EPIDENDRUM. (26)  (Hymenocuma) ENCYCLIUM. 
= 70: smc seen Hooker, in Bot. Mag., t. 3534. 
Bateman, Orch. Mex. 17. Morren, in ree Gand, IT. p. 
365 ic. Van Houtte, i des Serres, 1848, 372 
KE. pseudobulbis ovatis rugosis diohyltis, “foliis oblongis 
coriaceis racemo brevioribus, rachi pedicellisque angulatis, sepalis 
talisque obovato-lanceolatis patentibus apicibus incurvis, labelli 
lobis lateralibus ovatis acutis in columnam incumbentibus inter- 
medio maximo obcordato levi, disci callo bilineato obsoleto, 
columné alata, 
Wild in GuatEMata, on the sale = Cattleya Skinneri— 
Skinner; PanaMa a and W. Corompra—Cu uming ; CaRACcas, 
Sa. Martha—Pur die, (v. v. c. et 8. *) 
plant ; one variety having green sepals and a white lip, the 
A very fi 
other having. oaree” sepals with a deep A etd ed lip. ics © Boca 
del Dragén, ‘ Dragon’s mouth,’ in Guatemala. Flowers the largest in this 
80. E. Humboldtii. 4. G. Reichenbach, in Linn., XXII. 
p. 836. 
E. sepalis oblongis acutis basi aliquid cuneatis, 7 obtusis 
basi valdé cuneatis sub apice dilatatis, labello maximo trilobo basi 
ima cuneato lobis lateralibus integris obtusatis fio maximo 
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rum cristatis serratis, columné posticé 
carinata, oan: tridentato interjecto dente anticé rostellari. 
Wild the Caraccas; Porto Caballo — Humboldt and 
Boniplanid (Rehb.) 
Supposed Encyclia now referred to other genera. 
el polystachys shag 2.¢% 113. . . = species of Folystechye 
tachya, Jd, 2. t. 114. . . => Epidendrum 
§ 3. DIACRIUM. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal of Botany, III. 81. 
This section at first sight seems to merge in Encyclium ; for the chief 
difference appears to consist in n the » stem being fusi form and leafy at t the end, 
which is but a ll modifi condition. In addition, 
sg lip of £. bicornutwm is not — write faa column, and has two deep pits 
under side, corresponding wi same number of fleshy elevated 
plates on the upper side. 
81. E. bidentatum.  L0., p. 98. 
_ E. foliis eine apice ee oe v. : ah pseu- 
oro, se 
