SPATHIUM. (Racemosm) ( 45) EPIDENDRUM. 
139. E. adenoglossum. Lindley, in Hooker’s Journal, IIT. 86. 
foliis carnosis lineari-oblongis obtusis, racemo ‘elongato 
simplici terminali é spatha ancipiti pedunculo breviore orto, sepalis 
ovatis reticulatis, petalis linearibus 3-veniis acutis, labello lineari 
asi callis 2 lamelliformibus minore interjecto instructo. 
Wild in Peru; Pangoa—Mathews, (e. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Flowers small, in a thin flexuose spike. 
* * Labellum trilobum. 
— E. brachyglossum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. 82, 
0. 
i. foliis lineari-oblongis ce rotundatis obliquis, racemo 
elongato simplici terminali nutante é spatha ancipiti pedunculo 
breviore orto, floribus carnosis, sepalis obovatis concavis, petalis 
linearibus 3-veniis acutis, labello brevi trilobo laciniis lateralibus 
nanis intermedia ovaté callis duobus lamelleeformibus tuberculoque 
interjecto. 
(B) microtum. Leaves longer and a Eze more distinctly 
carinate, Lip linear, with a pair of minute auricl 
Wild in Perv; on the bse face of the Andes, near Nanegal 
—Hartweg; RB, New Grewnapa, in the province of Ocafia, at 
an elevation of 5800 feet—Schlim, 1029, (v. s. sp. ; B comm. 
cel. Linden.) 
A slender creeping rooted plant, with small flowers, and the appearance of 
E. lossum, b fee nie aan : are narrower and the lip has a different “ag 
posed variety B may be a distinct ies ; but it is extremely like 
oe oe and I dare not place too much reliance st the form of the lip, 
h seems as if it might 3 that of adenoglossum, e ted. 
***® Labellum tripartitum. 
141. E, sarcodes, 
E. caulibus strictis brevibus carnosis, foliis oblongis obtusis 
carnosis, spathis 1—2 carinatis herbaceis, ‘Tacemi i cylindracei erecti 
pedunculo spathis a floribus 
coriaceis, sepalis oblongis crassis obtusis, petalis membranaceis 
obtusis apice dilatatis, labelli brevis carnosissimi lobis lateralibus 
rotundatis intermedio oblongo apiculato, callis 2 maximis lineAque 
elevata interjecta. 
ieee New Guenapa; near Papaquere—Purdie, (v. 8. sp. in 
hb ker.) 
General pi tegeinaesidin es acrrecn cat ecm ms The excessive 
thickness of the lip is peculiar. 
