EPIDENDRUM. ORCHIDES. 407 



Epidendrum fimbriatum Hb. B. Kth. Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 68. Ocanna. 7000'. 

 Wagener. 



334. EPIDENDRUM SCRIPTUM Rich. and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 53. Huc Lindl. I. c. 264.: 

 E. ,,caule tereti, foliis elliptico -oblongis acutis, floribus viridulis, 



racemo simplici terminali, labello adnato obsolete trilobo albo lineis 

 purpureis scripto". 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. 



335. EPIDENDRUM LONGIPETALUM Rich. and Galeotti Orch. Mex. n. 55. Huc Lindl. 

 [. c. 265.: 



E. „caule compresso diphyllo, foliis approximatis lato-ellipticis sub- 

 acutis, floribus pallide roseis , racemis paucifloris scapum pedalem ter- 

 minantibus, sepalis internis linearibus externa duplo superantibus, labello 

 cordato obsolete trilobo". 



Wild in Mexico — Galeotti. — Compare with E. antenniferum. 



336. EPIDENDRUM TENUE. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. IIL 88. Huc LindL 1. c. 266.: 



E. foliis distichis linearibus acuminatis oblique emarginatis, racemis 

 acutis angustis simplicissimis (nunc casu quodam bifidis multifloris 

 10 — 20), bracteis ovatis acutis rigidis cucuUatis pedicello longioribus, 

 floribus erectis membranaceis, sepalis linearibus obtusis, petalis fili- 

 formibus, labello sesili ovato acuto concavo utrinque 1-dentato, venis 

 baseos elevatis. 



Wild in Brazil — Martius (v. s. sp. in hb. Martius). — The habit is that of E. parvi- 



florum. Stems little more than six inches high. 



337. EPIDENDRUM ANGUSTISSIMUM. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 267, : 



E. caulibus caespitosis erectis simplicibus, vaginis scabriusculis, foliis 

 linearibus serrulatis mucronulatis, racemo tenui flexuoso foliis breviore, 

 bracteis acuminatis ovario aequalibus, sepalis iinearibus reflexis, petalis 

 filiformibus, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus cuneatis fimbriolatis. 

 intermedia ovata. 



Wiid in New Grenada ; province of Mariqiiita — Triana 128 (v. s. sp. comm. cel. 



Linden). — Near E. flmbriatum and tenue. Stem six to nine inches high. Flowers 



exlremely small. The exact structure of Ihe lip and column cannot be determined 



fn ihe only specimen I posses, 



338. EPIDENDRUM CARDIOGLOSSUM H, G, Reichenbach Linn, XXIL 841. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 268. : 



E. racemis paucifloris cernuis, bracteis lanceolatis acutis, sepalis 

 oblongis acutis, petalis oblongis basi cuneatis ab apice latissimis acutis, 

 labello trilobo oblongo cordato retusiusculo medio apiculato latere utroque 

 emarginalo, callis 2 in basi lineis 3 elevatis antepositis. 



Wild in the Caraccas , March — Moritz 621 (Rchb.) — Stems strong. branched. 



Leaves longish , acute. Vaginae in the dried specimen very rough , loose. Flowers 



yellowish. — Rchb. Seems to be near E scabrura. 



339. EPIDENDRUM VERNIXIUM Rchb. fil. et Warscew. in Bonpl. H. 110. 



Aff. E. cardioglosso tepalis cuneato-ligulalis subdenticulatis, labelli 

 lobis postfcis rotundalis alte semicordalis, lobo medio producto re- 

 lusius^ulo, venis loborum rugulosis, papula utrinque in sinu. 



Caulis robustus , vaginae valde arpophyllaceae, folia oblongo - ligulata , apice obtusata, 

 sesquipoiiicaria , dimidium poliicem laia , nunc latiora , superne pulchre vernixia , pe- 

 dunculus caule multo lenuior , (loribiindus . tripollicaris , erectus (?) , bracteae linea- 

 ritriangulae ovario pedicellato prope decies breviores, perigonium chartaceo-carnosum, 

 sepala oblonga acuta . summum subcuueatum , tepala a lineari basi oblongo - ligulata, 

 obtusa. microscopice sublobiilata . subderiticuiata . labelli lobi postici semirolundi . alte 



