EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDES. 415 



with many leaves , wLich aie longisb . acute , somewliai carinate. Flowers yellowisli. 



— Reichenbach. 



370. EPIDENDRUM AGGREGATUM Lindl. in Hook. Journ. III. 84. Huc Lindl. 1. c. 296 : 

 E. foliis dislichis lanceolatis acurninalissimis, racemi? oppositifoliis 



subsessilibus brevissimis basi sqiiamafis, floribus corymbosis, labello 

 subrotundo cordato basi bilamellato. 



Wild in Peru — Mathews I90I (v. s. sp.) — .\ very singular plant , allied to E. cauli- 

 florura. The flowers are apparenily as larje as in E. nutans. The appearance of 

 ihe plant is tbat of some Dendrobium. 



371. EPIDENDRUM CAULIFLORUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 82. Huc Lindl. 

 I. c. 297 : 



E. foliis ovato-oblongis planis acuminatissimis, corymbis brevibus, 

 sepalis angustis patentissimis subaequalibus concavis, petalis linearibus , 

 apice cuneatis acutis reflexis, labello cnneato-suhrotundo trilobo, lobo 

 intermedio truncato tridenlato , lateralibus rotundatis repandis, callis 

 tribus linearibus in medio labelli, lateralibus majoribus. 



Wild in Brazil ; Rio Janeiro — Loddiges (v. v, c.) — Flowers about tbe size of those 

 of E. nutans , pale straw - colour , appearing frora ihe side of the stout cylindrical 

 stem bursting forth from among tbe dry sbeatlis with which it is closely invested. 



372. EPIDENDRUM (Pleuranthium) PILEATUM Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. IIL 68. 



Affine Epidendro Dendrobii Rchb. fil., foliis lineari- ligulatis acutis, 

 tepalis lineari-lignlatis, labello convexo basi cordato, apice emarginato, 

 corniculis abbreviatis geminis inbasi, nervis tribus elevatis per discum. 

 Caulis bipedalis polyphyllus superne polystachius. Folia quinquepollicaria , apice 

 bene attenuaia. Racemi pollicares, basi vaginis cuculiatis obtuse acutis vestiti. 

 Bracteae subaequales minores ; ovaria pedicellata longe non aequantes. Flores illis 

 Epidendri Dendrobii paulo minores. Sepala ligulata obtuse acuta. Gynostemii pars 

 summa libera assurgens. — Epiphyt. — Griinbluthig. Februar. 5000'. Ocanoa. 

 Wagener. 



§ 12. Psilanthemum. Klolzsch, in Link Klotzsch Otto ic. pl. 2. p. 111. 



The radical inflorescence , otherwise unknown in the genus, distinctly marks this 

 section. The lip is adnate to the column , and is similar in structure to Amphiglottium., 



373. EPIDENDRUM STAMFORDIANUM Bateman Orch. Mex. and Guat. t. 11. Huc 

 Lindl. l. c. 88.: 



E. pseudobulbis fusiformibus, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis basi 

 angustatis, racemo radicali paniculato, sepaiis patentibus lanceolatis, 

 petalis duplo angustioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis planis aequilongis, 

 lateralibus oblongis rolundatis intermedia transversa biloba s. emargi- 

 nata fimbriata. 



Epidendrum basilare Klotzsch I. c. t. 45. 

 Wild in Guatemala , on the coast in shady very moist soil — Skinner ; Sa. Martha — 

 Purdie (v. v. c. et s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker). — Flowers in a large branched raceme 

 deliciously fragrant. pale yellow , with a vivid violet spot at the base of the lip. 

 Huc : Epidendrum Slamfordianum var. pictum Lem. — Lem. jard. fl. 1. c. tab. 251. 



— Fl. majorib. vivide 5 - -coloribus , laciiiiis laetissime aureis purpureo - vivido- 

 punctalis , gynostemate basi viride aj). ad jsexualia kermesino -lineato , labelli JoLis 

 l>asilarib. niveis (aetaie lutescentiLus) parce kermesino -punctulatis , apicalib. lutejs 

 kermesino -punctulatis. — Patria: Mexico Vera-(.ruz. — Bot. Mag. 4659. — Bonpl. 

 II. 20. Caracas. Wagener I 



Huc: Epidendrum cycnostalix Rchb. fil. (monsirum!) in v. Molil ei v. Schlechtdl. 

 Bot. Ztg. 1852. p. 731. Lin.li. 1. c. n. lOl. : 



