EPIDENOQRUM. ( 90 ) (Pantouzata) EUEPIDENDRUM. 
287. E. durum. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal, III, 87. 
E. foliis distichis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, vaginis rugosis, 
panicula subsessili simplici pauciflora, bracteis duris ovatis cucul- 
~ — ovariis zqualibus, sepalis oblongis acutis duris 
, petalis angustioribus, labelli postici trilobi transversé 
honba lobis lateralibus erectis truncatis intermedio triangulari 
acuto, 
(B) wbbepatsen Leaves narrower. Flowers much smaller, 
il 
Weddell, 1272, in hb. Mus. Par., 
ms simple or branched, from nine to eighteen inches high, equally 
covered with hard distichous leaves. Flowers small, apparently yellow. The 
ce ear ce is occasionally simple. Differs from g 
maller and less fleshy flowers, and a panicle with a shorter stalk. 
in Guayana—Schomburgk ; > Brazit, Minas Geries— 
8. sp.) 
288. E. carnosum. Lindley, im Hooker's Journal, III. 87. 
K. foltis coriaceis distichis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis, 
vaginis ragulosis, panicula racemove ri striata multiflora, 
bracteis duris ovatis cucullatis acutis ovarii_longitudine, sepalis 
carnosis oblongis obtusis lateralibus hine gibbosis carinatis latio- 
ribus, petalis sepalo dorsali conformibus, labelli postici trilobi 
carnosi lobis lateralibus rotundatis erectis intermedio conico 
solido. 
Wild in Brazit—Zuccarini, (v. s. sp.) 
rigid plant, with the habit of Z. elongatum. Panicle stiff, many-flowere 
Fie b sate yellow ; when dry, hard, thick, black ; evidently must be sae 
when 
* 289. E, purum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. 75. 
E. caule fusiformi elongato, foliis ensiformibus obtusis, flori- 
fos paniculatis ramis racemosis gracilibus foliis pauld erectioribus, 
lineari-lanceolatis, petalis filiformibus, labelli tripartiti basi 
3 nostati laciniis indivisis acutis lateralibus cordatis repandis. 
Wild in the Caracoas—Linden; New Grenapa, on trees 
eo Bunlie. Go. 9. &. os op. 44 33. 200 ker ) 
Leaves not half an inch wide, six or eight inches long. Flowers in a thin 
panicled raceme, and of a light pale green colour. The lobes of the lip vary 
a little in form, the middle one tpeaily being sometimes ovate, some etimes 
* 290. E. tridactylum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1888, mise. 81. 
E. caule fusiformi gracili apice distiché folioso, foliis angusté 
oblongis obtusis cum mucronulo, paniculé 3—5-partit t& spicata 
multiflora foliis longiore, Ht subrotundo-ovats i incurvis ss tales 
ralibus majoribus, petalis linearibus spathulatis incurvis, labello 
