DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 26$ 



Cattkya Skinnerii ; the flowers, which are bright orange, 

 with crimson stripes on the lip, are produced from a 

 sheath at the top of the bulb in March, April, and May. 

 There is a variety which never expands its flowers, and 

 another of which the color is very dark. 



A. Epidendrum bicornutum. Trinidad. Pax. Mag., 5, 245. 



B. M., 3332- 

 Jen. Orch., 21. 



Flowers large, white, and very fragrant ; blooms in 

 April and May. 



This is a beautiful species ; may be grown on a block 

 or in a pot. The flowers are the largest of the genus. 



C. Epidendrum biforatum. Rio Janeiro. 



Flower greenish, with white lip. The flowers are in 

 panicles and are very fragrant. 



C. Epidendrum Boothianum. Cuba . . . B. R., 1838. 

 Flowers yellow, with brownish red transverse bands. 



A. Epidendrum Brasavolce. Central America. 



B. M., 5664. 



A very showy plant, with large flowers ; sepals and 

 petals long, orange-yellow ; lip white, tipped with mauve ; 

 spike long, many-flowered, lasting long in beauty. Allied 

 to Epidendrum prismatocarpum, but a far handsomer 

 plant. 



C. Epidendrum calocheilum. Guatemala . B. M., 3898. 

 Perianth yellow, slightly greenish, tipped with purple j 

 lip crimson, veined and edged with yellow. 



Epidendrum caudatum. SYN. of Brassia caudata. 



