404 ORCHTDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



altenualis; foliis papyraceo coriaceis lanceolatis acuminatis patenti re- 

 curvis, superioribus apicem versus lortis racemo terminali superantibus; 

 racemo compressiusculo tripollicari 6 — 7floro, basi bracteis 2 opposi- 

 tis pollicaribus lanceolatis acuminatis foliaceis inslructa; pedicellis te- 

 retibus flavidoviridibus ^V, pollicaribus bractea semipoHicaria 4 lineari 

 lanceolala acuminata suffulta; perigonii foliolis flavo viridibus angustis 

 setaceo-acuminatis sesquipollicaribus; columna clavata candida intus 

 indusio plano bilobo ornata; labelli trifidi basi bifido-callosi laciniis la- 

 teralibus brevissimis falcalo uncinatis reflexis; intermedia viridi lanceo- 

 lata subulata 9 lineari patentissima. 

 Guatemala. v. Warscewicz col. Mathieu, 



322. EPIDENDRUM NOCTURNUM Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349. Jacq. Amer, 7i5. t. 139. LO. n. 43. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1961. Rot. Mag. t. 3298. Huc Lindl. I. c. 254.: 



E. foliis oblongis, floribus subgeminis, sepalis petalisque pedicello 

 duplo brevioribns linearibus acuminatis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis 

 lateralibus ovatis integerrimis intermedio setaceo brevioribus, clinan- 

 drio dentato. 



Epidendmtn discolor Richard and Galeotti Orch Mex, n. 56. 



Epidendrum tridens Poppig and Endlicher N. G. et Sp. H. t, 103. 



(A) Leaves oval, four to five times as long as broad. 



(B) latifolium. Leaves very large, not more than twice as long as broad. 



Wild in the West lodies ; St. Vincent's — Guilding , Dominica — Imray 200 . woods 

 on the mountains of Martinique — Jacquin , Jamaica — Mac Fadyen; Surinam — 

 Focke 126, Hostmann 36; Demerara — Parker ; Peru , on rocks and stones — Poppig 

 (v, V. c. et s. sp.) — About a foot high, Flowers three inches iong , whiie , with 

 a tinge of green or crimson , extremely sweet - scented, It varies so much in the 

 breadth of the leaves as lo make it doubtful whether E. longicolle is really distinct. 

 Epidendrum nocturnum Jacq. Rchb, fll, in Bonpl. III, 68. Ocanna, Wagener. 

 — Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 20. Caracas, 5000'. Augnst. Wagener, 

 Huc: Epidendrum Spruceanum Lindl. I, c, 253, 

 E. foliis oblongis obtusis, floribus fasciculatis, sepalis petalisque 

 jinearibus acuminatis pedicello longioribus, labelli trilobi laciniis late- 

 ralibus semirhombeis oblusis apice dentatis intermedia setacea brevio- 

 ribus, clinandrio integro. 



Wild in Brazil ; at the Barro do Rio Negro , on trees — Spruce 1466 (v. s. sp.) — 

 Leaves as large as in the largest state of E. nocturnum, Flowers nearly six inches 

 from tip to tip of the long altenuated sepals, „Sepals and petals greenish white; 

 iip white", — Spruce. 



323. EPIDENDRUM LONGICOLLE Lindl, in Bot, Reg, 1828, misc. 49. Bot, Mag t, 4165. 

 Huc Lindl, I. c, 255.: 



E. foliis strictis linearibus apice angustatis oblusis, floribus subsoli- 

 tariis foliis brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis patentibus, 

 pedicellis ovario subaequalibus, petalis linearibus acutis supra columnam 

 convergentibus , labelli Irilobi lobis lateralibus obtusis semiovatis in- 

 tegerrimis intermedio setaceo brevioribus; lamellis 2 callosis ad basin, 

 collo ovarii elongato, clinandrio dentato. 



Wild in Demerara — Schomburgk (v. v. c, et s, sp.) — Near E. nocturnum , bul 

 much less bandsome. The sepals and petals are pale yellow; the lip white , with 

 two yellow plates ai the base, * 



F. PLANIFOLIA RACEMOSA, 



324. EPIDENDRUM JAMAICENSE, IIuc Lindl, I. c. 256, : 



E. foliis oblongo-lanceolalis aculissimis racemo longioribus, bracteis 



