PLEURANTHIUM. , ( 93 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
* 297. E. cauliflorum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. 82. 
E. foliis ovato-oblongis plamis acuminatissimis, corymbis 
brevibus, sepalis angustis patentissimis subsequalibus concavis, 
is linearibus apice cuneatis acutis reflexis, labello cuneato- 
subrotundo trilobo lobo intermedio truncato tridentato laterali- 
bus rotundatis = callis tribus linearibus in medio labe 
lateralibus majoribus 
Wild in Brazit; Rio Janeiro—Loddiges, (v. v. ¢.) 
Flowers about res size of those of E nutans, pale straw-colour, appearing 
from the side of the stout cylindrical stem, bursting forth from among the 
dry sheaths with which it is closely invested. 
ALTOGETHER DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
298. E. oie. Swartz. Prodr., 124; Fl. Ind. O 
HI. 1511; Witlld., no. 25; “caulescens, foliis bulbis Biss 
carnosis ovato- ieee Root a canaliculatis subtus carinatis, 
scapis € sinu foliorum.” Jamai Species minima. 
Flores ignoti, (v. s. sp. in hb. Smith.) 
299. E. angustifolium; Swartz. Prodr., 123; Fl. Ind. Oce., 
III, 1512; Willd., no. 26; “folio lineari bulbo innato, scapo 
iculato.” AMa1ca—Swartz, 
0. E.?turbinatum; La Liave, Nov. Veg. Deser., II. 41; 
= bulbis oblongo-turbinatis confertis membranis laceratis pre eine. 
tis, scapo ex bulbis prodeunte, foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis 
bulbo adnatis.” Mzxtco—La Llave. 
301. CE * mayzifolium ; La Liave, Nov. Ps e4: Deser., i. 425 
* bulbis ‘ his ensiformi 
bus trinerviis.’” Mzxtco—La Llave. 
. E. cristatum; 77. Peruy. Syst., 243; LO., no. 66.; 
a folie lanceolatis, racemo ae gw labello. ‘tripartito to lacinid 
— soe lateralibus triparti Perv ; on trees near Pozuzo 
Ruiz and Pavon. 
303. E. coronatum; F/. Peruv. "Syste, 242; ZLO.,. n0.:65; 
 foliis ovato-lanceolatis, racemis dependentibus, labello trilobo 
laciniis bifidis intermedia minori.” Peru ; on stones and rocks 
near Pozuzo—Ruiz and Payon. 
