406 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



VVild on the Cordilleras ; eastern side — Philippi (Rchb.) — Siera branched , leaiy. 

 Leaves longish , wiih a sharp point , and broad sheaths. — Rchb. 



330. EPIDENDRUM SARCOSTALIX Rchb. fll. et Warsc. in Bonpl. H. 111. 



Aff. E. Philippii bracLeis minutis, labello cordato replicato, gynostemio 

 apice valde clavato. 



Caulis validus. Vaginae valde arpophyllaceae nervosae. Folia oblonga cura apiculo 

 angustissime cartilngineo marpinata , bipollicaria , medio iinum pollicem laia , nume- 

 rosa. Racenuis redexus , bracteae triangulo setaceae ovario quater - sexies breviorea, 

 ovarii cuniculus elongatus . haud araplus, bene conspicuus. Perigonium carnoso char- 

 taceum. Sepnlum summum oblongo - obovalum acutum , lateraiia subaequalia paulo 

 latiora, tepala a basi angusta dilatata^ ligulata , obtusata, medio subacuta , labellum 

 deflexum triangulum , postice utrinque semicordatum, calli 2 parvi roiundo tumidi in 

 ima basi . gynosiemium a tenuiori basi valde clavatum , anguli 2 antici oblique rhom- 

 bei , tumidi . anihera in androclinio integro immersa. — Blulhen um die Haifte gros- 

 ser , als die des E. Arbuscula Lindl. Das E. orgyale hat eine ge.sagte Lippe und der- 

 gleichen Tepala. Peru. v. Warscewicz. 



331. EPIDEKDRUM ORGYALE Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 256. Huc Lindl. I. c. 261.: 

 E, caule orgyali distiche foliato, foliis ovato-oblongis margine vagi- 



nisque scabris, racemo sessili erecto cylindraceo, bracleis membrana- 

 ceis subulatis, floribus carnosis, sepalis ovalibus, petalis spathulato- 

 linearibus serrulatis, labello cordato acuto serrulato callis duobus juxta 

 basin unoque sulcato minore sub apice, cuniculo ventricoso. 



Wild in New Grenada ; Andes near Bogota — Hartweg (v. s. sp.) — Stem flve feet 



high. Flowers apparently yellow. 



332. EPIDENDRUM QUADRATUM. Huc Lindl I. c. 262. : 



E. caule alto folioso, foliis coriaceis ovato-oblongis obtusis, racemo 

 sessili cernuo multifloro, floribus carnosis, bracteis iinearibus herbaceis 

 acuminatis, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, pelalis spathu- 

 lato -lanceolatis minute denticulatis, labello subrotundo-quadrato serru- 

 lato undulato basi bicalloso axi crassa venisque lateralibus elevatis 

 carnosis rugosis, clinandrio carnoso 4-dentato. 



Wild in Tropical America — Linden (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden , sine numero aut 



loc. nat.) — Near E. orgyale, with very much larger flowers. 



333. EPIDENDRUM FIMBRIATUM H. B. K. I. 351. LO. n. 27. Huc Lindl. I. c. 263.: 



E. foliis dislichis oblongo-linearibus oblique retusis margine vagi- 

 nisque scabris, racemo angusto terminali, floribus subsessilibus, sepahs 

 linearibus retusis, petalis conformibus serratis, labello subrotundo- 

 ovato serrato basi bilineato, columna nana. 



Epidendrum alternans Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 88. 

 Wild in Peru; lofty mountains of Andimarcha — Mathews 1072 and 1897; ravines of 

 Pichincha — Jamieson 67 and 95; woods of Guayan — Hartweg 1418; nearly on a 

 level with Quito — Jamieson 9; province of Carabaya — Weddel 4668; Venezuela, 

 terrestrial , in ihe Paramo del Zumbador , at the height of 11.000 feet — Linden 1473; 

 New Grenada lufts in the open spaces of ihe vast forests of Quindiu , between Pal- 

 milla and El Moral , in ihe province of Mariquita , at the height of 8400 fect — 

 Linden 1288 , Purdie : Ocanna , on thc borders of rivulets — Schlim 736 (v. s. sp.) 

 — Slender plants about sii inches high , wiih small racemose flowers, pale rose- 

 coloured — Weddell ; white . dotted with rose or violet — Linden. The lip varies in 

 jts degree of flmbriation. 



Epidendrwn (imbrialum Hb. B. Kth, Ocanna. Wcgrander. 8000'. Bluthen weiss. 

 n. 736. Schlim. 



Epidendrum fimbnatuvi Hb. B. Kth. Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. U. 20. Caracas. Wagener. 



