SPATHIUM. (racemosa) (49) EPIDENDRUM. 
153. E. armeniacum. Lindley, i in Bot. Reg., t. 1867. 
E. caulibus teretibus erectis, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis acutis 
rubplicatis racemis pedunculatis cylindraceis nutantibus, bracteis 
setaceo-acuminatis, sepalis patulis ovatis acutis, petalis setaceis, 
labelli subcucullati laciniis lateralibus rotundatis intermedia ova 
acuminata, callo magno oblongo integro acuto in discum. 
Encyclia macrostachya. Poppig and Endl. N. G. et Sp. 2 t. 114. 
Wild in Perv; on trees near Cuchero; flowering in December 
—Poppig ; in Brazrt—Miers (v.v v.0. et 8. sp.in hb. Miers.) 
Flowers small, lata Aira ina slender drooping spike. Leaves some- 
times grassy, sometimes lanceolate 
5. Spatha subsimplex. Flores subumbellati. 
154. E. Seutella. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. 82. 
E. foliis coriaceis Saher distichis, spatha brevi lata 
acinaciformi pedun eequali, racemo umbellato aucifloro, se- 
palis petalisque atin Be labello oblongo cordato plano obsoleté 
bicalloso. 
Wild in Perv ; in the woods of Guayan, on the western slope 
of Pichincha, near Quito—Hartweg, (v. s. sp. 
Flowers greenish yellow, very large. Li ip full an inch long. Spathe ve 
broad, about an inch and half I long. Lip an inch and half long. se 
E. geminiflorum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp., 
Pi. ra 354, LO., p. 102. 
E. caule repente ramoso, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, pe- 
dunculo paucifloro é spath pollicari orto, floribus riccsapette sepalis 
lanceolatis acuminatis patulis margine revolutis, petalis conformi- 
bus planis, labello ovato cordato subcucullato trilobo: lobis 
lateralibus rotundatis ab coment sinu brevi sejunctis, callis 
3 linearibus elevatis intermedio 
Wild in Perv; Popayan, on aa eee < him tet 
Valley of Lloa—Jamieson : in shady mountain places, at the 
height of 7400 fits Fhaaabolat and pacer (v. 8. sp.) 
Stem with dwarf, stiff, erect side branches. Flowers middle-sized, very 
fleshy, with ene ly rags ager partion yellowish green, according to 
Humboldt an oe r. Jami Siaageese in the Hookerian 
Herbarium have broader Hei tates fe 
commana in se from Popayan, brought retog by Hartweg. 
156. E. megagastrium. 
E. caule repente rixnoe0, foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis co: 
unculo paucifloro é spatha duplici laxa abbreviata orto, floribus 
valdé carnosis, sepalis petalisque aus laced planis, labello cordato 
Jan. 25, 1853. 
