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E. macrostachyum. Lindley. 



E. nocturnum. Lodd. Cab., 713 ; B. M., 3298; B. R., 1961. 



E. nutans. B. R., i, 17 ; Lodd. Cab., 645 ; Maund, Bot, 226. 



E. ochraceum. B. R., 24, 26 ; M. O. P., 2. 



E. odoratissimum. B. R., 1415. 



E. pachyanthuni. 



E. pallidiflorum. B. M., 2980. 



E. pictum. 



E. plicalum. M. O. P., 4. 



E. polyanthum. Bat., 34. 



E. pseudepidendrum. B. M., 5929. 



E. pterocarpum. M. O. P., 3 ; B. R., 30, 34. 



E. punctatum. Linn. 



E. pyriforme. M. O. P., 7. 



E. stenophyllum. 



E. tigrinum. 



E. tripunctatum. Lindley. 



E. umbellatum. B. R., 80 ; B. M., 2030 ; Lodd. Cab., 26. 



E. variegatum. B. M., 3151 ; B. R., 25, II ; M. O. P., 8. 



E. virgatum. 



E. viviparum. 



Most of the Epidendrums we have described are ever- 

 green and compact in their habit. Epidendrum cinnaba- 

 rinum, E. crassifolium, E. cnemidophorum, E. panicidatum, 

 and others, are tall-growing, with long, slender bulbs, 

 with leaves from top to bottom. E. aurantiacum, E. bi- 

 cornutum, and E. Stamfordianum resemble Cattleyas in 

 their growth, having two or three short leaves on the top 

 of an upright bulb. 



Most of the others have short, round bulbs, with long, 

 narrow leaves. They usually produce their flowers from 

 the top of the bulb ; in E. Stamfordianum they rise from 

 the bottom. They should be grown in the Mexican 



