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EPI 



E. imprefssa (flattened). 3. Crimson. June. 1824 



paroiflo'ra (small-flowered). 3. Red 



April. 1836. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 2. White. May 



1822. 



minia'ta (vermilion). 3. White, vermilion 



May. 1844. 



niva'lis (snowy-cowered). 3. W T hite. February 



1829- 



< onosmceflo'ra (onosma - flowered). 2. Red. 

 June. 1823. 



paludo'sa (marsh). 3. Pale red. May. 1825. 

 pulcke'lla(ne&t). 4. Pink. May. 1804. 



purpura'scens (purplish). 3. Purple. February. 



1803. 



ru> bra (red-flowered). 3. Red. February. 



1803. 



varia'bilis (variable). 2. Pink. March. 1829- 

 EPHE'DRA. (The Greek for the Hip- 



puris, or Horsetail, which it resembles. 

 Nat. ord., Joint Firs [Gnetacese]. Linn., 

 3,2-Dicecia 13-Monadelphia.) 



Evergreens. E. monosta'chya inhabits the mar- 

 gins of salt lakes and springs in Siberia, and 

 would be a useful little plant to cover spaces 

 flooded by spring tides ; both that and E.diski'- 

 chya would live on the sea-shore, and bear clip- 



E' 



alti'ssima (tallest). 24. Barbary. 1825. Half- 

 hardy twiner. 



dista'chya (two-spiked). 2. June. France. 1570. 



mi'ncr (less). 1838. 



monosta'chya (one-spiked). 2. October. Si- 



beria. 1772. 



EPIDE'NDBUM. (From epi, and dendron, 

 a tree ; air -plants attached to trees. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynundria 1-Monandria. Allied to Lselia.) 



Stove orchids. Division of the plant before ac- 

 tive growth commences ; fibry peat, broken pots, 

 a little charcoal, and sphagnum-moss ; the plant 

 fixed above the surface of a pot nearly filled with 

 drainage. Summer temp., 60 to Q0, with mois- 

 ture ; winter, bS? to 60, with more dryness. 

 E< aggrega'tum (clustered). Peru. 



aloifo'lium (aloe-leaved). Green, white. March. 



E. Ind. 1835. 



aroma'ticum (aromatic). 3. Yellow. May. 



Guatimala. 1835. 



t'sperum (rough). Yellowish. Mexico. 



auranti'acum (orange). Orange. Guatimala. 



1835. 



auri'tum (eared). Pale green. Guatimala. 1843. 



au'ro-purpu'reum (gold and purple). Yellow, 



purple. July. Hispaniola. 

 *bicornu'tum (two-horned). l. White. April. 

 Jamaica. 



Boothia'num (Boothe's). . Green. September. 



Crba. 1835. 



- brachyc.d'lum (short-lipped). Yellow, brown. 

 Sierra Nervada. 



ccRspito'sum (tufted). White, rose. Peru. 



Canuo'llei (De Candolle's). Brown, yellow. 



Mexico. 1836. 



carno'sum (fleshy). Yellow. Brazil. 



cauliflo'rum (stem-flowering). Yellow. Rio 



Janeiro. 1830. 



cepifor'me (onion-shaped). 3. Green, yellow. 



May. Mexico. 1838. 



chio'neum (snowy). White. North Grenada. 

 ^.etfioVe (hair-fringed). 1. White. July. Mar- 



tinique. 1793, 



E. cinnabari'num (crimson). I. Crimson. Per- 



nambuco. 1837- 

 lutifo'lium (broad -leaved). Trinidad. 



1836. 

 mi'nus (smaller). Trinidad. 1836. 



clava/tum (club-stemmed). J. Green, whit/;. 



July. Cumana. 1834. 



Clowe'sii" (Clowes'). Yellow, white. Guati- 



mala. 1835. 



cochlea'tum (spiral). 1. Purple. July. W. 



Ind. 1799. 

 latifo'lium (broad-leaved). Xalapa. 1828. 



cplla're (banded). 1J. White. Guatimala. 



1843. 



corda'tum (heart-shaped). Peru. 



crassifo'lium (thick-leaved). Pink. April. St. 



Vincent. 



crispa'tum (curled). White. May. Mexico. 



1839. 



Cube'nse (Cuban). Yellow, purple. June. Cuba. 



1842. 



cuspida'tum (pointed). 1. White. June. 



Mexico. 1808. 



dentiflo'rum (dense-flowered). Green, brown. 



Mexico. 1836. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). Mexico. 



du'rum (hard). Yellow. Guiana. 



elonga'tum (long-stalked). 2. Red. May. W. 



Ind. 1798. 

 pa'llidum(p&le). Brazil. 1836. 



ensa'tum (sword-leaved). Mexico. 



erubefscens (blushing). Rose. Mexico. 1337. 

 falca'tum (sickle-shaped). Yellow. Oaxaca. 



1838. 



fimbria'tum (fringed). White, violet. Peru. 

 fla'vidurr. (yellowish). Yellow. Pamplona. 

 fla'vum (yellowV Yellow. Brazil. 



fleauo'sum (zigzag). White, green. Deme- 



rara. 1836. 



floribu'ndum (many-flowered). 1. Green, blue. 



October. Mexico. 



fra> grans (sweet-scented), f. White. Sep- 

 tember. Jamaica. 1778. 



cinnamo'meum (cinnamon - scented). 



White. September. Jamaica. 1836. 



Funckia'num (Funck's). Brown. Mexico. 



gigante'um (gigantic). Brazil. 1843. 



glau'cum (milky-green). Green, purple. June. 



Mexico. 1837. 



gluma'ceum (chaffy). White. Brazil. 1839. 



gra'cile (slender). 3. Red, green. March. 



Bahamas. 



Gh'aha'mi (Dr. Graham's). 2. Yellow, green. 



August. Mexico. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). Mexico. 



grani'ticum (grained). Green, white. June. 



Guiana. 1840. 



Hanbu'rii (Hanbury's). 2. Rose. August. 



Mexico. 1843. 



Hartwe'gii (Hartweg's). Peru. 



hormi'dium (clary-like). Yellow, green. Au- 



gust. Mexico. 1836. 



Hnvane'nse (Havanna). Havanna. 1836. 



herba'ceum (herbaceous). Brazil. 1837. 



imatophy'llum (thong-leaved). Rose. De- 



merara. 



iono'smum (violet-scented). Yellow, green. 



June. Guiana. 1836. 



Zffl'<?erMm(torn). 3. Pale pink. November. Ha 



vannah. 1835. 



lactiflo'rum (milky-flowered). White. Mexico. 



lamella' turn (lamellated). Pink. Honduras. 



lancifo'lium (lance -leaved). Pale yellow. 



March. Mexico. 1839. 



latila'brum (broad-lipped). Green. March. 



Brazil. 1840. W '~ ' 



