EPIDENDRUM. (4) (Horocutta) ENCYCLIUM. 
A. HOLOCHILA. 
* 4, LO., p. 97; Bot. Reg. 1840, ¢. 35; 
Sert. Orch., o a8 Be. Mags, t. 4107. 
E. psendobulbis ovatis acuminatis diphyllis, foltis pee 
ligulatis acutis basi vaginantibus racemo erecto multi o brevi- 
oribus, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis ‘iteegiatsals 
patulis, labello lineari apice angustato abrupté acuto infra medium 
callosum bifoveato semilibero. 
Wild in Mextco; Oaxaca, on oaks at the height of 5-6000 feet 
Br Hes 5104 ; Xalapa—Coulter; Guaremara, on cloud- 
capped mountains, amidst continua J vasa in the regions 
of Lichens and Jungermannias—Skinner; the Cumbre of 
Tetontepeque, 9000 feet above the ae acter. (v. v. ¢. et 
8. Sp.) 
Bears flowers of a brilliant orange in many-flowered erect spikes. A 
ampuiliaeal: species very difficult of cultivation. 
* 5, E. aureum. 
E. sepalis linearibus acutis, petalis conformibus, labello ovato 
convoluto acuminato ecalloso venis 3 parallelis centralibus, ovario 
alté cuniculato. 
Broughtonia aurea. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. 22. 
Wild in ee, in the neighbourhood of Valladolid—Barker, 
(v. v. 
« Flowers bright yellowish red, like Z. vitellinum.” I still — the = 
fi 
ever saw of this. Although I =* add little to what w: 
the Prot agg ca Register, I can say that i & species sppaceiety. pectestly 
* 6. E. nevosum. 
E. pseudobulbis fusiformibus membranis — vestitis, foliis 
ovalibus pergameneis So tantum persistente, scapo filiformi 
flexuoso squamis | vaginato _apice 8—5-floro, floribus 
membranaceis ictal ae sepalis linearibus acuminatis 
secundis, labello ovali Tned media aspera Ano divergentibus 
varicosis, callo baseos excavato, cuniculo ventricoso. 
Wild in Mextco ; in the province of Sie at the elevation of 
4000 feet, on the Pacific side—Galeotti tti, 5330, (v. v. c. et 8. sp 
comm. cel. Ga leotti.) 
A small species, scarcely six inches high. The leaves are about three to a 
obulb, but two fall off early, giving the plant the appearance of an 
; asan 
‘ years since 
wrence had white sepals and cridens sities S08 
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