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EPIDENDRUM euupricom. 
Elliptical-leaved Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA—Nar. Onv. ORCHIDES. — 
Gen. Cuar.—Columna cum ungue labelli longitudinaliter connata in tu- 
bum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masse pollinis 4, parallele, 
re completis persistentibus distinctz, basi filo granulato elastico auc- 
Epidendrum ellipticum; foliis alternis 0 sibbelipuseie miccslentin pedun- 
culis terminalibus elongatis, labello perianthio zequali tripartito fim- _ 
hues lobo intermedio minore lineari—Grauam, MSS. 
“ Roots long, cat aia cas adi d de Ceaen tho aren of th 
branches. Stem jointed, branched ; branches simple, round, Gaia 
flexuose, green, spotted with dull brown. Leaves alternate, 
ly concave above, to elliptico-linear, and nearly flat ; oc ‘slight- 
: ee very obscurely marked with numerous . 
little way at the bottom, there are sheaths tier oe 9a Sian = . 
ed, } ——— iatit ‘withered, brows and striated sn thelr epper 
part. : 
“ Inflorescence a crowded, short, terminal spike; rachis toothed Flowers 
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