402 ORCHIDES. epidendrum. 



uirinquc medio unidentatum. Von Chagres von Herr» Kefersiein eingefuhrt, von 

 Herrn Lehmann cultivirt. 



315. EPIDENDRUM TOLIMENSE Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845.. misc. p. 66. Orch. Lind. n. 29. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 246.: 



E. caulibus ramosis scaberrimis, foliis striatis ovato-lanceolatis, flori- 

 bus 2—3 terrainalibiis sessilibus coriaceis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutis striatis, petalis setaceis, labello subcordato ovato concavo apice 

 carnoso basi ecalloso intus pubescente avenio. 



Wild in New Grenada; in ihe forests of Tolima at the height of 10,000 feet. January 

 — Linden 1272 (v. s. sp.). — Flowers smail , a dull yellow colour. Branches ex- 

 cessively rough with irregular asperities. Leaves about one and a half inch iong. 

 Ii is much like E. Lima in habit. although so different in structure. 



316. EPIDENDRUM STENOPETALUM Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3410. Huc Limil. 1. c. 247.: 

 E. caule flexuoso, foliis loratis acuminalis obtusis emarginatis , um- 



bella sessili lerminali pauciflora, sepalis petalisque angustioribus acu- 

 tissimis, labello obovato rotundato convexo basi lamellato, columna 

 brevissima, clinandrio carnoso lobato. 



Epidendrum lamellatum Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 60. 

 Wild in Honduras — Sir C. Lemon ; Panaraa — Fendler 332 ; Jamaica — MacFadyen; 

 Venezuela , in Merida , near St. Cristoval , in foresis at the height of 3000 feet, 

 October — Linden 710 (v. s. sp. et ic pict.). — Sir W. Hooker says, that the lip is 

 free from the column , Mr. Booth, that it is adherent; we cannot settle the poinl 

 from want of examinable specimens. The flowers are bright rose - colour. The 

 E. stenopetalum of Knowles and Westcott (Floral Cabinet II. p. 175), now irreco- 

 verably lost , must be very different from this. 



Epidendrum stenopetahm Hook. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. Die Lippe ist frei von 

 der Saule. Noveraber. 6000' Caracas. Wagener. 



Huc : Isochiles elegans Focke Tijdschr. Natnrk. Wetschr. IV. 68.^ 

 Caule radicali simplici folioso. foliis distichis lineari-Ianceolatis emar- 

 ginatis strictis coriaceis, floribus terniinalibus nulantibus, sepalis 

 oblongis, petalis ovatis vix brevioribus, labello orbiculato acuminato. 

 Radices flbrosae, confertae. Caulis foliosus , teres , erectus , profunde ac regulariter 

 sulcatus. griseus , 2—3 decim. longus . pennae anserinae crassitie. Folia disticha, 

 lineari - lanceolata. sensim attenuata , obtusa , inaequaliter et profunde emarginata. 

 stricia. coriacea . amplexicaulia , superiora vaginantia , 8—10 centim. longa . 1—1,2 

 lata. Spicae breves , terminales , 2— 8-florae , nudae. Perianthium patens. Sepala 

 oblonga , acuminala ; lateralia inaequilatera , 1,8 centira. longa , 6 millim. laia. Pe- 

 tala ovato - rhomboidea , apiculata . sepalis fere aequilonga . centim. lata. Labellum 

 petalis subconforme , orbiculatum , breve acuminatum. unguiculatum . unguiculo 

 cum ima basi columnae connatum , concavum , basi rainute imbricato-cailosum , disco 

 albo , 1.5—2 centim. longum . 1,2—1,5 latum. Columna brevissima . erecta . carnosa, 

 conduplicata , concolor . apice biloba , lobis rolundatis conniventibus erectis . cli- 

 nandrio lobis coluranae tecto. Stigma labello reconditum. Anihera dorsalis . bi- 

 locularis . loculis biparlitis . septis membranaceis , in clinandrio immersa , albida. 

 Pollinia 4 oblonga . dimidiala , corapressa. flava. Caudiculae 4 filiforraes . pulvereae. 

 replicalae. Ovarium leres . leviter sulcatum. Capsula oblonga , obsolete iriquetra. 

 — Herba epiphyta perennis . non rara. — Fiores purpureo-rosei , nutantes. — Floret 

 Junio. 

 317. EPIDENDRUM DIFFORME Jacq. Ann. 223. t. 136. Huc: Efidendrum umbellalum 

 Swariz , Nov. Acl. Ups. VI. 68. Bot. Mag. 2030. LO. u. 28. Lindl. 1. c. 248. 

 E. loliis oblongis subundulatis obLusis, umbella sessili, sepalis lineari- 

 obloiigis obtusis petalisque linearibus acutis patentibus, labello indiviso 

 rolundalo repando iransverso basi bicalloso, clinandno laciniato. 



