102 EPIDENDRUM. 



E, glumaceum. 



AuLiZEU.M. Pseudo-bulbs from a stout ascending rhizome, pyriform, 

 compressed, diphyllous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 6 — 8 inches long. 

 Peduncles erect, as long as the leaves, racemose. Flowers inverted, 1^ inches 

 in diameter ; sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, acute, the petals a little 

 broader than the sepals, white striped with pale rose on the inner side, 

 white on the outer side which, owing to the inverted position of the 

 flowers, is most exposed to view ; lip obovate, acuminate, stained and 

 streaked with rose in the centre, white at the margin. Column white, 

 spotted with crimson ; anther-case yellow. 



Epidendrum glumaceum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 6. Id. Fol. Orch. Ep. No. 123. 

 Discovered in 18B7 by Gardner^ on the Pedro-Bonito Mountain, 

 in the Brazilian province of Pernambuco, growing on branches of 

 Vellozia Candida, and shortly afterwards introduced by Loddiges, of 

 Hackney. The flowers are pretty and fragrant. The specific name refers 

 to the long, brownish, sharp-pointed scales resembling the glumes of 

 grasses out of which the floral racemes grow, a character which chiefly 

 distinguishes this species from the closely-allied 7- 'dendrum inversum. 



E Hanburii. 



ExcTCLiuM. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, 3 inches long, diphyllous. Leaves 

 narrowly ensiform, coriaceous, about a foot long. Racemes as long again as 

 the leaves, purple with a small appressed bract at each joint, many 

 flowered. Flowers 1|- inches in diameter; sepals and petals spreading, 

 clawed, spathulate, brown-purple ; lateral lobes of lip oval-oblong, erect, 

 claret-purple, the intermediate lobe sub-quadrate, undulate with a median 

 raised line from which branch numerous radiating veins, bright claret - 

 purple. Column triquetral, white at the base. 



Epidendrum Hamburii, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. No. 60. Id. Fol. Orch. 



Ep. No. 77. Kegel's Gartenfl. t. 398. 



A species allied to Epidendrum dichromum and E. phoeniceum, 

 and sometimes confounded with the last named; it is occasionally 

 imported from Mexico along with other orchids from that country 

 It was first introduced by Loddiges in 1843, and on its flowering, 

 was dedicated by Dr. Lindley to the late Mr. Robert Hanbmy, of 

 The Poles, near Ware. It usually flowers in March and April. 



E. ibaguense. 



EuEPiDENDRUM. Stsms terete, as thick as an ordinary writing pencil, 

 2 — 3 feet high, leafy upwards Leaves oblong, acute, 3 — 4 inches 

 long, amplexicaul, very leathery. Peduncles elongated, terminating in 

 a dense corymbose raceme of bright orange-red flowers with a yellow 

 fleshy tripartite callus on the disk of the lip. Flowers 1 — 11 inches 

 in diameter; sepals oblong, acute, spreading; petals similar but smaller; 



