EUEPIDENDRUM. (Racemosa) ( 83 )* EPIDENDRUM. 
261. E.orgyale. Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist., XV. 256. 
E. caule orgyali distiche foliato, foliis ovato-oblongis margine 
vaginisque scabris, racemo sessili erecto cylindraceo, bracteis 
membranaceis subulatis, floribus carnosis, sepalis ovalibus, ae 
spathulato-linearibus serrulatis, labello cordato acuto se 
callis duobus juxta basin unoque sulcato minore sub apice, ar 
culo ventricoso. 
Wild in New Grenada; Andes near Bogota—Hartweg, (v. 
&. Sp. 
Stem five feet high. Flowers apparently yellow. 
262. E, quadratum 
E. cols alto oe foliis coriaceis ovato-oblongis obtusis, 
racemo sessili cernuo wmultifloro, floribu carnosis, bracteis lineari- 
bus herbaceis acuminatis, flori ibus arias, sepalis oblongis 
obtusis, petalis spathulato-lanceoatis minuté denticulatis, labello 
subrotundo-quadrato ato undulato basi bicalloso axi crass’ 
venisque lateralibus elevatis carnosis rugosis, nandis carnoso 
4-dentato, 
Wildin Trorioat AMertca—Linden, (v.s. sp. comm. cel. Linden, 
numero aut loc. nat.) 
Near £, orgyale, with very much larger Rowse. 
263. E. fimbriatum. A. B. X., £351. LO., no. 27. 
E. foliis distichis oblongo-linearibus obliqué retusis margine 
vaginisque scabris, racemo angusto terminali, floribus subsessili- 
bus, sepalis linearibus retusis, petalis conf Srmibus serratis, labello 
subrotundo-ovato serrato basi bilineato, columnd nand 
E. alternans. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal, IIT. 88. 
Wild in Perv; lofty mountains of Andi sang ar 
1072 and 1897; ravines of Pichincha—Jamieson, 67 and 95; 
woods of Gua an—Hartweg, 1418; nearly on a level ge 
uito—Jamieson, 9; province of Carabaya— Weddell, 4668 ; 
VENEZUELA, terres trial, in the Paramo del Zumbador, at the 
height of ti ,000 ot then 1473; New Grenapa, tufts 
in the open spaces of the vast forests of Quindiu, hota 
Palmilla and El Moral, in the province of Mariquita, at the 
height of 8400 f eet—Linden, 1288, nr: Ocal, on the 
borders of rivulets—Schlim, 736, (v. 8. 
Slender plants about six inches high, with sae! racemose tei 
— Weddell ; white, se with rose or violet—-Linden. 
lip varies in its degree of fimbria 
- E. scriptum. h. and Galeotti, Orch. es no. oe 
B. “caule tereti, folie , ribpeeseeen acutis, floribus viri 
