EUEPIDENDRUM. (SparHacea) ( 77 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
postici cordato-ovati obtusi disco calloso cuniculo inflato, clinandrio 
dentato. 
Wild in the Wrst Inpigs, common; Caraccas— Purdie ; 
Mer nee! on; Demerara—Loddiges, ee 889 ; 
Surtnam—Splitgerber; Brazin, on trees, Barro do Rio 
N eondiites e, 1166, Martius, Miers, (v. s. one et v. ¢.) 
Stem simple, a span high, two-edged. Flowers small, green, turning yellow. 
* 240. E.coriifolium, Lindley, in Journ. Hort. Soc., V1, 
218, ¢. te. 
E. foliis angustis coriaceis subdistichis carinatis concavis 
obtusis, spicé dens& terminali, bracteis coriaceis carinatis herbaceis 
distichis ovario longioribus, sepalis lateralibus crassis carinatis 
ovalibus, petalis linearibus Ee labello subrotundo plano 
emarginato basi bicalloso medio elevat 
Wild . CENTRAL fai ee - v. 2 
Tn all its parts tough, es Poearm? and generally glazed, as it were, 
with a shining exudation. leaves are ihe neigh six Pac 
long, concave, with a s| midri pike terminal, about four inches 
long, consisting of hard dedietentiaast usied arr Flowers jreeiah. Keel 
of lateral sepals serrated. 
241. E,xylostachyum, Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1845, misc. 
E. caule simplici, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis mucronulatis 
vaginis scabris, spicd stricta flexuosd dura folio summo partim 
breviore, bracteis herbaceis cucullatis ovatis rigidis approximatis, 
floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis concavis, petalis conformibus 
i stioribus, labello cordato ovato obtuso concavo 
margine recurvo, clinandrio Segre. 
Wild in New Grenava; Pefion du Pan de Azucar, on the side 
of oe at the height of 6000 feet ; February— —Linden, 
ae sp.) 
E. acsedoun, but the bracts are larger, the spike is short, 
creep ai arger, and the petals are almost as broad as the sepals, instead 
of ort filiform. Flowers greenish white 
242. E, macrostachyum. Lindley, im Bot. Reg. 1845, mise. 
p. 70. 
E. caule simplici, foliis oblongis mucronulatis vaginis seabrius- 
culis, racemo longissimo cernuo angulato, bracteis magnis duris 
ovato-cordatis reflexis, floribus coriaceis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, 
oe labello cordato obtuso levi basi valdé concavo, 
stimasito te 
Wild in ri Gennes. on the rocks of the Pan de duces, 
on the side of Tolima, at the mes of 6000 feet ; February 
—Linden, 1279, (v. s. sp.) 
