DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 



plant should be treated like a Cattleya, only it needs 

 more moisture. 



There are two varieties, differing in the shades of the 

 flowers and in shape of the pseudo-bulbs. This plant 

 produces its flowers on a spike from the base of the bulb. 



B. Epidendrum syringothyrsus. Peru . . B. M., 6145. 

 Flowers in branching panicles ; light purple ; lip white 



and pink. 



C. Epidendrum tessellatum. Guatemala . B. M., 3638. 

 Perianth greenish yellow outside, brown inside, regu- 

 larly marked with a darker shade, like a checker-board ; 

 lip plentifully striped with purple. 



Epidendrum verrucosum. 



An old West Indian species of which the name was by 

 mistake given to Epidendrum nemorale. The true verru- 

 cosum is figured in Lodd. Cab., 1084. 



A. Epidendrum vitellinum. Mexico . I. H., 4. 



M. O. P., i. 



Pax. Mag., 11,49- 



B. M., 4107. 



B. R., 26, 35. 



Sert. O., 45- 



Flowers orange, with brilliant yellow lip. Blooms dur- 

 ing the winter. 



Epidendrum vitellinum ma/us . . . . F. M., 261. 



Jen. Orch., 31. 



Differs from the species in having larger flowers and 

 sometimes blooming during the summer. This species 

 needs a cool house. 



