eee a CARS Or re ce EL tf Gee eR te 
EUEPIDENDRUM. (Racemosa) ( 87 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
275. E, matutinum. H. G. Reichenbach, in Linnea, XXII. 
p. 840. 
E. racemo incurvo brevi multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis acutis 
ovariis pedicellatis multd brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis 
petalis subeequalibus sub apice dilatatis, labello libero trilobo 
lobis lateralibus margine externo rotundatis apice acutis medio 
— ligulato acuto lamellis 3 elevatis in medio, callis 2 parvis 
Wild in VenEzvEta ; Merida, Jan.—Moritz, 1065, (Rchb.) 
— strong. Leaves longish, acute, keeled beneath, Flowers yellowish. 
—Rehb, 
“os E, inse ectiferum. 
six inches long by more than two broad. Flowers small, membranous, on long 
slender stalks. 
277. E. Arbuscula, Lindley, in Benth. Pl. Hartw., p. 93. 
EK. caule tereti frutic coso ramoso, ramulis vestitis apice 2—3- 
un 
a in Hoses, San Juan Sacatepequez; April—Hartweg, 
(v. s 
A plan t wih a large — vera leathery leaves, three or four inches 
long, and many pale stout roots. Flowers dull chocolate, relieved by a patch 
of Seis in the middle of pa Jahellions, whi] is so folded back at the sides 
and front, that, although almost circular, it presents: the form of an old- 
fashioned three-cocked hat. 
_ 278. E.incomptum. H. G. Reichenbach, in Linnea, 1852, 
p. 735. 
KE. caule valido squamoso superné folioso, foliis summis 
anthesi persistentibus cuneato-oblongis acutis erectis, racémo 
plurifloro congesto, bracteis lanceolatis aceeinees ovaria infima 
