EFIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 413 



Bluthen gelbgiiin. so gross wie bei E. Schlimii. Anseheii des E. puium. Culiivirt 

 hei Herrn Gonsul Schiller (Januar 1853. n. 126). 



363. EPIDENDRUM SUBPURUM Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. III. 21.: 



Caiile fiisiformi gracili foliato, foliis lineariligulalis apicc atloniialis 

 oblusiuscule acuti.'?, pedunculo incurvo mullifloro, bracfeis squaniiformi- 

 bus niinimis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis, tepalis linearibus apicem versus 

 paulo latioribus, labello cum gynostemio apicem usque connato, lamina 

 libera triloba, lobis lateralibns basi semicordatis obtuse rhf«mbeis, di- 

 varicatis, minute crenulalis, lobo medio obovato retuso bilobulato, ca- 

 rinulis obtusangulis 2 in ima basi abhreviatis' in nervos tres elevatos 

 excurienlibus nervis his basi antecarinulari iterum cariniiligeris. 



Bluthen mehr letlerartig als bei E. purum Lindl., sonst sehr ahnlich , wie auch alle 



Grossenverhaltnisse stimmen. Caracas. Wagener. 



364. EPIDENDRUM LANIPES. Hiic: Lindl. 1. c. 291 : 



E. foliis ensiformibus obtusis panicula stricta brachiata brevioribus, 

 rachi scabriuscula, ovariis lanulosis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, 

 petalis filiformibus, labelli lobis laleralibus semi-ovalis intermedio cu- 

 neato retuso basi bicalloso, clinandrii bilobi laciniis 2-dentatis. 



Wild in Peru; Chachapoyas — Malhews 3183 (v. s. sp.). — Flowers apparently yellow 

 in a paoicle nine inche.s long , and as much broad. The woolly ovary is quite pecuiiar. 



365. EPIDENDRUM AGATHOSMICUM H. G. Reichenb. Linnaca XXII. 841. Huc Lindl. 

 1. c. 292. : 



E. paniculae ramis squrjmis obloncis acutis suffultis, bracteis mini- 

 mis cuspidalis, sepalis oblongis acutis basi cunealis, pt-talis linearibus 

 apice ovatis acutis , labello Irilobo lobis lateraliljus semiovatis basi ali- 

 quid cuneatis denticulatis callis 2 minimis in basi , lobo medio a basi 

 cuneata dilatato Iransverso antice emarginato denliculato. 



Wild in the Caraccas ; on the lop of the mountain , near the Venta — Moritz 233 

 (Rchb.). — Leaves longish, acule , carinate. Flowers snow-white . fra^rant. — Rchb. 



— Rcbb. fil. in Bonpl. IL 20. Truxillo. Wagener. 



366. EPIDENDRUM FLORIBUNDUM Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I. 353. t. 86. L. 0. 

 63. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3697. Huc : Lindl. 1. c. 293 : 



E. foliis lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis submembranaceis, panicula 

 maxima racemosa . sepalis reflexis lanceolatis, petalis filiforraibus, la- 

 belli quadrilobi basi bituberculati lobis lateraliLus subiotundis lermina- 

 libns linoaribus divaricatis. 



Epidendrum densiflorum Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3791. 

 E}ndendrum ornalum Leraaire ; fid. Rchb. 

 (D) lilttcinum H. G. Rchb. Linn. XXII. pag. 840. Flowers purple , larger ihan u.sual , with 



a wbite lip. 

 {C) convexnm. Flowois smaller , shorter , with a roundish . denticulaie. obscurely 

 four-lobed lip. • 



Wild in Poru — Humboldt and Bonpland ; B. Venezuela — Morilz 233 , Funck and 

 Schlim 1448; C. New Grenada , in the woods of ihe Hacienda de Palmas , near 

 Guaduas — Hartweg (v. v. c. et s. sp.) Not Mexican, as stated in Bol. Mag. on the 

 authority of ilic CoHeciion ai Woburn. — A great branching green - flowered species, 

 very much like E. paniculaium and laxum , difl^ering however in the want of spatha- 

 ceous bract.s. 



— Rchb. fil. iii v. Mohl et v. Schlechtril. Bot. Zeit. 1852. 837. Huc Epidendrum 

 ovnulum Ch. Lem. 



Epidendrum (Amphyglottium) ornahim Ch. Lemaire V. Houtte Fiores des Serres 

 IV. 3346. — Fleurs verruculeuses en dehors , vertes, a segments flechis en arriere ; 

 le gynostemc et le labelle sont blancs ; celui ci onie d'une macule coccincc. 



