478 ORCHIDES. 



ELLEANTHUS. 



12. KLLEANTHUS PURPUREUS. Evelyna purpurcn Rclih. fll. in v. Schldl. B. Z. 

 1852. 710. 



Caule valido, hinc ramoso, vaginis arpophyllaceis, fohis late oblongis, 

 basi cuneatis, apice attenuatis, acuminatis, imo apice tridentatis , sub- 

 pergameneis, folii floralis vagina arcliuscula. lamiiia ligulata, nunc super- 

 addita spalha bracteaeformi, pedunculo flexuoso, papillis parvis flavis 

 hinc inde muriculato, bracteis ovalis, acutis, navicularibus, scariosis 

 ovaria aequantibus, papillis flavidis hinc inde parce muriculatis, ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis acutis, lateralibus internis ligulatis acutis, labello lato 

 pandurato, antice denticulato, ejiiarginato, cristnla mediana parva, callis 

 circularibus in basi gynostemii utrinque medio anculati, androclinii 

 limbo postice emarginato, anticis angulis obtusangulo. 



Nach.st E. kermesina Lindl. Durch breite Biatter, gelhe Papillen und die Lippe unler- 

 schieden. — Unter Hrn. Bonpland's unbeschriebenen Pflanzen. (Berliner Museum.) 



13. FLLEANTHUS CORHFOLIUS. Eveltjna 'coriifolia Rchb. fll. in v. Schldl. B. Z. 

 1852. 710: 



Gracilenta , humilis, paucifolia, subramosa, vaginis asperulis, foliis 

 lanceolatis, basi et apice altenuatis, marginibus membranaceis valde 

 crispulis, ceterum pergameneis. folio florali lanceolato, .carinato, margine 

 crispulo, spica pauciflora, grandiflora, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis, sca- 

 riose herbaceis, flores excedenlibus, ovariis papillis filiformibus paucis 

 validissimis papulosis, perigonii phyllis oblon^is acufis vernixiis, latera- 

 libus internis spatiilatis, labello panduralo basin versus excavato, apice 

 acuto, anlrorsum cilialo, callis ante basin (nec in basi!![); gynostemio 

 gracili, roslello tridentato, androclinii limbo retuso. 

 Neu Granada, Linden. 1272. 



14. ELLEANTHUS KERMESINUS. Evelyna kermesina Lindl. Orchid. Linden 1846. 

 N. 61. p. 11: 



Ramosus, vaginis sublaevibus, foliis linearilanceolatis, stibtrinerviis 

 mucronatis, margine scabris, racemis flexuosis, bracteis naviculaiibus. 

 labello crenato subpubescente, callis 2 parvis ovalibus in fundo et la- 

 mina transversa. 



,,An epiphyte from the forests of Tolima in tlie prov. of Mariquita , at the height 

 of 9000". Jan. Flowers bright carmine."' (N. 1276.) The petals are obovaie and emar- 

 ginale , the leaves very narrow and hard ; sheaths neariy smooth. Flowers quite 

 disiinct from each other, on account of the bends of ihe rhachis. 

 Rchb. fll. Bonpl. IL 21. Caracas. Wagner. 



var. AURANTIACUS SIMPLEX, Evelyna kermesina Lindl., var. aurantiaca simplex 

 Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 282: 



Caulibus tenuibus simplicibus, reliquis tam.en Evelynae kermesinae, 

 bracleis lamen solilo brevioribus et floribus aurantiacis. 



Radices bene pilosae. Canlos fasciculati graciles spiihamaei calanuim Sylviae crassi. 

 Vaginae arctac nunctulis elevaiis asperno. Folia oblongoligulata acuminata apice re- 

 tusiuscula pcrgamenea supcrnc nitida 2 — 3 pollices longa , supra basin duas icrtias 

 pollicis lata. Racemus flexuosus , laxe conicus, sesquipollicaris. Bracteae ovaiae 

 scariosae, cucullatae, medianae ovaria aequantcs. Ovaria laevia. Sepala triangulo 

 acnia. Tepala linearicuneata obiusiusculo. Lnbcllnm pagina externa apice et basi 

 saccatum, antice denticulatum , medio ab inferiori laiere intruso constrictum; porti6 

 antica uhi vi expansa nunc irilobula. Calli 2 parvi oblonfri in pariete postico sacci 

 postici rotundi desccmlentes. Gynosiemium medio utriniine angulalum. Rostellum 

 cordatum apiculo interjeclo , apposito utrinqnc anguli suprerai apiculo. ,.FIores 

 aurantioci." Ocanna. Scptcmber. 5000'. Nr. 99. Schlini. 



