EPIDBNDRUM. 



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western Cordillera of New Granada, growing in light situations at 

 4,000 — 7,000 feet elevation. The species is of horticultural merit 

 chiefly on account of its large flowers and the continuity with which 

 they are produced, a strong established plant being seldom out of 

 flower. It is botanically interesting on account of the inflorescence 

 being both terminal and lateral, a peculiarity that has been observed 

 only in one or two other species of Epidendrum. 



E. xanthinum. 



EuEPiDENDRUM. Stems as thick as a goose-quill, 18 — 24 or more 

 inches high, dull purjDle, leafy throughout. Leaves oblong lanceolate, 

 sessile, obtuse, 3 — 4 inches long, Peduncles nearly as long as the 



Epidendrum xanthinum. 

 (Drawn at Raron Sclirncder'3, The Dell, near Staines.) 



stems, terminating in a dense head cf bright yellow flowers that are 



sometimes tinted with orange ; sepals and petals lanceolate, acute ; lip 



three-lobed, all the lobes fringed, the front one deeply cleft. 



Ejiidenilrum xanthinum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. v. IS. Id. Fol. Orch 

 Ep. No. 229. 



First discovered by Martius, and afterwards gathered bj Gardner 



on the Serro de Frio, in the Brazilian province of Minas Geraes. It was 



