242 ORCHIDS. 
long, and brownish green in colour; the lip is dark yellow, 
three-lobed, the two side lobes rounded, the middle one 
narrow and spear-like. The flowers are usually developed 
in summer, and remain fresh for several weeks. This 
species may be planted in a basket, in peat and sphagnum, 
or fastened to a block and hung near the glass in an 
intermediate house. It is a native of Mexico. Syns. 
E. alotfolium, E. Parkinsonianum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3778. 
E. nemorale.—This is a beautiful plant, which is easily 
grown if treated along with Cattleya Mossiz, and ex- 
posed to the full sun. The pseudo-bulbs are conical, 
4in. long, bearing a pair of strap-shaped, coriaceous, 
bright green leaves 1ft. long. The panicles are covered 
with warts, and are aft. to 3ft. long, and many-flowered ; 
each flower is 4in. across, delicate in texture, the narrow, 
spreading sepals and petals being of a soft rose or delicate 
mauve; the lip is three-lobed, crenulate, white, lined with 
red, and having a marginal border of dark rose. The 
flowers appear during summer, and are very fragrant. 
Native of Mexico; introduced in 1844. Syn. £. verrucosum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4606. 
E. O’Brienianum.—A hybrid raised by Messrs. Veitch, of 
Chelsea, the parents being E. radicans and E. evectum. 
It is interesting as being the first Epidendrum originated 
in English horticulture. It was flowered for the first time 
in 1888. The flowers are as large as those of E. radicans, 
and the lip resembles that of E. evectum. 
E. prismatocarpum.—The singular mixture of colours in 
the flowers of this evergreen plant renders it very showy and 
attractive. The pseudo-bulbs are flask-shaped, wrinkled, 
some 10in. or 12in. in height, and, together with the 
