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Epidendrum— continued. 
E. Stamfordianum Leeanum (Lee’s). //., sepals and petals | 
ochre-coloured inside, covered with purple, hieroglyphic mark- | 
ings, scarcely translucent outside ; lip light rose, purple-spotted 
inside, broad. 1887. 
E. S. Wallacei (Wallace's). #., middle lacinia of the lip 
obeordate, quite entire and very narrow; column shorter than 
in the type. Mountains south of Bogota, 1887. | 
E. stenopetalum (narrow-petaled). 1. rose-coloured, few, pro- 
duced at the tips of the pseudo-bulbs; lip a little darker than 
the sepals and petals, having a square, white area at the base, 
with a small, yellow crest, adhering to the column for quite half 
the latter's length. West Indies and Central America, 1887. 
E, trachychilum (rough-lipped). /. very leathery, disposed in a 
dense, much-branched panicle; sepals and petals olive-brown, 
the sepals oblong, much-spreading, the petals somewhat con- 
formed; lip deep yellow, studded with red warts, white and 
spotted pink on the callus, brilliant green with red warts on the 
lower lobes. J. straight, ensiform, much shorter than the scape. 
Pseudo-bulbs elongated, two-leaved. Mexico, 1885. Greenhouse. 
(R. G. 1205.) 
Fic. 27. EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM, showing Habit and 
detached Flower. 
E. vitellinum giganteum (gigantic). Asynonym of EZ. v. majus. 
(W. 5S. O. ser. ill. 27.) The type is shown in Fig. 27. 
E. Wallisii (Wallis’). #1. numerous, about l}in. across, scented; 
sepals and petals golden-yellow, spotted carmine-crimson, 
ligulate-oblong ; lip white, with radiating, tubercled lines of 
magenta-purple, broad, cuneately flabellate ; racemes drooping. 
October and November. J. distichous. Stems several feet in 
pent spotted brownish-purple, leafy. New Grenada. (W. O. A. 
li. 74. 
EPILOBIUM. To the species described on p. 514, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E, nummularifolium (Moneywort-leaved). fl. pink or whitish, 
very small ; peduncles axillary, slender, }in. to 4in. long. 1. two 
to four lines long, sessile or petiolate, numerous, opposite, rather 
crowded, orbicular or oblong, obtuse, flat or convex. Branches 
2in. to 6in. long, glabrous or pubescent. New Zealand, Plant 
prostrate, hardy. 
EPIPHYLLUM. To the species and varieties 
described on p. 517, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added: 
E. Gibsoni (Gibson’s) 7. two to four, of a beautiful, dark orange- 
red, produced at the ends of the branches, having some straight 
ee at their base. 1886. This plant closely resembles E. trun- | 
catum. 
E. Guedeneyi (Guedeney’s). /l. large; outer petals white, 
slightly tinged with sulphur; the others pure creamy-white ; 
stamens much shorter than the petals. Stems very broad, thin, 
with roundish, shallow notches. Probably of garden origin. 
Epiphyllum—continued. 
E. Russellianum Gertneri (Gertner's). 7. scarlet, 24in. to 
din. in diameter; petals lanceolate, acute, radiating. 1885, A 
showy, garden hybrid, of unknown parentage, with the habit of 
Epiphylium and the flowers of Cereus. (R. G. 1172.) 
ERANTHEMUM. Flowers white, pink, red, or lilac, 
variously disposed; calyx deeply five-cleft, the segments 
short, narrow, sub-equal; corolla tube elongated, the limb 
spreading, five-partite; stamens two. Leaves entire, or 
rarely deeply toothed. To the species described on p. 518, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. borneénse (Borneo). /. crowded round the rachis, forming a 
conical inflorescence ; calyx jin. long ; corolla white, with a faint 
tinge of lemon, the tube lin. long, cylindric, the limb 1}in. in 
diameter, obscurely two-lipped, quite flat; spike 4in. to 6in. long ; 
peduncle stout, erect. J. din. to 6in. long, shortly petiolate. 
ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, rounded or acute at base, 
glabrous, studded with raphides. Borneo, 1882. A nearly 
glabrous shrub. (B. M. 6701.) 
E. macrophyllum (large-leaved). /. light 
blue, in terminal and axillary spikes ; upper 
and side lobes of the corolla reflexed on the 
sides of the long, whitish tube; lower petal 
or lip projecting, and of a deeper blue than 
the other lobes. Winter. India, 1886. 
E. velutinum (velvety). /. of a deep rose- 
pink, in long spikes; tube slender, curved, 
lin. long, Ul. deep velvety olive-green, bul- 
late. 1886. A distinct and pretty shrub. 
ERANTHEMUM (in part). Syno- 
nymous with Dedalacanthus (which 
see). 
EREMURWUS. To the species de- 
scribed on p. 519, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
E, aurantiacus (orange). //., perianth yellow, 
five to six lines long ; raceme dense, 6in. long, 
when expanded lin. to ljin. in diameter ; 
scape 14ft. high, terete, puberulous. J. five 
or six, narrow-linear, erect, persistent, lft. 
long, two to three lines broad. Afghani- 
stan, 1885. (R. G. 1168, b, g, h.) 
E. Bungei (Bunge’s). /., perianth bright 
yellow, 4in. long; pedicels erecto-patent ; 
raceme oblong, dense, 4in. to 5in. long ; scape 
terete, lft. long, glabrous. J. linear, 1ft. long, 
less than }in. broad, firm, glabrous, the edges 
minutely ciliated. Persia, 1885. (R. G. 
1168, a.) 
ERIA. To the species described on 
p- 519, Vol. I., the following should 
now be added: 
E. bigibba (twice-gibbous). #1, sepals and 
petals light reddish, lanceolate, the sepals 
with green median nerves; lip whitish, with 
small, purple dashes at base, transversely trifid, the antrorse 
lateral laciniz separated from the semi-ovate, obtuse middle one 
by a narrow isthmus; column yellowish-white, purple at the 
base inside; anther with two purple tumours at the top. 
1. long, petiolate, on a tumid, cylindraceous foot. Borneo, 1884. 
E. Elwesii (Elwes’). /. light brown, small; outer perigone 
connate, three-toothed; petals rhomboid; lip oblong, retuse, 
with two rounded lobes at base. J. nearly lin. long, stalked, 
oblong, acute. Pseudo-bulbs depressed, covered with fibrous 
sheaths. 1885. A tiny plant. 
E. Fordii (Ford's). j., sepals light yellowish-green, lin. long, 
lanceolate, acute, keeled at back; petals yellowish-green, ovate- 
lanceolate, sub-acute ; lip deep, dull yellow, veined crimson, 
narrow-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, with small, rounded, lateral 
lobes and three blunt keels on the lower half ; racemes terminal, 
two or three-flowered. J. linear-lanceolate, acute, 8in. to Qin. 
long, l4in. to lin. broad, leathery. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, some- 
what compressed, smooth. Hong Kong, 1886. 
E. lineoligera (line-bearing). . white, very thin; sepals and 
petals lanceolate, acute, curved; chin moderate ; lip cuneate- 
dilated, trifid, the side laciniz triangular, curved, very short, 
the middle one projecting, triangular, apiculate, crenulate, un- 
dulated, with purple lines on each side; raceme nearly basilar, 
ascending, with orange bracts. J/. four, rather thick, cuneate- 
oblong-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, Siam, 1885. 
E. monostachya (one-spiked). /., sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow ; lip having a very small anterior lacinia, and two-angular 
calli between the sinuses between the lateral and anterior 
laciniz ; inflorescence simple. Java, 1885. 
E. muscicola (Moss-growing). jl. yellowish-green, very small, 
racemose. J. about jin. long. Pseudo-bulbs racemose. Ceylon, 
1887. An insignificant species. 
