EPIDENDRUM. ( 44 ) (Racemosz) SPATHIUM. 
a. Spatha subsimplex. Flores racemosi. 
* Labellum indivisum. 
135. E. grandiflorum. Lindley, in Hooker’s Journal, III. 86. 
E. foltis distichis ensiformibus obtusis, racemo denso termi- 
nali basi flexuoso é spathd duplici orto, sepalo dorsali ovali 
lateralibus duplo latioribus dimidiatis, petalis linearibus, labello 
subrotundo cordato emarginato margine postico crispo venis 
baseos 2 elevatis. 
Wild in Penu—Mathews, (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Flowers coriaceous, about twice as large as in £. variegatum. 
E.maneum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1844, mise. 28. 
labello parvo postico carnoso concavo indiviso callo magno mar- 
gine membranaceo in medio 
Wild in Perv; on the Cordillera, near Loxa, flowering in Fuly 
— Hartweg ; in New GRENADA, in the gtipet of Pamplona, 
at the height of 9000 feet—Schlim, 135, (v. s. 
Flowers rather small, orange and yellow—Htug. ; yellow aoe with red.— 
Schlim. 
137. E. ventricosum. Lindley, in Hooker’s — IIT. 86. 
E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, racemis angustis multifloris 
é spatha lineari ortis, floribus membranaceis, sepalis aie ualibus 
oblongis acutis, petalis filiformibus, columna ventricosa, labello 
ovato cordato acutissimo basi bicalloso. 
Wild in Peru—Mathews, (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
A slender plant, with the stem about six inches up to the commencement 
of the spathe. Racemes from four to five inches pec ype = spathe 
which covers the whole peduncle. 7 oat purple, 
188. E. tenellum. 
KE. foliis paucis linearibus, pedunculo flexuoso bracted lineari 
— tenui ad utrumque articulum, floribus 3—4 membranaceis, 
is oblongis carinatis apiculatis, _— filiformibus, labello 
su se eS rotundato repando basi bicalloso 
Wild in New Grenapa—Funck and Schlim, 1049, (v. s. Pie 
comm. cel. Linden.) — 
The smallest species I know, not more than four inches hi; The thin 
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