EPIDENDRtJM. 103 



lip three-lobed, all the lobes deeply fimbriated, the lateral two cordate, 

 the middle one obcordate, emarginate. 



Epidenclriim ibaguense, Humbdt. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I. p, 352 (1815). 

 Lindl. Fol. Orch. Ep. No. 233. FI. Mag. 1868, t. 390, 



First discovered by Humboldt and Bonpland in the beginning of 

 the present century, on the central Cordillera of New Granada, 

 between Ibague and Tolima, at 4,500 feet elevation. It was next 

 gathered by Linden, who introduced it into Belgium in 1844; a 

 little later it was found by Hartweg, near Loxa, in Ecuador, and 

 by Jamieson, near Quito. It was first introduced into British 

 gardens from the Ecuadorean Cordillera in 1867, by Messrs. Back- 

 house, of York. 



E, inversum. 



AuLizEUM. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, elongated, compressed, 3 — 4 inches 

 long, diphyllous. Leaves lorate - oblong, leathery, 4 — 6 inches long. 

 Peduncles as long as the leaves, sheathed at the base by two opposite whitish 

 brown membraneous bracts, racemose, 7 — 12 or more flowered. Flowers 

 crowded, fragrant, pale straw colour, but sometimes white striated with 

 light rose, with a purple blotch on the lip, and sometimes with a 

 few purple spots at the base of all the other segments ; sepals and 

 petals linear-lanceolate with recurved tips ; lip obovate, apiculate ; calli 

 three, bright yellow. 



Epidendrum inversum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. No. 125. Id. Fol. Orch. 



Ep. No. 124. 



Native of Minas Geraes in Brazil, whence it was introduced by 

 Messrs. Loddiges in 1839. It is occasionally met with in British 

 collections, flowering in October and November, but sometimes in 

 the spring months ; the flowers when first expanded emit an odour 

 somewhat like that of our native Catmint. The specific name 

 refers to the position of the flowers, the labellum being uppermost, but 

 this peculiarity is common to many species of Epidendrum. 



E. ionosmum. 



Encyclium. Pseudo-bulbs globose, \\ — 2 inches in diameter, di- 

 triphyllous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, '6 — 4 inches long. Peduncles 

 racemose at the extremity, few flowered. Flowers fragrant, 1^ inches 

 in diameter ; sepals and petals obovate, concave, greenish brown 

 bordered with pale yellow ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes oblong, 

 oblique, erect, toothed on the apical side, yellow streaked with red, 

 the middle lobe transversely oblong, emarginate, slightly crisped, yellow 

 with some red streaks and markings. 



Epidendrum ionosnuun, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. No. 87. Id. Fol. Orch. Ep, 

 No. 73. Rolfe in Gard. Chron. III. s. 3 (1888), p. 716. 



