EPiDENDRUM. ORCHIDES. 408 



Ejjidendrnm difjoimc Jacq, Amer. 223. t. 136. 



? Epidendrum subumbellatum Hoffmg. jn Linn. XVI. 232. 



? Epidendrwn radiatum Hoffmgg. Bot. Zeit. 1843. 832. 

 Wild in tiie West Indies; Trinidad — Sieber 379, Dominica — Imray 130, St. Vin- 

 ceni's — Guilding; Ikazil , Minas Geraes — Widgreen 777; Guaieniala; in woods 

 near Samborondan — Hartweg (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — Flowers green, without a trace 

 of spathe or equivaient bracts. 



318. EPIDENDRUM LATILABRE Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 163. Huc Lindi. 1. c. 249. 

 E. foliis ovatis obtusis brevivaginantibus supremis suborbicularibus, 



umbella 2 — 4-flora "Sessili, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis patentibus, 



petalis lineari-spathulatis obtusissimis, labello repando sublobato emar- 



ginalo basi bicalloso fere 4-plo latiore quam longo, clinandrio laciniato. 



? Epidendrum virens Hoffmgg. in Linnaea XVI. 223. 



Wild in the West Indies, Dominica — Iraray; Peru . Myobamba , on trees — Mathews; 



Brazil , Rio Janeiro — Gardner 628, Organ Mountains — Miers (v. v. c. et s. sp.) — 



Very near E. umbellatum , of which it has the habit; but its lip , which is four times 



broader than long, and curved downwards on each side , so as to bear no little 



resemblance to a sliflly - starched lady's apron, gives it a different appearance. The 



flowers , too , seldom exceed four to an umbel , the petals are very blunt, and the 



leaves more round ihan oblong: in Mathew's Peruvian specimens ihey are almost 



orbicular. Nevenheless , it is much to be doubted whether tbis is anything more 



than a gigantic variety of E. umbellatura. 



319. EPIDENDRUM ENSATUM Rich. and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 54. Huc Lindl. I. c. 250.: 

 E. „caule compresso ancipiti, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, floribus 



parvulis albido-brunneis, labello adnato trilobo lobis obtusis subaequa- 

 libus margine sinuosis". 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



320. EPIDENDRUM TETRACEROS H. G. Reichenbach in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 735. Huc 

 Lindl. I. c. 251.: 



E. caule elalo ramulosu, foliis linearibus acuminatis, pedunculis 

 tenuibus paucifloris (2—4), bracteis anguste triangulis acutis, sepalis 

 cunealo-oblongis acutis, petalis duplo angustioribus, labello ab angustiori 

 basi trapezoideo dilatato obtusangulo antice emarginato in sinu minute 

 unidentato lineis tribus medianis elevatis, clinandrio 4-dentato dentibus 

 mediis minutis lateralibus dolabriformibus. 



Wild in Veragua ; on Mount Chiriqui — Warczewilz. — Twice as large in every part 



as E. filicaule . which is nearly related to it. — Rchb. 



321. EPIDENDRUM LACERTINUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. 109. Hort. Soc. Journ. 

 II. 309. Huc Lindl. I. c. 252. : 



E. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis pedunculo longioribus, racemo sessili 

 umbellato, ovariis subsecundis longissimis pendulis bracteis setaceis 

 multoties longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acummatis, petalis lineari-Ian- 

 ceolalis, labelli trilobi basi bilamellati laciniis lateralibus triangularibus 

 intermedia lineari acurainata eiongala, antbera cucullo infegerrimo 

 immersa. 



Wild in Guatemaia — Loddiges (v. v. c.) — The flowers hang down on long sialii 

 liite ovaries from one side of a short racemc; bright green . with the exception of 

 the column, which is yellow; the lip is a liltle slained with purple , and has the 

 appearance of a lizard's tail , the hind legs being outside the flower. and the head 

 and sjioulders buried within the cup. 



Huc: Epidendrum (Amphiglottum) mdusiatum Klolrsch Allg. Gtr. 18M. 177. 



Caule simpliciter ramoso, ramis fusi formibus remote foliosis utrinque 



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