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E. CINNABARINUM, Scdzm.—A tall-growing plant, having leafy stems 4 feet 

 iiigh, which are furnished with oblong distichous leaves slightly recurved at the 

 point, and bear terminal corymbiform racemes of bright scarlet flowers; these are 

 produced m abundance in May, June, and July, and continue in succession for 

 two or three months. The sepals and petals are lanceolate, scarlet, the lip three- 

 lobed, keeled, with a pair of calli at the base, the side lobes deeply incised, the 

 front lobe contracted in the middle, then suddenly wedge-shaped, with the angles 

 prolonged into one or two fine teeth; the colour of the lip is orange-yellow, 

 spotted with red. — Brazil; Venezuela. 



Fia.—Bot. Mcff., 1812, t. 25 ; Barthuier, Parad., t. 14. 



E. CNEMIDOPHORUM, imdi.— This is a rare and strikingly handsome cool 

 house Orchid, one which the late lamented Mr Skinner had so much difficulty in 

 getting home alive. It is a vigorous-growing plant, forming tufts of stout leafy 

 stems 4 to 6 feet in height. The leaves sheath the stem, and are about 1 inch 

 w-ide, 6 to 10 inches long, tapering to a point ; the flowers grow in terminal nod- 

 ding racemes, rarely compound, emerging from a spathe of several blunt sheathing 

 equitant pale green bracts, and are fleshy, about 1\ inch across, on long pedicels, 

 numerous, oreamy-yeUow outside, the inner surface nearly covered with blotches 

 of rich crimson-brown; the sepals are oblong obtuse, the petals linear, and the lip 

 three-lobed, the side lobes larger, rounded and entire, and the middle lobe wedge- 

 shaped, cleft into two blunt segments, creamy- white tinted with rose, as also is the 

 prominent club-shaped column. Being of strong-growing habit, and throwing out 

 large fleshy roots, it requires abundant pot-room and good drainage. It was flowered 

 first by the late Sir P. Egerton, Bart., at Oulton. — Guatemala, elevation 7,000 feet. 



Fia.—Bot. Mag., t. 5656. 



E. COCHLEATUM, Linn. — This fine old plant may be taken as the first 

 species of the genus which flowered in Europe, which it did at Kew just over a 

 hundred years ago, and choice varieties of this plant are now well deserving a place 

 in our collections. It varies considerably in size of flower and depth of colour. 

 The plant is pretty widely distributed throughout the West Indies and in Mexico, 

 and it enjoys the warmth of the Cattleya house. The pseudobulbs are somewhat 

 flask-shaped, compressed, and deep green, bearing on the summit a pair of broad 

 equally deep green leaves, which are oblong-acute, and slightly undulated ; the 

 scape is terminal, bearing several flowers; sepals and petals narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate, greenish-yellow, twisted ; lip uppermost, in shape resembling the 

 valve of a cockle, deep purple at the back, with greenish -yellow veins on a 

 darker ground inside. Almost a perpetual bloomer. — West Indies and Mexico. 



¥iG.—JSot. Slag., t. 572. 



Stm". — E. lanc-ifolium. 



E. COOPERIANUM, Batem. — A beautiful species, with stout erect rigid stems, 

 growing from 2 to 3 feet high, neat and compact in habit, and thickly clothed in 

 the upper part with stiff distichous lanceolate sharp-pointed leaves. The flowers, 

 which are of a leathery texture, grow in drooping dense many-flowered racemes, 

 and are of a pale olive green or yellowish brown, with the large three-lobed lip of 

 a bright rose colour; the lateral lobes are large and roundish, and the smaller 

 central one kidney-shaped and emarginate. A most desirable species, and of easy 

 culture in the Cattleya house. — Brazil. 



Fia.—Bot. Mag., t. 5G54. 



