ELLEANTHUS. 



ORCHIDES. 483 



ee. Coiumnnres Rchl). fil. I. c. 711. 



31. ELLEANTHUS UONPLANDL Evehjna nonplumli Rclib. fil. iii v. Schld. B, Z. 

 1852. 711 : 



Simplex, validissima, caule calamo aquilino crassiore, vaginis ner- 

 vosis, celerum laevibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis valde ner- 

 vosis, coriaceis, spica 5-polIicari, cylindracea, plurimiflora, densissima, 

 spalhis oblongis acutis excavatis scariosis, ochraceis, apice atropur- 

 pureis, flores excedenlibus, ovariis glabris, perigonii phyllis externis tri- 

 angulis acutis, lateralibiis internis lineanbu.", acutis, labello obtuse rhom- 

 beo-urbiculari, antice minute crispulo, ante basin constricto, callis basi- 

 laribus minutis. 



Von E. sirobilifera Popp. Endl. durch Gestalt der Lippe und mehrere Spathae gui 

 unterschieden. Dagegen hat E. hipulina Lindl. papillose Fruchtknoten , schmalere 

 Deckblatter, grosse Lippenbuckel u. s. w. Aus Hrn. Bonpland's Sammlung. (Berl. 

 Museum.) 



32. ELLEANTHUS LUPULIiNUS. Evelyna hqndina Lindl. Orchid. Lind. 1846. p. 11. N. 63: 

 Simplicicauhs , vaginis brevibus scabridis, foliis multinerviis aciitis, 



racemo oblongo obtu"so multifloro , foliis floralibus basi ventricosis, 

 bracteis hnearilanceplatis apice dilatatis floribus duplo longioribus , la- 

 bello medio conslricto apice rotundato callo magno didymo in fundo 

 concavo. 



„A terrestrial plant from the vicinity of the Paramo of the Sierra Nevada at the 



height of 10,000'. Aug. Plant 4—5' high. Flowers rose coloured in spikes. (N. 642). 



Raceme very compacts, 4" long, Bracts very long and narrow. 



33. ELLEANTHUS COLUMNAIUS. Evelynu cohimnaris Limll. Orch. Linden. 1846. p. 11: 

 N. 62: 



Simphcicaulis , vaginis laevibus , foliis lanceolalis, multinerviis acu- 

 minalis abrupfe acutis , racemis oblongis elongatis compactis obtusis 

 niultifloris, bracteis membranaceis oblusis , labello apice ovato integer- 

 rimo basi bifoveato calloso. 



„ A large terrestrial species 3—4' high. Agua de Obispo and Sicrra Nevada at 

 ihe height of SOOO', May to August. Flowers white and purple in spikes." (N. 620). 



Leaves one fool long, and nearly iwo inches broad. Racemes between 4—5 inches 

 long, wiih the lowest bract leafy. Near E. sh-obiUfera. 



Rchb. fll. Bpl. II. 282: foliis oblongis acuminalis nervosis, spathis sub spica sca- 

 riosis 2, labello rhombeo acuto antice denticulata, callis in basi geminis, dilione inter 

 ei anie callos incrassata , gynostemio utrinque acutangulo , mentulo siib fovea. — 

 Planta bipedalis. Caulis calamiim aquilinum crassus. Folia evolula quatuor. Vaginae 

 subtiliter nervosulae. Laminae oblongae acuminatae nitidae, bene nervosae 6—7 pol- 

 lices longae, supra basin 2.5 pollices latae. Folia subspathacea 2 parva sub inflores- 

 centia conico-cylindracea , tri — qiiadripollicaria. Bracteae oblongae acutae Hores 

 aequantcs. Ovaria laevia. Sepala triangulo ovata apiculata. Tepala linearia apice 

 acHiiusculo lobulata. Labelluin cucullatum, flabellalum, antice ovatotriangulum ser- 

 rulatum. Diiio antecallina incrassala. Calli 2 depresso pyriformes approximati. Gy- 

 nosleminni gracile utrinquc pone fovearn angulatum , mcnt;ilum minuluin. — Bliiihen 

 rosa. — Pamplona: la Baja. >^000'. Januar. 1173. Sclilim. 



34. ELLEANTHUS STHOBILIFER. Evelyna sh-obiHfera Popp. Endl. Nov.Gen. et Sp. p. 32 

 E. spica lerminali cylindrica , densa ; bracteis ovalibus arcte imbri- 



catis; labello denliculalo , margine ciJiato , foliis ovato oblongis acumi- 

 nafis, planis. — Crescit in rupibus aridioribiis dumeta formans una cum 

 Sobraliis versus Cuchero, Cassapillo elc. Floret Januario. 



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