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EPIDENDRUM 



13. Lindleyanum, Reichb. f. (Barkeria Lindleydna, 

 Batem.). Stems slender: fls. numerous, about 2 in. 

 across, rose-purple; labellum with a white disk; petals 

 broader than the sepals. Central America, 1839. 



14. spectabile, Reichb. f. (Barkeria spectdbilis, 

 Batem.). FLOR DE ISABAL. Stems tufted, cylindrical, 

 4-5 in. high: Ivs. 2: raceme about 6-fld.: fls. 3-4 in. 

 across, bright lilac ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; petals 

 ovate-lanceolate; labellum white at base, red-spotted. 

 Guatemala. 



CO. Pseudobulbs 1-2-, rarely 3-leaved, labellum adnate 

 at base, or not up to the middle, column not 

 winged. (Encyclium.) 



15. atropurpureum, Willd. (E. mac.rochllum, Hook.). 

 Pseudobulbs ovoid, 3-4 in. high: Ivs. lanceolate, 12-15 

 in. long, dull purple colored: peduncle 6-10-fld. : fls. 

 2% in. in diam., purplish brown upon greenish ground; 

 lip yellowish white, with crimson stripes. Mex. to Vene- 

 zuela. B.M. 3534. A.F. 6:609. 



var. rdseum, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals purplish, 

 lip bright rosy. Guatemala. P.M. 11: 243. 



16. Brassavolae, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs pear-shaped: 

 Ivs. 6-9 in. : racemes 18-24 in., 6-9-fld. : fls. 4 in. across, 

 sepals and petals narrow, yellowish brown ; lip trowel- 

 shaped, purple, white and green. Mex. to Guatemala, 

 8,000 ft. B.M. 5664. 



17. dichrdmum, Lindl. Fls. white, lip rose-colored, 

 yellow and downy at base. Brazil. 



18. nemorale, Lindl. Pseudobulbs sub-globose, 3-4 in. 

 high : Ivs. 9-12 in. : peduncles 2 ft. long, covered with 

 warts : fls. 3-4 in. in diam., rose-colored ; lip rosy 

 mauve, streaked with purple. Mex. B.M. 4606. G.C. 

 II. 24:332. A.F. 6:633. 



19. osmanthum, Rodrigues (E. Godseffidnum, Rolfe. 

 E. Capartidnum, Lindl.). Fls. 1% in. across, in large 

 panicles, light green, suffused with brown; lip white, 

 lined with rose-purple, fragrant. Braz. One of the 

 handsomest species. 



20. prismatocarpum, Reichb. f. (E. maculdtum, 

 Hort.). Pseudobulbs ovoid, tapering, 4-5 in. : Ivs. 12-15 

 in. : fls. \% in. across, pale yellow-green, with purplish 

 black spots ; lip pale purple, with yellow tip and white 

 border. Cent. Amer., 5,000 ft. B.M. 5336. 



21. vitellinum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 2 in. long: 

 Ivs. 6-9 in.: peduncles 15-18 in., 10-15-flowered : fls. 

 cinnabar-red; lip and column orange. Mex., 6,000-9,000 

 ft. B.M. 4107. G.C. III. 10:141. 



Var. ma jus, Veitch. Pseudobulbs shorter : racemes 

 denser: fls. larger and more brilliant. G.C. III. 12:159. 

 Very superior to the species ; type no longer imported. 



ccc. Pseudobulbs 1-%-, rarely 3-leaved : lip adnate up 

 to apex of column. (Aulizeum.) 



22. vendsum, Lindl. BUTTERFLY ORCHID. Scape 1 ft., 

 with white sheaths : Ivs. 3, 4-6 in. long, linear-lanceo- 

 late: scape tumid at base, 5-7-fld. : fls. pink, chocolate 

 and green, about 1 in. long, lasting a long time. On 

 oaks, etc., Mex. Of easy culture. The Florida repre- 

 sentative of this species is E. Tampense, Lindl. See 

 9th Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 137, plates 38, 39. 



23. ciliare, Linn. Pseudobulbs clavate, 4-6 in. : Ivs. 

 4-6 in., springing from sheathing bract: peduncles 5-7- 

 flowered : fls. yellowish green ; lip white. Tropical 

 America, between 5th and 20th parallel of north latitude. 

 B.R. 10:784. Plant resembles a Cattleya. Introduced 

 to cult, in 1790. 



24. cochleatum, Linn. Pseudobulbs 3-4 in. : Ivs. 6 in. : 

 racemes 4-7-flowered : fls. 3-4 in. across, greenish 

 white; lip deep purple beneath, light green above, with 

 maroon blotch on each side, column white. Trop. Amer. 

 from Fla. to New Granada. B.M. 572. Introduced 1787, 

 first epiphytical orchid to flower in England. 



25. falcatum, Lindl. (E. Parkinsonidnum, Hook.). 

 Pseudobulbs thin, raising from running rhizomes, 

 monophyllous : Ivs. 6-12 in., fleshy, channeled on one 

 side : peduncles 2-5, sheathed, 1-flowered : fls. 5 in. 

 across, greenish yellow ; lip white, greenish at apex. 

 Mex. to Guatemala. B.M. 3778. Plants grow inverted. 



EPIG^EA 



26. fragrans, Swartz. Pseudobulbs fusiform, mo- 

 nophyllous, 3-4 in. : Ivs. 8-12 in. : fls. inverted, 2 in. in 

 diam., very fragrant, pale greenish or whitish; lip crim- 

 son streaked. Guatemala, through the West Indies to 

 northern Brazil. B.M. 1669. 



27. aurantiacum, Batem. Once classed in the sepa- 

 rate group of Epicladium, now often accepted as a spe- 

 cies of Cattleya, where it was first referred by Don. 

 The plant grows with, and much resembles Cattleya 

 Skinneri. Fls. IK in. across, orange-red. Guatemala. 



Garden hybrids: E. Berkeley i ( Stamf ordianum X O'Brien - 

 ianum). E. Burtoni (O'Brienianurn X Ibaguense). E. Del- 

 lense (xanthinum X radicans). E. elegdntulum (Wallisii X 

 Endresio-Wallisii). G.C. III. 19:361. E. Endresio- Wallisii. 

 E. O'Erienidnum (evectumX radicans). G.C. III. 3:771. E. 

 Phoebus (O'Brienianum X vitellinum). E. radicdnti- Stamf or- 

 didnum.E. rddico-vitelllnum.E. Wdllisio-cilidre.E. xdn* 

 tho-radlcans . 



Euepidendrum : E. arachnoglossum, Andre. Sts. 4-5 ft.: 

 fls. rich purple-lilac; lip fringed, with orange calli. New Gra- 

 nada. R.H. 1882:554. jE. cnemidophorurn, Lindl. Sts. 4-6 

 ft.: racemes ample, drooping : fls. purple, brown and yellow, 

 fragrant. Guatemala, 7,000 ft. B.M. 5656. E. conopseum, R. 

 Br. Scape few- to many-fld.: Ivs. 1-3, thick : fls. green, tinged 

 with purple, the sepals spatulate and revolute, the petals nar- 

 rower and obtuse. S. Fla. and S. Once offered by Reasoner. 

 E Cooperidnum, Batem. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. yellow-green; lip 

 bright purple. Braz. B.M. 5654. E. Ellisii, Rolfe. Fls. car- 

 mine-rose, very handsome. Columbia. E. fulgens, Brongn. 

 Fls. orange-scarlet, in crowded racemes. Guiana to Braz. E. 

 grdcilis, Lindl., was once offered by John Saul. E. Ibaguense, 

 H.B.K. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. orange-scarlet; lip yellow. New 

 Granada to Peru, 4,500 ft. E. myridnthum, Lindl. Sts. 3-5 

 ft.: enormous panicles of rich purple fls.; lip with 2 yellow 

 calli. Guatemala. B.M. 5556. Once offered by Saul. E. noc- 

 turnum, Linn. Sts. 2-3 ft.: peduncles 8-10-flowered : fls. 

 white and yellowish, 5 in. across, very fragrant. S. Fla. and 

 Mexico to Peru and West Indies. B.M. 3298. Once offered by 

 Reasoner. E. palpigerum, Reichb. f. Fls. beautiful lilac. 

 Mexico. E.Pfdvii, Rolfe. Sts. 4-6 ft. high: fls. light purple; lip 

 with white disk, in numerous racemes. Costa Rica. E. Pseud- 

 epidendrum, Reichb. f. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. 3 in. in diam., 

 green; lip orange-red and yellow. Cent. Amer., 4,000 ft. B.M. 

 5929. E. raniferum, Lindl. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. yellow-green, 

 thickly spotted with purple. Mex. to Guiana. B.R. 28:42 .E. 

 rigidum, Jacq., was once catalogued by Reasoner. E. Schom- 

 burgkii, Lindl. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. vermilion. Guiana, Brazil, 

 Quito. B.R. 24:53. E. syringothyrsis , Reichb. f. Sts. 4-5 ft.: 

 fls. deep purple ; lip and column with orange and yellow, 

 crowded in long racemes. Bolivia, 8,000-9,000 ft. B.M. 6145. 

 E. Wdllisii, Reichb. f. Sts. 4-6 ft.: fls. yellow, some purple 

 spots; lip orange and purple, upon white ground. New Gra- 

 nada, 4,000-7,000 ft. Has lateral as well as terminal racemes. 

 Once offered by Saul. 



Encyclium: E. ddvena, Reichb. f. Fls. yellow, veined brown; 

 lip yellowish white, purple-streaked. Brazil. E. aldtum 

 Batem. Fls. 2 in. across, purple and green ; lip yellowish 

 streaked with purple, fragrant. Cent. Amer. B.M. 3898. .E. 

 bifidum, Aublet. Fls. pale green, dotted with purple ; lip rose, 

 orange and white. W. Indies, Guiana. B.R. 22:1879. E. Fri- 

 derici-Ouilielmi, Warsc. & Reichb. f. Bulbs 4-5 ft.: fls. dark 

 purple ; base of lip white and yellow. Peru, 6,000-8,000 ft. 

 I.H. 18:48. Once offered by Saul. E. gallopavlnum, Reichb. f. 

 Fls. brown ; lip yellow, in large racemes. Brazil. E. oncidi- 

 oldes, Lindl. Panicles up to 6 ft. long : fls. yellow and brown, 

 sweet-scented. Stately species. Guiana. B.R. 19:1623. Once 

 offered by Saul. E. phceniceum,Ijindl. Panicles 2-3 ft.: fls. 

 deep purple, mottled green ; lip rich violet, stained crimson. 

 Handsome. Cuba. F. virgdtum, Lindl. Scape up to 7 ft. high : 

 fls. small, up to 20, greenish, stained brown. Mexico. 



GEORGE HANSEN. 



EPIG2EA (Greek, epi, upon, gaia, earth; in reference 

 to its trailing growth). Ericacece. This genus includes 

 our charming Trailing Arbutus, which in New England 

 at least is the most popular of all our wild flowers. 

 Creeping, branching, slightly woody, more or less rough 

 hairy shrubs: Ivs. alternate and entire, petiolate, leath- 

 ery and evergreen : fls. monopetalous, perfect, large, 

 dimorphous or dioecious, sessile in axillary or terminal 

 clusters; sepals 5; corolla salver-shaped, with 5-parted 

 spreading border ; stamens 10, attached to the base of 

 the corolla ; style columnar ; stigma 5-lobed : ovary 

 ovoid, 5-celled, many-ovuled ; capsule depressed-glo- 

 bose, encircled by the persistent calyx. Two species, 

 N. E. America and Japan. The E. cordi folia quoted in 

 Index Kewensis as South American is probably not 

 of this genus. It seems to be known only from the old 

 description of Swartz (1792). 



The cultivation of the Trailing Arbutus, especially in 

 localities where it has been exterminated by ruthless 

 "Mayflower parties," always attracts interest. Only 



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