410 ORCIIIDES. 



EIMDENDRUM. 



348. EPIDENDRUM ARBUSCULA Lindl. in BenllK PI. Hartw. p. 93. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 277. : 

 E, caule tereli frulicoso ramoso, rarnulis vestitis apice 2— 3-phyllis, 



foiiis oblongis coriaceis patenlibus, racemis oblongis densis terminaii- 

 bus subsessilibus cernuis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminalis mem- 

 branaceis patentissimis pedicellis duplo brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis 

 ncutis carnosis, petalis tenuioribus linearibus apice paulo latioribus, 

 labello trilobo cordato basi tricalloso, laciniis lateralibus rotundatis, inter- 

 media emarginata undulata. 



VVild in Mexico ; Sao Juan Sacatepequez ; April — Hartweg (v. s. sp.) — A plant 

 with a large branching stem , leaihery ieaves . three or four inches long. and many 

 poie stout roots. Flowers dull cbocolate , relieved by a patch of yellow in the middle 

 of the labellum , which is so lolded back at the sides and front , ihat , aJthough 

 almost cricular. it presents the form of an oldfashioned three-cocked bat. 



349. EPIDENDRUM INCOMPTUM H. G. Rchb. in Linn. 1852. p. 735. HucLindl. 1.0.278.: 

 E. caule valido squamoso superne folioso, foliis summis anthesi 



persislentibus cuneato-oblongis acutis erectis, racemo plurifloro congesto, 

 bracteis ianceolatis acuminatis ovaria infima pedicellata subaequantibus, 

 sepalis oblongis petalisque linearibus acutis. labello transverso trilobo 

 basi rotundato lobis lateralibus divaricalis medioque produclo ti jangniis, 

 clinandrio quinquelobo. 



Wild in Veragua ; on Mount Chiriqui — v. Warszewicz. — Next to E. Arbuscula — Rchb. 



F. PLANIFOLIA PANIGULATA. 



350. EPIDEiNDRUM GRAMINEUM LO. n. 30. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 279. ; 



E. loliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acutis striatis, racemo lerminali 

 paniculalo, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis linearibus, labello cordato 

 acuto medio plicato basi calloso, clinandrio integro. 

 Wild in Peru — Pavon (v. s. sp. olim in hb. Lamberl). 



351. EPIDENDRUM RECURVATUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845. misc. 77. HucLindl Lc.280. : 

 E. foliis ensiformibus mucronatis strictis, panicula gracili ramis 



longis recurvis aequalibus, bracteis apice setaceis, floribus membra- 

 naceis distantibus, sepalis ovalo-oblongis, petalis lineari-spathulalis, 

 labello alte cordato subquadrato. 



Wild in Venezuela ; heights of Bailadores, in the province of Merida, 6000 feet above 

 ihe sea; June — Linden 1472 (v. s. sp.) — A plant with the habit of E. tridactylum, 

 etc. but with rose-coloured flowers , which are three or four times as large. 



352. EPIDENDRUM DIFFUSUM Swartz , Fl. Ind. occ. III. 1503. LO. 25. Boi. Mag. t. 3565. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 280. : 



E. foliis oblongis, caule ancipiti, panicula fililcrmi terininali ramo- 

 sissima, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque selaceis erecto- patentibus 

 striatis , labello cordato angusto membranaceo acuminato trilineato 

 basi calloso. 



Seraphyta tnuUiflora Fisch. Ann. Nat. Hist. VIII. 471. 

 Epidendrum tenuillorum Hort. 

 Wiid in Jamaica; on trees in tbe temperate parts — Swartz , Mac Fadyen (v. s. 

 sp. et ▼. c.) — Flowers small , crimson. 

 353. EPIDENDRUM FUNCKIANUM Rich. and Galeoili, Orch. Mex. n. 52. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 282. : 



E. „caule arliculato, foliis ovalibiis obtusissimis apice bilobis, floribus 

 parvulis brunneis paniculatis, iabello adnato cordato acuto'*. 



VVild in Mexico — Galeoili. 



