SPATHIUM. (ieRIcaT2) ( 53 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
integris laciniis lateralibus rotundatis intermedi retusd cuneata, 
callis 2 conspicuis linedque interjecta obsoleta 
Wild in New Grenapa; at Matanzas, in : Paeielens, at the 
elevation of 7000 feet; Nov.—Schlim, 136, (v. s. sp. comm 
cel. ines) 
with the habit of Z. nutans; the flowers are not panicled, but in 
a dense eying raceme six owe "ie , and there is a large herbaceous 
spathe at its base. Flowers pale viol 
166. E. spathaceum. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal, ITI, 85. 
E. racemis alternis densissimis pendulis spathis foliaceis fal- 
catis conduplicatis vix longioribus, sepalis rigidis striatis a 
petalis filiformibus, labelli trilobi lacintis lateralibus obtusis 
ticd obsoleté crenulatis intermedié ovali — basi bilame at 
linea elevaté interject& brevioribus 
Wild in Perv ; obtained by Mr. ‘whic out of the herbarium 
of Ruiz and Pavon, preserved at Lima; New Grenapa; in 
the province of Pam mplona, near Matanzas, _ the ee ae ’ 
6000 feet ; February—Schlim, 110; Mariquita—Triana, 1 
(0. 8. sp. in hb. Hooker et comm. cel. Titdony 
asses of inflorescence of this plant are upwards of ~ a a half foot 
long, and consist of dense racemes proceeding from the axil o 
so 
ve a great resemblance to that of some Palm. = plowaee white 
and pink, Leaves thick, leathery.””—Schlim. 
* 167. E. raniferum. LO., 64. Bot. Reg. iea2, t. 42. 
lu 
(A) Lobes of the lip all toothed at the poin 
(B) Back lobes of the lip rounded, others ‘tesa blunt, all entire. 
(C) luteum. Flowers bright yellow, with — ie doe and a whiter lip. Back 
lobes of the lip confluent, plaited and lacer 
Wild A,in Mexitco—Pavon; B and re in Demerara—Schom- 
burgk, scsi ich v. c. et 8. sp.) 
brown oar The Posae varies in the amount of too bservable in = 
lip. ees escribed the divi Se entire ; 
in others they are all too’ 
In the pone Hs t. hich flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, the lip is not 
pratt tr t three-lobed only, with the middle lobe emarginate. The lateral 
divisions are rounded, lacerated, and crisp, like those of some Ap iot 
hte cera foliaceis equitentiios: bunds; racemo 
beat multifloro sessili cernuo, bracteis linearibus, sepalis 0 oblongis 
