EPIDENDRUM. (86) (Racemosa) EUEPIDENDRUM. 
Very like £. varicosum, among the Amphigloes, as well as £. chioneum. 
Varies much in the size of both leaves and flow 
272. ce torquatum. Lindley, in —— Pl. Hartweg., p. 149. 
KE. elongato aspero, foltis oblongis coriaceis obtusis 
distichis, pick sessili recurva, eats corlaceis, sepalis ovatis 
acutiusculis, petalis tenuiori ibus basi angustatis partim angustiori- 
bus, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi lobis Sheek es subtruncatis 
intermedio cuneato tridentato 
Wild in Purv; Piao n the ascent to the Paramo de 
Guanacas, at 10, 500 Let Hntwe weg, 1424; on the ground on 
the Cordillera of Loxa—Id. ; NEw GRENADA, on the ground, 
a the Quebrada betwe n Monserrate and upe, in 
rovince of Pe, ie the height of 8160 feet; March— 
Lin en, 1268, a 8. sp.) 
Near £. scabrum, but with much larger and more coriaceous flowers. It 
varies very much in size of the flowers, which are yellowish—Linden, and 
very fragrant—Hartweg. 1t seems to be always terrestrial, 
273. E. chioneum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1845, misc. p. 73, 
KE. caule levi ramoso, foliis ovato-lanceolatis mucronulatis, 
racemo capitato cernuo, bracteis erectis herbaceis acuminatis 
ovario longioribus, sepals subrotundo-ovatis apiculatis, ae 
obovatis minuté se labelli laciniis integris imterme 
lineari medio rugulosa basi ‘icallosA cuneata lateralibus animales 
acutis, clinandrio alté marginato 
Wild in New Grenapva; on the ground, Paramo, between 
Venta Quemada and —_ at the height of 12,000 feet ; 
March—Linden, 1344, (v. s. sp.) 
The flowers are pure white, in A close heads, an inch or more long. 
It is very near Z. cernuwm, but differs in the form of its sepals and the lobes 
of the lip, if that fe sao is correctly described. Leaves staat two inches 
long by a quarter o ide, 
274. E. cernuum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp., I. 353. 
LO., no. 46. 
a bt foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, bse elongata cernua, 
sepalis lanceolatis = revolutis cuspidatis , petalis conformibus 
angustioribus, labelli trilobi margine eto lobis lateralibus sub- 
rotundis acuminatis intermedio triplé majore concavo convexo 
lineari apice rhombeo axi coriacea basi bicallosa. 
Wild in Peru; on trees in the Ravines of the Andes of 
(v. 8. sp. in ib. Hooker 
Stem three feet a and more. Spike three inches long. Flowers sweet- 
