EPI 



OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



EP I 



497 



ding; lip of the nectary three-lobed, the middle lobe three- 

 toothed. Native of Jamaica. 



39. Epidendrum Umbellatum. Stem simple; leaves ovate, 

 emarginate, stem-clasping, veinless ; flowers terminating, urn- 

 belled. Parasitical; smooth, seldom a foot in height: roots 

 round, fibrous, ash-coloured, numerous; stems round, leafy, 

 commonly horizontal, or pendulous; leaves oblong, coria- 

 ceous, pale green, sheathing, clothing the whole stem, alter- 

 nate, an inch or an inch and a half in length, mostly difform ; 

 spadix very short, concealed within the sinus of the termi- 

 nating leaf, with about five leaves ; spathes very few ; flowers 

 somewhat fetid, greenish-white, rigid. Common in the vast 

 woods of Martinico, and in Jamaica. 



40. Epidendrum Anceps. Leaves cordate-lanceolate, stem- 

 clasping, horizontal ; raceme terminating, compressed, anci- 

 pital, subflexuose; flowers distich; inner petals capillary, with 

 a three-lobed lip. Native of Jamaica. 



41. Epidendrum Rigidum. Leaves oblong, obtuse, sheath- 

 ing; raceme terminating, compressed, ancipital; flowers dis- 

 tich, larger than the spathes; lip entire, cordate-ovate, acute. 

 Parasitical; a foot high; roots fibrous, ash-coloured, round, 

 numerous; stems simple, round, leafy, ending in a very loose 

 distich spike, four-flowered. Native of woods in Martinico 

 and Jamaica. 



42. Epidendrum DifFusum. Leaves oblong, stem-clasping; 

 stem ancipital ; panicle terminating, very much branched, 

 diffused ; lip entire, acuminate. Native of Jamaica. 



43. Epidendrum Montanum. Leaves lanceolate, flat, re- 

 curved, spreading, submembranaceous ; raceme terminating, 

 simple; flowers pointing one way; lip trifid. Native of 

 Jamaica. 



44. Epidendrum Serrulatum. Stems aggregate, subdiphyl- 

 lous ; leaves lanceolate, keeled, serrulate, raceme terminat- 

 ing ; flowers distich. Native of Jamaica. 



45. Epidendrum Teretifolium. Leaves semicylindric, stem 

 one-flowered ; lip three-sided at the tip. Native of Jamaica. 



46. Epidendrum Globosum. Leaves cylindric; channelled; 

 flowers terminating, subsolitary ; lip ovate, acute; capsules 

 globular. Roots fibrous, round, ash-coloured, numerous, 

 parasitical ; stem cespitose, quite simple, two or three inches 

 high, round, smooth, leafy, ending in a spadix, bearing one 

 flower, seldom two, very seldom three, whence there are very 

 few spathes ; leaves awl-shaped, acute, smooth, shining, some- 

 what rigid, sessile, alternate, an inch long; flowers small, 

 scarcely coloured, erect. Native of the woods of Martinico 

 and Jamaica. 



47. Epidendrum Sertularioides. Stem filiform, creeping, 

 jointed; leaves lanceolate; peduncles one-flowered, from 

 radical sheaths. Native of Jamaica. 



48. Epidendrum Testsefoiium. Stem creeping; leaves in- 

 cumbent, elliptic, concavo-convex, keeled ; flowers sessile 

 under the leaves. Native of Jamaica. 



49. Epidendrum Undulatum. Leaves elliptic, acute; scape 

 sarmentose, very much branched ; petals ovate, clawed, ob- 

 tuse ; lip dilated, emarginate, waved. This is parasitical, and 

 the largest of the kind; roots large; stalk round, tough, 

 brown, crooked, six feet high, wilh joints at every eight or 

 nine inches' distance, where are branches standing straight 

 out, with several flowers on peduncles an inch long; leaves 

 many, smooth, dark green. Native of Jamaica. 



50. Epidendrum Variegatum. Leaves lanceolate, keeled, 

 channelled, cartilaginous, serrate on the edge; sheaths im- 

 bricate ; scapes sheathing, with a simple raceme ; lip cruciate, 

 two-lobed. This is an elegant parasitical plant: roots round, 

 ash-coloured, fibrous; leaves radical, awl-shaped, acuminate, 

 keeled, somewhat rigid, coriaceous, obtusely angular on the 



VOL. i. 42. 



back, with acute angular margins, pale green, sometimes 

 rugged, with rust-coloured dots, sometimes without, and quite 

 smooth, from an inch and a half to six inches in length ; scape 

 round, slender, from a foot to two feet in length ; flowers 

 sweet-smelling, elegantly variegated with purple, violet, yel- 

 low, and red; petals four. Native of the woods in Jamaica 

 and Hispaniola. 



51. Epidendrura Utricularioides. Leaves lanceolate, marked 

 with lines, flat; scape panicled ; lip large, heart-shaped; horn 

 very short. Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



52. Epidendrum TriquetrunK Leaves three-sided, cultrate, 

 compressed at the tip, lanceolate, acute ; scape simple ; lip 

 heart-shaped, ovate ; sides emarginate. Native of Jamaica. 



53. Epidendrum Sessile. Leaves compressed at the base, 

 broader at the top, lanceolate-linear, obtuse, veinless ; pe- 

 duncles radical, very short, one-flowered. Native of Ja- 

 maica. 



54. Epidendrum Flabelliforme. Leaves compressed at the 

 base, dilated at top, ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat, nerved ; pe- 

 duncles one-flowered, elongated. Native of Jamaica. 



55. Epidendrum Subulatum. Leaves awl-shaped, grooved ; 

 peduncles sheathed, radical, many-flowered. Native of Ja- 

 maica. 



56. Epidendrum Satyrioides. Leaves subulate, cylindric ; 

 scape few-flowered ; corollas ventricose at the base in front. 

 Native of Hispaniola. 



57. Epidendrum Tribuloides. Leaves pedicelled, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, emarginale ; peduncles very short ; capsules glo- 

 bose, echinate. Native of Jamaica. 



58. Epidendrum Corniculatum. Leaves pedicelled, wedge- 

 shaped, oblong; peduncles radical, one-flowered; corollas 

 acuminate, curved. Native of Jamaica. 



59. Epidendrum Lanceolatum. Leaves pedicelled, lance- 

 olate, acute ; peduncles from radical sheaths, two-flowered. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



60. Epidendrum Angustifolium. Leaf linear, growing upon 

 the bulb; scape panicled. Native of Jamaica. 



61. Epidendrum Palmifolium. Leaves broad lanceolate, 

 nerved, membranaceous, growing on the bulb; peduncles ra- 

 dical, sheathed, many-flowered; nectary boat-shaped, entire, 

 reflex. Native of Jamaica. 



62. Epidendrura Altissimum. Leaves lanceolate, growing 

 on the bulbs ; scape very much branched, sarmentose ; petals 

 oblong, lanceolate, acute; lip obcordate, shorter than the 

 petals. This is an elegant parasitical plant : roots round, 

 fibrous, ash-coloured, numerous ; leaves acute, ensiform, ob- 

 long, veinless, shining, quite entire, thickish, an inch wide, 

 and half a foot long, keeled at the base, in other parts flat, 

 each springing from a joint, or an ovate-compressed smooth 

 tuber, sometimes as big as a goose-egg, which is placed on 

 the base of another root-leaf or two, like the others ; between 

 this and the joint arises a solitary, round, smooth scape, of a 

 rust colour, slender, inclined, four feet high, racemed at top, 

 clothed at the peduncles and joints with membranaceous, 

 lanceolate, ash-coloured spathes ; peduncles two or three 

 flowered, alternate, in two rows; flowers without scent, yel- 

 low, with brown spots, numerous; petals oblong, distinct, 

 acute at both ends, waved, nearly equal. Native of the 

 woods of Martinico. 



63. Epidendrum Fragrans. Leaf broad-lanceolate, nerve- 

 less, growing on the bulb ; scape many-flowered, abbreviated ; 

 lip heart-shaped ; nectary pale, streaked with red. The 

 flowers have a sweet smell. It flowers in October, and is a 

 native of Jamaica. 



64. Epidendrum Sanguineum. Leaves in pairs, oblong, 

 growing on the bulb; scape many-flowered, subflexuose; lip 



6 L 



