Smithiane. N. O. Orchidex. 
TAB. CCCXLVII. 
EPIDENDRUM MICROBULBON. 
RMT cee Sao so edad hes SE 
 Pseudo-bulbo parvo ovato vaginato diphyllo, foliis lato-lineari- 
_ bus scapo brevioribus, racemo paucifloro, sepalis petalisque 
conformibus, labello sublibero oblongo trilobo disco lamellato 
lamellis undulatis, lobo intermedio subrotundo integerrimo 
 ¢rispato. 
: Has. Oaxaca, Mexico. Robert Smith, Esq. 
Introduced by Robert Smith, Esq., of Oaxaca, to the gardens 
at Woburn Abbey. It would belong to the Encyclia division of 
Api , or that group which has the labellum almost en- 
: tely free from cohesion with the column. Its nearest affinity 
‘isperhaps with the Encyclia patens (Bot. Mag. t. 3013, Ept- 
endrum odoratissimum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1415), and is chiefly 
Saas by its narrower sepals and petals, not at all spathu- 
la 
Fig. 1. Column. f, 2. Labellum :—magnified. 
