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Elleanthus. 

 (Frts/.^, a name derivable from e/Zo, I shut, and aiithos, a 

 flower, in reference to the latter being enclosed by 

 bracts. Only a few species are fciund in culti\-ation, and 

 these are rarely seen outside botanic collections. Flowers 

 in terminal spikes ; sepals and petals free, erect ; petals 

 often narro^\-er than the sepals : column erect, semi-terete 

 or two-winged in the middle. Leaves sessile, plicate. The 

 species are best grown in pots, in a compost consisting 

 of equal portions fibrous peat, leaf-soil, and sphagnum, 

 with sufficient sih'er-sand to keep it in a porous condition. 

 A moist position in the warm intermediate-house suits 

 them well. E. ca/^itatits [Rchb. f.) and E. .xanthoconius 

 [Rchb. _E'' are the two species usually seen. 



EPI-CATTLEYA. 



Bigeneric h\-brids whose parentage is sufficiently 

 denoted by the name. The}- should be treated similarly 

 to Cattle\-as. 



bc/aireiisis C Furliusii and E. cocIilLatiiiii (Manlin). 



^uatc'inalciisis E. aiirantiacKiii and C. Sl-iiiiu-if l^al. Hyb.). 



"iiiatutina ( '. j:,r,^'ringi,iii(i and £. raJiciins (Veitch). 



J/rs. y. O'JJru-n .... /:'. O' Bricniaiuiin and C. Bowriiigiana (\'eitch). 



Orpet'iana li. O' Bricnianuui and C. i^uttata Prinzii (Orpet). 



radiato-Bo\.rni;^iaiia . . C . Boii'iin.^iaiia and E. nuliatuin (Veitch). 



Svbil E. vit^llinuni and C. i^iittata (Charlesvvorth). 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Linnsus founded this very extensive genus of the tribe 

 Epidcmb-ccc. It comprises about ^00 species, natives of 

 South America and the West Indies. They vary much 

 in habit and size. Among them are many which are 

 of little interest in the amateur's collection. All the 

 species are epiphytes. Dr. Lindley says that the essential 

 character of the genus consists in the lip being more 

 or less united by a fleshy base to the edge of a column, 

 which is hornless, and considerably elongated, but not 

 petaloid and winged ; in the pollen-masses being four, 

 equal and compressed ; and in the presence of a 

 passage more or less deep at the base of the lip. 

 The name Epidcndrum ^from cpi, upon, and dciidron, a 

 tree; was at one time applied to nearly all the Orchids 

 that were known to grow on trees ; but it has since been 

 limited to the plants possessing the above characters. 



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