches 

 bigh. Fiowers greenish white. Bracts somewhat falcate , keeled , as long as the 

 ovary. The only specimens I have seen of ihis are in Mr. Smith's herbarium , from 

 Swariz himself , and in Sir Wiliiam Hooker's. Its amplexicaul flesby somewhat falcate 

 leaves , and long naked ancipitous zigzag spike . are very different from anything else 

 in ibe genus. 



E. PLANIFOLIA UMBELLATA. 



313. EPIDENDRUM PIPERINUM Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 256. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 245.: 

 E. caule ramuloso, foliis distichis succulentis oblongis obliquis obtusis 



jaxe vaginalis, pedunculis brevissimis terminalibus subbifloris, sepaPo 

 dorsali petalisque filiformibus erectis , lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis cari- 

 natis horizontalibus, labello cordato-ovato cochleato ecalloso venis ra- 

 diantibus in margine confluentibus, 



Wild in Peru ; on the road between Quito and the village of Machachi — Hartweg 

 1419 (v. s. sp.) — A smali succuleni species , when dried beautifully neited. It looks 

 like a Peperoinia. 



314. EPIDENDRUM SCULPTUM Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 89. 



E. sculplum, juxla E. piperinum: foliis oblongis bi — tripoIJicaribus, 

 punctulatis, torsione perpendicularibus, sepalis petalisque subaequali- 

 bus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus angulatis, lobo medio ligulato. 



Folia oblonga, apice bilobula, valde micaniia utrinque minutissime punctulata, obliqua, 

 lamina prope perpendiculari. Flores tres in apice caulis sessiles , bracteae amplae, 

 apice rotundato retusae , ovaria ecuniculata aequantes. flores subcartilaginei . sepala 

 ac tepala subaequalia , lineari - ligulata , obtnsiuscala , labellum aequilongum . carno- 

 sum , trilobum, lobi laterales rhombeo rotundali , apice acuianguli, lobus medius 

 productus, ligulatus obtuse acuius, gynosiemii humiiis androclinium marginatum 

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