EPiDLNDBUNf. ORCHIDES. 411 



354. EPIDENDRUM MICRANTHUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. lil. 88. Huc Lintll. l c. 283. : 

 E. foliis distichis lanceolalis acuniinatis, racemo v. panicula racemosa 



virgala, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis florum dissitoruni longitudine, sepalis 

 oblongis carnosis obtusis subaequalibus, petalis linearibus, labello 

 oblongo quadrato indiviso. 



Wild in Peru — Mathews 1858. (v. s. sp.) — A plant wiih flowers scarcely a line 



long . aiid a!I iho hahit of E. tridactylum. 



355. EPIDENDRUM AQUATICUM Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 12. 



E. caule ascendente ancipiti ramoso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, 

 panicula simplici pauciflora (aut racemo) paulo brevioribus, sepalis ob- 

 longis petalisque linearibus obtusis, labello carnoso alte cordato cucullato, 

 clinandrio carnoso ulrinque bidentato. 



Wild in Brazil ; Goyaz , on the margin of a small stream near N. S. d'Ahadia : May 



— Gardner 4364; Minas Geraes , Serra de Curaca ; Ocl. — Gardner 5206 (v. s. sp.) 



— Branches four or five inches long; leaves from half an inch to two inches. 

 Flowers yellowish. 



356. EPIDENDRUM VINCENTINUM Liodl. in Hook. Journ. III. 88. Huc Lindl. I. c. 285.: 

 E. caule ancipiti, foliis distichis anguste lanceolatis acutissimis pani- 



cula pauciflora laxa filiformi brevioribus, sepalis I ineari - lanceolatis, 



petalis filiformilius, labelJo subrotundo crispo. 



Wild in St. Vincents — Guilding (v. s. sp. hb. Hooker). — A small delicaie species, 

 not more ihan four inches high , with minute membranous flowers , disposed in a 

 sbort, loose panicle , witb Qliform pdicels. 



357. EPIDENDRUM FRIGIDUM Lind. in Bol. Reg. 1845. misc. p. 76. Orch. Lind n. 36. 

 Huc Lindl. I. c. 286. : 



E. caiile stricto indiviso, foliis imbricatis coriaceis ovato-oblongis 

 oblusis emarginatisque, panicula racemosa nutante, bracteis coriaceis 

 ovatis abrupte acuinmatis, floribus valde carnosis, sepalis ovatis obtusis 

 alte costalis, petalis linearibus erectis, labellc complicato transverse 

 ovalo subtus obtuse carinato basi bicostato, columna brevissima. 



Wild in Venezuela ; on damp rocks a short distance from eternal soow , attheheight 

 of 13,000 feet, on the Sierra Nevada of Merida — Linden 643; Peru , on the volcano 

 of Pasto , on trees at 13,000 feet — Jamieson (v. s. sp.) — This singular plant bas 

 a stem a foot and a half high , densely covered with leaves , which are stifl", and 

 curved back at the edge. The flowers, which are pale rose . grow in long drooping 

 panicled racemes. Liriden states , thai it grows on wel rocks , at but little distance 

 from the eiernal snow, at ibe height of 13.000 feet above the sea. He adds that il 

 is especially remarkable for ali tlie plant , fiqwcrs included , being covered over 

 with varnish. Jamieson's Pasto plant is weak and raceuiose. not panicled. 



— Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 20. Herr Prof. Lindley erwahnl nicht, dass Scheiden 

 sowobl als Hauptbluihenstiel zweischneidig sind. Die getrockneten Blatter sah ich 

 allemal eingerollt. Die dichte Inflorescenz mit bunderien von carmosinrolhen Bluthen 

 ist sehr ausgezeichnet. Merida. 3000'. December. Wagener. 



368. EPIDENDRUM FRUTEX Rchb. fii. Xenia 1. p. 95. Tab. 97 : 



Aff. Epidendro frigido Linden! paniculae distichae (nec secundae) 



rhachi teretiuscula (nec ancipiti), ramulis abbreviatis, labello obtuso 



rhombeo. 



Caulis ultra podalis calamo gryphino crassior. Folioruni vaginae valde et rude arpo- 

 phyllaceae prai^sertim in parte sublaminari. Laminae oblongo - ligulatae apice atte- 

 nuatae obtuse acutae , sex - septempollicares . pollicem latae. Pedunculi rami primarii 

 a vagiiiis hyalinis nunc oblique insertis , triangulis, apiculatis fulti , ooto . defleio 

 ramulosi. l\amuli carnosi bracteis iriangulis disticbis abbreviatis vestiii. Ovaria ob- 



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