EPIDENDRUM. ( 72 )Tusercutats)AMPHIGLOTTIUM. 
225, E. brachyphyllum. 
E. foliis ovato-oblongis carnosis, pedunculo 4-squamato 
racemo bis ae bracteis acuminatis pedicellis brevioribus, 
sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis subeequalibus, labelli lobis in- 
eequalibus dentaitis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio cuneato emar- 
ginato apiculato ungue utrinque 2-dentato, tuberculi tripartiti 
lobis lateralibus decurrentibus intermedio ovato 5-crenato, clinan- 
10 serrato. 
Wild in Boutvia; in the province of Yungas, Dec.— Weddell, 
4255, (v. 8. sp. comm. hb. Mus. Par ) 
A sturdy an about six inches high, with the habit of 2. elongatum. 
owers rose-coloured. 
226. E. spin 
K. caule snes apice densé folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
petiolatis rigidis apice spinescentibus, pedunculo sessili bra cteis 
inferioribus acuminatis herbaceis, sepalis oblongis subzequalibus, 
la sversi lobis dentatis lateralibus rotundatis antic’ 
incisis aikarisedio se minore, callo ovato elevato concavo 
ene utrinque tumido et in labellum decurrente, clinandrio 
se 
Wild in Brazit—Miers, 3484, (v. s. sp. in hb. Miers.) 
_ Stem nine inches high, at the upper end bearing five or six stalked taper- 
inted leaves, an inch and ahalf to eet: inches long. Raceme sessile, two 
inches long. Flowers the size of £. ellip 
227. E. Lindenii. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1845, misc. 59. 
FB. caulibus simplicibus strictis, foliis carnosis ovalibus obtusis 
emarginatisve, racemo oblongo obtuso, sepalis lanceolatis petalis- 
que eequalibus, labelli laciniis laceris lateralibus subrotundis inter- 
media cuneaté emarginata, callo 7-crenato a convexis integris 
inferioribus dupld majoribus, clinandrio den : 
Wild in VexezveEta ; rocks in the shee mona - 
the height of 5000 feet—Linden , 686; New Grenapa, San 
_ Martha—Purdie ; Caraccas—Linden, 64, (v. 8. sp.) 
This seems to be a common plant on the Spanish Main. Mr. Linden 
says there are three varieties ; one wi t carmine flowers, another with 
rose-coloured, and a with yellow-orange. The central tubercle is 
hemispherical, with seven lobes wally diminishing in size up to the point. 
— oe ms ~ belongs, in part at least, to some other P ee 
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and the middle ree of the lip is merely denticulate, 
228. E. cochlidium. Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV. 382. 
E. foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis emarginatisque coriaceis, 
sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis patentibus equalibus, labelli 
