EPIDENDRUM. (80) (SparHacca) EUEPIDENDRUM. 
Wild in the West INDIEs, Dominica —Imeay ; PERU. ia 
bamba, on trees—Mathews; Brazin, Rio Toasice= -Gaidoee 
628, —- Aiastiatie = Mises, (v. v. €. et 8. sp.) 
ar E. rien i of which it has the — but its lip, which is 
ong, vi h 
specim are almost orbicular. Nevertheless, it is mu uch to be doubted 
ehatiee | this is abet more than a gigantic variety of 2. wmbellatum. 
250. E.ensatum, Richard and Galeotti, Orch. Mex., no. 54. 
E. “ caule compresso — foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, 
floribus parvulis albido-brunne adnato trilobo lobis 
obtusis subequalibus margine sinuos 
Wiid in Mrextco—Galeotti. 
E. tetraceros. H. G. Reichenbach, in Bot. Zeitung, 
emarginato in sinu minuté unidentato lineis tribus medianis 
elevatis, clinandrio 4-dentato dentibins mediis minutis lateralibus 
dolabriformibus. 
Wild in Veraava; on Mount Chiriqui— Warczewitz. 
Twice as large in every part as £. filicawle, which is nearly related to 
it.—Rehb. 
* 252. E.lacertinum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1841, mise. 109. 
Hort. Soc. Journ., IT, 309. 
E. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis pedunculo longioribus, racemo 
sessili con ovariis subsecundis longissimis — bracteis 
setaceis — ongioribus, sepalis lanceolatis ogee 
petalis tiveast lansboalais,, labelli trilobi basi bilamellati lacinii 
lateralibus triangularibus intermedié lineari acuminat& loons, 
anthera cucullo integerrimo immersi. 
Wild in Guatrmata—Loddiges, (v. v. ¢.) - 
The flowers hang down on long stalk like ovaries from one side - a short 
raceme ; bright n, with the exception of the column, which is yellow ; 
the lip i isa little apr with A oe! 9 and has the appearance of a lizard’s tail, 
chide es being outside the flower, and the head and shoulders buried 
E. folis eco obtbate, floribus fasciculatis, sepalis aie 
acuminatis pedicello longioribus, labelli tril 
