EpideTbdrum,] ORCHIDACEtE LINDENIAN^. 9 



jinatisque racemis basi spathaceis pluries brevioribus, sepalis 

 lanceolatis, petalis obovatis acutis, labello subrotimdo-hastato medio 

 basi pulvinato pubescente, clinandrio trilobo. 



'^^This splendid plant is very rare, I only found a single specimen on a rotten 

 tree in the neighbourhood of the Indian village of Jaji, at the height of 

 6500 feet; August. Pseudo-hidbs afoot long, compressed ; raceme one 

 to two feet long. Flowers very numerous, arranged in spikes. Petals 

 golden-yellow, very brilliant, spotted with purple. Lip bright purple, 

 white at the base'' {No. 650). 

 Very near E. fallax, but perfectly distinct. 



51. E. (Osmophytum) hrachychilum ; folils ligulatis obtusissimis 

 racemo basi spathaceo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque ovalibus acutis- 

 simis, labello trilobo convexo disco villoso apice glabro petalis l>ve- 

 viore, clinandrio marginato dentato, columna pubescente. 



''An epiphyte from the thick forests of the slope of the Sierra Nevada, at 

 the height of 7000 feet; August. Pseudo-bulbs like E.fragrans. Petals 

 yellow, spotted with brown. Lip bright yellow. Flowers very fragrant.'' 



{No. 648), 



52. E. (Osmopliytum) tigrinum (Linden MSS.) ; foliis oblongis 

 coriaceis racemo basi squamato duplo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 lanceolatis, labello obovato piloso callo magno transverse corrugato, 

 elinandrii trilobi lobis rugosis dorsali bidentato. 



^' A native of earth or trees at Jaji in Merida, at the height of 6000 to 

 ^000 feet ; July. Pseudo-bulbs afoot or afoot and half long, compressed. 

 Petals orange-yellow, spotted with red. Lip ivhite, washed with purple.'' 

 {No. 1468). 

 A very handsome plant in the way of E. variegatum. 



53. E. (Osmophytum) fallax {E. Lindenii, Lindl. in Ann. of 

 nat. hist. xii. 397) ; foliis lanceolatis obtusis emarginatisque racemis 

 basi squamatis duplo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis, labello 

 semilibero sequaliter trilobo concave medio tomentoso laciniis lateralibus 

 rotundatis intermedia sub-cord ata acuta. 



''Epiphyte, on trees in the thick forests of the Sierra Nevada, at the height 

 of 6000 to 8000 feet; August. Pseudo-bulbs like those of E.fragrans, 



a, Petals reddish. Lip purple, edged with vjhite. {No. 624). fiy 



Petals orange-yellow. Lip ivhite, mixed toith purple. Sioeet-scented.''^ 

 {No. 645). 



These two varieties seem to differ in nothing hut colour. They are 

 very near E. venosum, the middle lobe of whose lip is much 

 larger than the side ones. The first is my E. Lindenii in Tay- 

 lor's Annals, which I there erroneously referred to Encyclium, 

 on account of the lip being nearly free from the column. I 

 beheve, however, the plant must be regarded as an Osmophytum 

 near E.fragrans. 



