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THE LONG-PETALED EPIDENDRUM. 
culato, nervis 7 medianis elevatis a basi ad centrum cristi- 
geris, cristis crenato-serratis, gy. postice carinato, andro- 
clinii raargine tridentato, interjecto dente antice ros- 
teHan^' — Puerto Cabal I o. 
E. virens ; panicula laxa erecta angusta, sepalis lineari-ob- 
longis apice latioribus, petalis sequilongis spathulatis acutis, 
labelli laciniis subsequalibus lateralibus erectis oblongis 
emarginatis intermedia con vex a plicata venosa emarginata 
mucronulata. — Guatemala, — Flo wersgreen,whole coloured, 
except the lip, which is white, with crimson veins in the 
middle lobe ; the lateral lobes green, with crimson veins, 
but white at the point. 
E. venosum L. no. 1 3 ; foliis ensiformibus obtusis supra et 
sub pseudobulbos fusifonnes nascentibus, racemo striato 
simplici, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque angustioribus 
patentissimis, labello semilibero tripartito : laciniis late- 
ralibus ovatis acutis intermedia subrotunda apiculata multd 
raajore callo baseos et lineis tribus disci subramosis 
elevatis. — Mexico. — Scape a foot long. Lip half united 
to the column, white, with elevated violet veins. 
E. aromaticum Batcman, Orch. Mex., t. 39 ; (R incumbens 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg , 1840, misc. 84) ; floribus dense pani- 
culatis, sepalis linearibus patentissimis basi angustatis, 
petalis conformibus sed paulo latioribus, labelli postici 
lobis lateralibus triangularibus acuminatis intermedio 
subrotundo-ovato apiculato venis elevatis cristato, callis 
duobus oblongis secus unguem. — Guatemala. —Flowers 
very sweet ; in large pale dull yellow panicles. It inhabits 
a climate whose temperature varies from 60° to 75°. 
E. alatum Bateman, Orch. Mex., t. 18.; Bot. Beg. 9 1846, t. 53; 
(Fpid. calocheilum Hooker in Bot. Mag., t. 3898) ; pseu- 
dobulbis ovato-oblongis diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus obtusis 
coriaceis obsolete striatis panicula multiflora brevioribus, 
sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis spathulatis uniformibus 
patentibus, labello profunde trilobo basi intus bicarinato 
lobis lateralibus eroso-dentatis rotundatis intermedio 
oblongo undulato multo brevioribus omnium venis callosis 
et verrucosis, columnaa alis rotundatis. — Guatemala. — Jts 
pale colour, and the peculiar markings upon its lip, at 
once distinguish it. These markings consist of reddish warts, 
plates, scales, or elevations, of various forms, arranged 
upon the veins, and therefore spreading from the base, 
E. tripterum Lindl. in Hooker's Jouni.,in. 83 ; pseudobulbis 
ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis 
racemo paucifloro (4 — 6) subsequalibus, floribus erectis 
sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis patulis, labelli trilobi 
lobis lateralibus linearibus obtusis planis intermedio sub- 
rotundo basi angustato undulato venis rugosis elevatis, 
capsula augusta clavata triptera. — Mexico. — The whole 
plant when in bloom little more than six inches high. 
Flowers apparently dull purple, with a pale lip, on long 
peduncles, and erect not drooping. 
N.B.— In the above references, L signifies Lindley's Genera et Species Orchidacearura 
