EPIDENDRUM. (16) (Hymenocutray) ENCYCLIUM. 
Wild in oT aaa Be v. Cc.) 
Resembles £. odoratissimum ; with dull yellow flowers, neatly striped with 
crimson, sm seiciod } . E, dicen, from which its leaves distinguish it. 
* 46. E. microbulbon. Hooker ic., t. 347. 
E. pseudobulbis ovatis diphyllis, foliis lato-linearibus scapo 
brevioribus, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis acutis, 
sepalis linearibus petalisque angustioribus patentissimis, labe 
angusti lobis lateralibus nanis rectis obtusis sinubus clausis 
intermedio tic boners venis scabris. 
Wild in Meuxt Oaxac: oe on Pn at the height of 7000 
feet Galeotti, *3188, (o. ». nm hb. Hooker.) 
Flowers the size of Z. ipeiaasi rose-coloured ; lip yellow with red dots. 
* 47, E. obtusum. Alph. De Candolle, Plant. rar. Genev. 
8 — Dp. 17. 
Ibi tis acutis diphyllis, foliis coriaceis linearibus 
acuminatis sca apo subpani iculato brevioribus, bracteis membranaceis 
cadets labelli lobis crispis obtusis striatis equilongis intermedio 
latiore, callo disci acuminato. . 
Wild in Mextco—Alph. De Candolle. 
Leaves four inches long. Scape a foot Tong, tae flower-stalks two to 
three lines long. Sepals half an inch long, two lines broad, greenish brown. 
anane ber streaked with dirty purple. Possibly Gi species belongs to the 
* 48. £  gracil e. Lindley, in Bot. Reg., t. 1765, 
slinsioialin intermedio oblongo crispo settee dupld minoribus 
disco bicostato venis elevatis. 
Wild in the Banamas—J. C. Lees, (v. v. ¢.) 
Flowers green, lip yellow, lined with purple. 
* 49. E. viridiflorum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1842, mise. 
E. pseudobulbis ovatis ae foliis lineari-lanceolatis cari- 
natis recurvis acutis panicula brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 
linearibus acutis falcatis erectis, labello postico apice 3-dentato lobis 
lateralibus planis intermedi ovate —— eequalibus, disci callo 
—_ angusto carnoso, columnd ap 
- Eneyclia viridifiora, Hooker, in Bot. Mép, t. 2831. ZO.,111. 
: Took hay : one Rio ee retiana (v. 8. sp. in hb. 
