EPIDENDRUM. ( 36 ) AULIZEUM. 
Pseudobulbs — those of £. fragrans. Spathe membranous Flow 
sweet-scented. e first two varieties seem to differ in nothing but bets 
hey are ore ote the middle lobe of whose lip is much larger than 
the side ones. 
111. E.sceptrum. Lindley, Orch. Linden., no. 50. 
E. foliis loratis basi remotis obtusis emarginatisque racemo 
basi spathaceo pluriés brevioribus, spath4 foliaced, sepalis lanceo- 
latis, petalis obovatis unguiculatis acutis, labello subrotundo- 
astato medio basi pulvinato pubescente, clinandrio obtusé 
trilobo. 
Wild in VeyEzveta; on rotten trees near the Indian village of 
Jaji, at. the height of 6500 Seeaglmge 650 ; Sa. Martha, 
on trees near Pacho—Purdie; Nxzw Gr RENADA, Ocafia— 
Schlim, 769 and 745, (v. s. sp.) 
Pseudobulbs a foot long, compressed ; oe one to two feet long. 
Flowers very numerous, arranged in spikes. Petals phage ery 
brilliant, spotted with purple. 7 bright purple, white at the base, Purdie 
specimens, in Sir W. Hooker herbarium, risa agree with 
Linden’s. The plant varies much in the brilianey of its co 
113. > — Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist., XII. Orch. 
Linden., 
E. folio oe oblongo coriaceo obtuso, pedunculo elongato 
spathis plurimis falcatis obtusis distinctis vaginato, racemo brevi 
4—5-floro cernuo, floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis acutis dorsali 
refracto, petalis ovalibus subconformibus, labello subrotundo 
scelnto trilobo basi bicalloso lined elevaté interjecté: lacinia 
intermedia abbreviata truncata. 
Wild in Venunzveta; the high regions of the Sierra Nevada in 
Merida, at the height of 10, 000 to 11,000 feet—Linden, 618, 
(v. 8. sp.) 
113. E. Hartwegii Lindley, in Plant. Hartw. , p. 150. 
E. foliis 2 basi remotis oblongis obtusis 2 acing apice obliquis 
spice rigid multiflore basi | Spathacexe caulisque bulbosi teretis 
longitudme, floribus coriaceis, ovario triqutr clavato, sepalo 
supremo oblongo obtuso lateralibus acutissimis, petalis obovatis, 
labello subrotundo zequaliter trilobo bane callo. pubescente concavo 
aucto, ungue et columna brevissimis, 
Wild in Peru ; onthe Cordillera near Loxa—Hartweg, (v. s. sp.) 
N r allied to EZ. but the lea: shorter broader. i 
sane ses and i de tec sails ince eto Their celocr is 
