EIMDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 405 



herbaceis acuminatis pedicellis aequalibus, floribus membranaceis, sepalis 

 Janceolatis petalisque linearibus acutis, labello transverso indiviso cuspi- 

 dato basi bicalloso, clinandrio cucullato indiviso. 



Wilii in Jamaica ; on trees in the woods of Dunrobin Castle — Purdie (v. s. «p. in 

 hb. Hooker). — Not much like any other species. The two upper leaves (?) in Sir 

 W. Hooker's herbarium being broken off , I am not quite sure of the section. The 

 flowers are as large as in E. verrucosum , and apparently white or yellow. 



325. EPIDENDRUM LEDIFOLIUM Richard and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 50. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 257. : 



E. caule erecto frulicoso ramoso, foliis lanceolato-linearibus obtu- 

 siusculis, racemo subsessili laxo flexuoso, bracteis membranaceis sefa- 

 ceis pedicellis brevioribus, sepalis acutis petalisque obtusis angustio- 

 ribus linearibus, labello cordato subrotundo emarginato subintegro basi 

 bicalloso iineis 3 elevatis interruptis. 



Wild in Mexico — Gaieotti (v. s. sp. comm. cel. inv.) — A branching shrub, in the 

 specimen before me almost eighteen inches high. Flowers yellow. 



326. EPIDKNDRUM (.OCCINEUM Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. IIL 68. 



Affine E. ledifoiio foliis lineari -ligulatis sursum altenuatis, retusis, 

 racemo cernuo, floribus carnosis, labello cordaio ovato obtuse acuto 

 basi carinulis quinis obscuris carnosis. 



Caulis adest quinquepoilicaris. Vaginae pulcherrime arpophyllaceae retusae. Laminae 

 superiores adsunt bi- ad tripollicares ; apice retusiuscuiae basi paulo dilatatae, bene 

 carnoso - coriaceae margine tenues. Racemus cernuus brevis pluriflorus. Bracteae 

 lanceo aristatae ovariis pedicellatis ter breviores. Perigonium valde carnosum. Se- 

 pola ovata acuta. Tepala ligulato - falcata subacuta pauio breviora. Labellum medio 

 adnalum. Androclinium valde reiusum. — Epiphyt. — Blulhen ..coccinroth". 5000'. 

 Marz, Ocanna. Wagener. (Liegt vor : Tunguragua, Hall.) 



327. EPIDENDRUM GASTROPODIUM Rchb. flL MSS. Huc: Gastropodiim violaceum 

 Lindi. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. p. 107. 



Ramosum, distiche foliosum, foliis carnosis linearibus obtusis mu- 

 cronulatis, vaginis strialis Iransverse rugosis; racemi laeves, sessiles, 

 terminales, cernui. Flores parvi , membranacei , violacei. Bracteae su- 

 bulatae, membranaceae;^ sepala conniventia, ovata, libera; petala lan- 

 ceolata duplo minora; labellum cum columna connatuni, ventricosura, 

 ovatum, callo tripartito ad basin. Columna brevi pyramidalis, partis li- 

 berae marginibus latis crassis truncatis; clinandrium nudum. Anthera 

 plana membranacea, 4Iocularis; poIlinia4, oblonga, collateralia, omnino 

 sejuncta, fllis tolidem rectis nec replicatis, laevibus, apice connato 

 colligata ; ovarium cuniculalum, antice ventricosum. 



Popayan (Hartweg). — This genus is like the true species of Dioihonaea, and like 

 it in habits. It differs in its naked anther-bed and in ihe structure of the pollen- 

 masses. 



328. EPIDENDRUM PROPINQUUM Rich. and Galeotli Orch. Mex. n. 49. Huc Lindl. 

 1. c. 259. : 



E. „caule tereti foliis oblongo-Ianceolatis obtusiusculis, racemis 4-floris, 

 floribus brunneis, labello cordato margine denticulato". 

 Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



329. EPIDENDRUM PHILIPPII H; G. Rchb. in Linn. XXII. 840 Huc Lindl. I. c. 260. : 



E. racemo paucifloro, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ovaria pedicellala 

 superantibus, sepalis oblongis, petalis lanceolatis basi cuneatis multo 

 anguslioribus brevioribusque acutis, labello ovato cordato latereutroque 

 sinualo antice emarginato marginc subtiliter crenulato, callis 2 minimis. 



