KPIUEMiRUM. 



ORCHiDES. 409 



spica sessili recuiva, lloribus coiiaceis, sepalis ovalis aculiusculis, pe- 

 talis tenuioribus basi angustalis parum angustioribus, labelli trilobi basi 

 bicallosi lobis laleralibus sublruncalis, interniedio cum^alo tridentato. 

 Wild in Peru; Popayan , on the ascent to the Paramo de Guanacas , at 10.500 feet 



— Hariweg 1424; on ihe ground on the Cordillera of Loxa — Id. ; New Grenada, 

 on the ground, 1'rom the Quebrada beiween Monserraie and Guadalupe , in the pro- 

 vince of Bogota , at the heighl of 8160 feet; March — Linden 1268 (v. s. sp.) — 

 Near E. scalirum , but with much larger and raore coriaceous flowers. It varies very 

 much in the size of the llowers, which are yellowish — Linden , and very fragrant 



— Ilartweg It seems to be aiways terrestrial. 



344. liPIDENDRUM CHIONEUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845. misc. p. 73, Huc Lindl. 1. c. 273.: 

 E. caule laevi ranioso, foliis ovato-lanceolalis inucronulatis, racemo 



capilato cernuo, bracleis erectis lierbaceis acuminatis ovaiio longio- 



ribus, sepalis subrotundo - ovatis apiculatis, petalis obovalis minule 



seirulatis, labelli laciniis integris intermedia lineari medio rugulosa basi 



bicallosa cuneata, lateralibus minoribus acutis, clinandrio alte marginatu. 



Wiid in New Grenada ; on ihe ground , Paramo , between Venta Quemada and 



Tunja . at the height of 12,000 feel; March — Linden 1344 (v. s. sp.) ~ The flowers 



are pure white , in small close heads, an inch or more long. It is very near 



E. cernuum . but differs in the form of its sepals and the lobes of ihe lip , if that 



species is correctly described. Leaves about two inches long hy a quarier of an 



inch wide. 



345. EPIDENDRUM CERNUUM Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. el Sp. I. 353. LO. n. 46. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 274.: 



E. foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, spica elongata cernua, sepalis 

 lanceolatis margine revolulis cuspidatis, petalis conformibus angustio- 

 ribus, labelli trilobi margine reflexi lobis lateralibus subrotundis acu- 

 minatis intermedio triplo majore concavo convexo lineari apice rhombeo 

 axi coriacea basi bicallosa. 



Wild in Peru ; on tiees in the Ravines of the Andes of Popayan , belween the town 

 of La Erre and the valley of Yanacatu , at the height of 5080 feet — Humboldt and 

 Bonplaud; forests on the western side of Pichincha — Jamieson (v. s. sp. in hb 

 Hooifer). — Stem three feet high, and more. Spike three inches long. Flowers 

 sweet-scented . yellowish green. 



346. EPIDENDHUW MATUTINUM H. G. Reichenb. in Linn. XXII. p. 840. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 275.: 



E. racemo incurvo brevi mullifloro, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ovariis 

 pedicellatis multo brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis pelalis sub- 

 aequalibus sub apice dilalalis, labello libero trilobo lobis lateralibus 

 margine externo rotundatis apice acutis medio producto ligulato acuto 

 lamellis 3 elevatis in medio, callis 2 parvis in basi. 



Wild Jn Venezuela ; Merida , Jan. — Morilz 1065 (Rchb.) — Slems strong. Leaves 



loogish, acule, lieeled beneath. Flowers yellowish. — Rchb. 



347. EPIDENDRUM INSECTIFERUM. Huc Lindl. I. c. 276.: 



E. foiiis oblongis acutis undulatis striatis, racemo longipeduntulato 

 slricto dense multifloro, bracteis selaceis pedicellis brevioribus , sepali.-^ 

 petalisque linearibus acuminatis, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi linea elevatw 

 inteijectii laciuiis laleralibus rotundatis antice acutis intermedia ovala 

 obtusa apiculata, clinandrio cucullalo integro. 



Wild iu Bolivia — Bridges (v. .s. sp.) — A large species, Stera nearly a foot higii 

 up to the base of the peduucle , wliich is perfectly naked , and, includiug ihe racemc, 

 nearly a foot long. Leaves six inches long by niore ihan two broad. Flowers small, 

 membranous . oii long siender stalks. 

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