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EPIDENDKUM 



13. Lindleyinum, Keiohb. f. (Barheria LindletjAna, 

 Batem.). Stems slender: fls. uumeroiis, about 2 in. 

 across, roae-purple; labellum with a white disk; petals 

 broader than the sepals. Central America, 1839. 



1-1. spectibile, Reichb. f. {Barkeria spectdbilix, 

 Batem.). Floe de Isabal. Stems tufted, cylindrical, 

 1-5 in. high: Ivs. 2: raceme about G-fld.: tls. 3-4 in. 

 across, bright lilac ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; petals 

 ovate-lanceolate; labellura white at base, red-spotted. 

 Guatemala. 



CO. Pseudohulbs I--'-, rarehj J-U-iwed, Inbi'Uiiin (uhiiitt 

 at ha^ic, or wt up i" the middle, column not 

 win'jed. [J^neficlium. ) 



15. atropurptireuin, Willd. (E. ■maerocli'i'linn, Hook.). 

 Paeudobulbs ovoid, .i^ in. high: Its. lanceolate, 12-15 

 in. long, dull purple colored : peduncle (j-lO-fld. : fls. 

 2}'i'm. in diam., purplish brown upon greenish ground; 

 lip yellowish white, with crimson stripes. Mex. to Vene- 

 zuela. B.M. 3534. A. P. 6:001). 



var. rdseum, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals purplish, 

 lip bright rosy. Guatemala. P.M. 11: 24;i. 



16. Brassivolse, Reichb. f . Pseudohulbs pear-shaped : 

 Ivs. 6-9 in.: racemes ia-24 in., 6-9-rtd. : fls. 4 in. across, 

 sepals and petals narrow, yellowish brown; lip trowel- 

 shaped, purple, white and green. Mex. to Guatemala, 

 8,000 ft. B.M. 5664. 



17. dichrdmum, Lindl. Fls. white, lip rose-colored, 

 yellow and downy at base. Brazil. 



18. nemorile, Lindl. Pseudohulbs sub-globose, .3-4 in. 

 high: Ivs. 9-12 in.: peduncles 2 ft. long, covered with 

 warts : fls. 3-4 in. in diam., rose-colored ; lip rosy 

 mauve, streaked with purple. IMex. B.M. 4606. G.O. 

 11. 24:332. A.F. 6:G33. 



19. oamAntlium, Rodrigues {K. Godseffiiinum, Rolfe. 

 E. Caparti(inuyn,'L\n(i\.). Fls. P2 in. across, in large 

 panicles, light green, suffused with brown; lip white, 

 lined with rose-purple, fragrant. Braz. — One of the 

 handsomest species. 



20. prismatooirpum, Reichb. f. (E. macuUViim, 

 Hort. ) . Pseudohulbs ovoid, tapering, 4-5 in. ; Ivs. 12-15 

 in.; fls. 13-2 in. across, pale yellow-green, with purplish 

 black spots ; lip pale purple, with yellow tip and white 

 border. Cent. Amer., 5,000 ft. B.lil. 5336. 



21. vitellinum, Lindl. Pseudohulbs ovoid, 2 in. long: 

 Ivs. 6-9 in.: peduncles 15-18 in., 10-15-tlowered : fls. 

 I'innabar-red; Up and column orange. Mex., 6,000-9,000 

 ft. B.M. 4107. G.C. III. 10:141. 



Var. m^jus, Veitch. Pseudohulbs shorter : racemes 

 denser: fls. larger and more brilliant. (jA!. III. 12:159. 

 — Very superior to the species; type no longer imported. 



00c. Pseudohult)S 1-2-, rareh^ ^-leaved : lip adnatc vp 

 to apex of eolnnm. {Aiillsenni .) 



22. venbsum, Lindl. BnTTERFLY Orchid. .Scape 1ft., 

 with white sheaths : Ivs. 3, 4-6 in. long, linear-lanceo- 

 late: scape tumid at base, 5-7-fld. : fls. pink, chocolate 

 and green, about 1 in. long, lasting a long time. On 

 oaks, etc., Mex. — Of easy culture. The Florida repre- 

 sentative of this species is JS. Tampense, Lindl. See 

 9th Rept, Mo. Bot. Gard. 137, plates 38, 39. 



23. ciliire, Linn. Pseudohulbs clavate, 4-6 in.: Ivs. 

 4-6 in., springing from sheathing br.act: jieduncles 5-7- 

 flowered : fls. yellowish green ; lip white. Tropical 

 America, between 5tli and 20th parallel of north latitude. 

 B.R. 10:784. -Plant resembles a Cattleva. Introduced 

 to cult, in 1790. 



24. cochleitum, Linn. Pseudohulbs .3-4 in. : Ivs. 6 in.: 

 racemes 4-7-flowere(l : fls. 3-4 in, across, greenish 

 white; lip deep purj.le beneath, light green above, with 

 maroon blotch on eacli side, column white. Trop. AnuT. 

 from Fla. to New Granada. B.M. 572. — Introduced 1787, 

 first epiphytical orchid to flower in England. 



25. falcitum, Lindl. (E. I'drkinsoniAniim , Hook.). 

 Pseudohulbs thin, raising from running rhizomes, 

 mouophyllous : Ivs. 6-12 in., fleshy, channeled on one 

 side : peduncles 2-5, sheathed, 1-flowered : fls. 5 in. 

 across, greenish yellow ; lip white, greenish at apex. 

 Mex. to Guatemala. B.M. 3778. — Plants grow inverted. 



EPIG^A 



26. frigrrans, Swartz. Pseudohulbs fusiform, mo- 

 nophyllous, 3^ in.: Ivs. 8-12 in.: fls. inverted, 2 in. in 

 diam., very fragrant, pale greenish or whitish; lip crim- 

 son streaked. Guatemala, through the West Indies to 

 northern Brazil. B.M. 1669. 



27. aurantiacum, Batem. Once classed in the sepa- 

 rate group of Epicladium, now often accepted as a spe- 

 cies of Cattleva, where it was Hrst referred by Don. 

 The plant grows with, and much resembles Cattleya 

 Skinneri. Fls. IK in. across, orange-red. Guatemala. 



Garden hybrids; E. BerkeUyi 'Stamfordianum X O'Brien- 

 iiuium).- £. Jldrtoni (O'Brienianum X Ibaguense).— £. Del- 

 tense (xanthinum X radicaiis).— i\ elegdntulinn (Wallisii X 

 Endrcsio-Wallisii). G.C. III. 19:X6l.—i;. JEndresio-Wallisii.— 

 E. O'lirienidnnm (evectum X radicans). G.C. HI. 3:771.— £, 

 I'liiebtis (O'Brienianum X vitellinum) .—E. radicdnti-Stamfor- 

 didnHin.—E. rddico-viteltinum.—E. Wdllisio-ciUdre. — E. xdn- 

 tho-ratflcans. 



EaepidendruTU ; E. arachnoglvssum, Andr6. Sts. 4-5 ft.: 

 fls. rich purple lilac; lip fringed, with orange calli. New Gra- 

 nada. R.H. lyy:i:554. — jE. cnemiddphorutn, Lindl. Sts. 4-6 

 ft.: racemes ample, drooping ; fls. purple, brown and yellow, 

 fragrant, Guatemala, 7,UU0 ft, B.M, 5G56.— J?. conej>seum. R. 

 Br. Scape few- to many.fld.: Ivs. l-:j, thick ; tls. green, tinged 

 witti purple, the sepals spatxilate and revolute, the petals nar- 

 rower and obtuse, S. Fla, and S, Once offered by Reasoner,— 

 E. Cooperidmcm, Batem, Sts, 2-3 ft,; fls, yellow-green ; lip 

 bright purple, Braz, B,M, 5654,— J?, EllisU, Rolfe. Fls. car- 

 mine-rose, very handsome. Columbia. — E. fxilgens, Brongn, 

 Fls, orange-se.'trlet, in crowded racemes, Guiana to Braz,- £, 

 grdeilis, Lindl,, was once offered by John Saul, — E. Ibaguhise, 

 H,B,K, Sts, 2-3 ft,; fls. orange-scarlet ; lip yellow. New 

 Granada to Peru, 4,f>00 ft, — jE, ■myridnthum, Lindl, Sts, 3-5 

 ft,; enormous panicles of rich puriile fls,; lip with 2 yellow 

 calli, Guatemala, B,]M, 5550, Once offered by Saul,— 15^, noc- 

 tdrnuin, Linn, Sts. 2-3 ft,; peduncles 8-10-flowered ; fls, 

 white and yellowish, 5 in, across, very fragrant, S, Fla, and 

 Mexico to Peru and West Indies, B.M. 3298. Once offered by 

 Reasoner. — E. palpigerum, Reichb, f, Fls, beautiful lilac, 

 Mexii'o.—,E, P^di'/i, Rolfe, Sts, 4-6 ft, high; fls,lightpurple: lip 

 with white disk, in numeroiis racemes, Costa Rica, — E. Pseud- 

 epldendruni, Reichb, f, Sts, 2-3 ft,: fls, 3 in, in diam,, 

 green; lip orange-red and yellow. Cent. Amer., 4,000 ft. B.M. 

 592!). —J?, raniferum, Lindl. Sts. 2-3 ft.: fls. yellow-green, 

 thi<;kly spotted with punde. Mex. to Guiana. B.R. 28:42, — E. 

 rlgiduni, Jacq,, was once catalogued by Reasoner, — E. Seh6m- 

 burgkii, Lindl, ,Sts, 2-3 ft,; fls. vermilion, Guhana, Brazil, 

 Quito, B,R, 24:53,— i;, si/rjdffottj/rsis, Reichb, f, Sts, 4-5 ft,; 

 fls, deep purple ; lip and column with orange and yellow, 

 crowded in long racemes, Bolivia, 8,000-9,000 ft, B.M, 6145,— 

 E. WdUisii, Reichb, f, Sts. 4-6 ft,; fls, yellow, some purple 

 spots; lip orange and pun^le, upon white ground. New Gra- 

 niida, 4,000-7,000 ft. Has lateral as well as terminal racemes. 

 Once offered by Saul, 



Encycliunl; E. ddvena, Heiehh. f, Fls, yellow, veined brown; 

 lip yellowish white, purple-streaked, Brazil, —£, aldtutn, 

 Batem, Fls, 2 in, across, jmrple and green ; lip yeUowish, 

 streaked with purple, fragrant. Cent, Amer, B.M, 3898,— J?, 

 bifidnui, Aublet, Fls. p;de green, dotted with p\ii-ple ; lip rose, 

 orange and white, W, Indies, Gliiana, B.R, 22;1879, — E.Fri- 

 derlei-G-uilielmi, Warsc, &. Reichb, f. Bulbs 4-5 ft,; fls, dark 

 purple ; base of lip white and yellow, Peru, 6,000-8,000 ft, 

 I,H, 1R;48, Once offered by S,aul,— £, gallopavhmm. Reichb, f. 

 Fls, brown ; lip yellow, in large racemes, Brazil.— J?, oncidi- 

 oides, Lindl, Panicles up to 6 ft, long ; fls, yellow and brown, 

 sweet-scented. Stately species, Guiana. B.R. 19:1623. Once 

 offered by Saul.— .E. J>fta7)ifce7(m, Lindl. Panicles 2-3 ft.; fls. 

 deep pui-ple, mottled green ; lip rich violet, stained crimson. 

 Handsome. Cuh;i.— f, rir.(;n(i«(i, Lindl, Scape up to 7 ft, high; 

 fls, small, up to 20, greenish, stained brown. Mexico. 



Geohc.e Hansen. 



EFIG31A {Greek, cpi, upon, f/afV/, earth; in reference 

 to its trailing growth), i^ricdeew. This genus includes 

 our charming Trailing Arbutus, which in New England 

 at le:ist is the most popular of all our wild flowers. 

 Creeping, branching, slightly woody, more or less rough 

 hairy shrubs: Ivs. alternate "and entire, petiolate, leath- 

 ery and evergreen : fls. monopetalous, perfect, large, 

 dimorphous or dicecious, sessile in axillary or terminal 

 clusters; sepals 5; corolla salver-shaped, "with 5-parted 

 spreading border ; stamens 10, attached to the base of 

 the corolla ; style columnar ; stigma 5-lobcd : ovary 

 ovoid, 5-eelled, many-ovuled ; capsule depressed-glo- 

 bose, encircled by the persistent calyx. Two species, 

 N. E. America and Japan. The JC. cordifoUa quoted in 

 Index Kewensis as South American is ]>robubly not 

 of this genus. It seems to be known only from the old 

 description of Swartz (1792). 



The cultivation of the Trailing Arbutus, especially in 

 localities where it has been exterminated by ruthless 

 "Slayflower parties," always attracts interest. Only 



