20 ORCHIDACE^ 



" E[pidendrum] foliis lanceolatis lineatis planis, scapo panicu- 

 late, labio magno cordato, cornu brevissimo." — Swartz, Prodr. 122. 



" Herb a parasitica acaulis. Folia circiter 4, disticha, lance- 

 olata, subcomplicata, coriacea, subenervia, discolora, scapo brevi- 

 ora, cum basibus suis articulata. Sccipus erectus, filiformis, teres, 

 biramis, coloratus, glaberrimus. Panicula flexuosa, pauciflora, 

 floribus erectis, albis, rubido tinctis. BracteoR minimse, ovatae, 

 sphacelatse. Ovarium teres, subangulatum, basin versus attenua- 

 tum. Perianthium connivens, sepalorum exteriorum superiore 

 recto, parvo, oblongo, obtuso, lateralibus labello suppositis et sub- 

 occultis, carinatis, antice basibus saccatis approximatis cum basi 

 saccato labelli connatis ; interioribus obtusis, erectis, oblongis, supe- 

 riore paulo longioribus, margine altero sepalo superiori appresso, 

 altero labelli ungui extus adhserente. Lahellum sepalis multo 

 majus, limbo albo cuneato bilobo patente, ungue piano basi sac- 

 cato, faciei columnse applicito, subbarbato, in medio callis duobus 

 conicis subincurvis. Cohim7ianugue labelli duplobrevior,semiteres: 

 stigmate excavato sursiim repando, fere totam faciem columnse 

 occupante. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, decidua, 1-locularis, 

 subcarnosa, antice in rostro brevi obtuso producto. Pollinia 2, 

 globosa, postice biloba : caudicula plana, oblonga, glandulae obo- 

 vatae brunneae stigmatis af&xa." — Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 39 (A). 



Roots copious, fibrous, whitish. Leaves rigid, about 3, oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear-ligulate, acute, approximate, articulate, attenu- 

 ated at base, keeled, shorter than the elongated peduncle, 5-12 

 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide. Peduncle 10-40 'cm. long, jointed. 

 Bracts sheathing, closely appressed, prominently nerved, about 

 3 mm. long. Inflorescence simple or paniculate, loose, branches 

 slender, from 5 to 12 flowered. Flowers about 1 cm. long, erect, 

 whitish or pale magenta-crimson, veined with a more intense shade 

 of magenta, long pedicellate. Pedicels slender, 9-12 mm. long. 

 Floral bracts triangular acute, about 1.5 mm. long. Sepals oblong, 

 ligulate, acute, about 6 mm. long, the lateral united at base and 

 produced into a short gibbosity. Petals ovate-oblong, equalhng 

 the upper sepal, abruptly acute, about 6 mm. long, broader than 



