EPIDENDRUM. ( 52) (pantouLatm) SPATHIUM. 
sequalibus, sepalis acutis lateralibus valdé obliquis, petalis lineari- 
bus acutis venosis, labelli lobis subzqualibus oblongis truncatis 
= dentatis lateralibus obliquis, callis 2 elongatis, clinandrio 
Wild in Perv ; Quito—Jamieson, (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Jamieson, 
A.D. 1849.) 
The habit of this is almost that of some thin-leaved Evelyna. Leaves 
three ee anda half long by one inch and three-quarters wide. Flowers the 
size of E£. : 
163. E. excisum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. 82, no. 14. 
E. foliis latis oblongis apice rotundatis excisis, spatha brevi 
lata coriace pedunculo longiore, floribus laxé paniculatis, petalis 
filiformibus, labello basi bicalloso laciniis lateralibus cordatis ob- 
soleté crenulatis intermedia lineari divergenti cuneata retusa. 
(B) grandiflorum, Flowers with all the parts larger and broader. 
Wild in Perv; on the ascent to Sotara, near the village of 
Totoro, in Popayan n—Hartweg; B, rocky banks, page ” 
—Mathews, 3182; Santa Martha—Purdie, (v v. 8. 
hb. Hooker.) 
This is much like theese of —o it has the nec0ia rt it has a 
great sheathing ‘patio: The variety B sometimes forms great ho —— 
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cucullate spathes, not unlike pai of £. paacacon + this is es ei 
Pu pecimens. 
d. Spathze plures imbricate. 
164, E. raphidophorum. 
E. foliis oblongis obtusis, racemo crasso pendulo spathis pluri- 
bus maximis foliaceis longiore, bracteis rigidis acicularibus inferi- 
oribus qualibus, sepalis coriaceis oblongis _lateralibus abrupté 
acuminatis, petalis linearibus reflexis, labelli lobis lateralibus 
acinaciformibus obsoleté denticulatis intermedio oblongo truncato 
apiculato apice concavo, callis 2 lineAque interm 
Wild in the Caraccas ; the Silla, at the Sage al of 6500 feet— ove 
Funck and Schlim, 182 ; ; same place, at the 
Paramo de los Conisos....? 1180, (v. pg comm. cel. Zinden’) 
strong with the habit of Z. nutans, but distinct in its 
spathes and long pemeie mpsecte caentn! Flowers white, asia vd Finck 
and Schlim, —— omit § to ine Seed no, ies procured by 
unknown collector as he who obtained £. 
165. E. 
E. spatha flied — longiore, racemo denso multi- 
floro nutante, bracteis minutis setaceis, floribus carnosis, sepalis 
oblongis eau cree ain linearibus, labelli trilobi laciniis sub- 
