96 



El'IHKNDRUM. 



the dorsal sepal to the apex of the lip ; sejjals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, pale yellow-green ; lip orbicular-cordate, slightly concave, 

 ivory-white with two small yellow calli at the base. Column short, 

 stoutish, white. 



Epidendrum eburneum, Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 404. Bot. Mag. t. 5643. 

 Discovered by Mr. P. Henderson, of the Royal Mail Packet 



Company's service, by whom it was sent to Mr. T. R. TufFnell, of 



Spring Grove, Isleworth, with whom it flowered in December, 1866. 



It was found within a few miles of Colon, in Panama, growing in 



swamps close to the railway. 



E. elegans. 



Barkeria. Steins terete, 9 — 12 inches high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, 3 — 4 inches long. Peduncles as long again as the stems, the 

 rachis blotched with purple and green, sheathed at each joint by an 

 elongated bract, and terminating in a loose 5 — 7 flowered nodding 

 raceme. Flowers 1|- inches across; sepals and petals nearly equal, 

 obovate-lanceolate, lilac-purple suffused with white. Lip obovate obtuse 



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Epidendrum elegans. 

 (Copied from the Botanical Magazine.) 



with deflexed lateral margins, white with a large rosy purple blotch near 

 the apex. Column spathulate, petaloid, yellow-white dotted with purple ; 

 anther yellow. 



Epidendrum elegans, Ecbb. AValp. Ann. VI. p. 374 (1861). Barkeria elegans, 

 Knowles and Westcott's, Fl. Cab. II. t. 49. Eol. Mag. 4784 (1854). Van Houtte's 

 Fl. des Serves, IX. t. 959. Illus. hort. I. t. 23. Linden's Fesc. t. 10. Fl. Mag. 

 N..S. t. 394. 



