PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



perfect rest for at least four months. Treated thus, it flowers abundantly, and remains in 

 perfection for several weeks. 



The species belongs to the division of Encyclian Epidendrums, having a membranous lip with 

 three deep lobes, of which the middle one is blunt, or very slightly acute, and a smooth rachis. Of 

 that large division the species at present known are the following : — 



E. fucatum Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1828, misc. 17 ; (E. polyan- 

 thum French Gardens); pseudobulbis subrotundo-ovatis 

 ceespitosis monophyllis, foliis ligulatis coriaceis obtusis 

 scapo brevioribus, panicula nutante multiflora, bracteis 

 ovatis acutis squamiformibus, sepal's petalisque lineari- 

 oblongis tessellatis sequalibus obtusis conniventibus, labelli 

 liberi tripartiti lobis lateralibus erectis linearibus apice 

 rotundatis intermedio aeuto ovali multo brevioribus, callo 

 sulcato piano elevato ad basin lobi intermedii. — Cuba.- — 

 Flowers small, dull yellow, tessellated, with a pink spot in 

 the centre of a white lip. 



E. chloroleucum Honker in Bot. Mag., t. 3557 ; {E. chloran- 

 thum Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. 28) ; pseudobul- 

 bosum, foliis coriaceis ligulatis apice rotundatis obscure 

 bilobis insequalibus, racemo erecto paniculate, sepalis 

 petalisque subsequalibuslineari-lanceolatis obovatis, labelli 

 trilobi liberi lobis lateralibus linearibus obtusis inflexis 

 intermedio ovate acuminate crispulo multo brevioribus : 

 disco venis elevatis calloso. — Lemerara. — Flowers pale 

 green without spots, and a white lip. 



E. virgatum Lindl. in Hooker's Jonrn., iii. 83 ; pseudo- 

 bulbis ovatis obiongisve sub-compressis rugosis, foliis binis 

 ternisque convexis subundulatis acutis glaucis unciam 

 latis, panicula virgnta ramis longis gracilibus, sepalis 

 lanceolatis petalisque duplo angustioribus patentibus dis- 

 coloribus, labelli hastati lobis lateralibus acutis patentibus 

 intermedio subrotundo-obovato acute ; callo maximo ro- 

 tundato pone basin. — Mexico. — The habit of E. vitellinum, 

 but with more glaucous leaves. Flowers small, dirty 

 green stained -with brown, arranged in a very long lax 

 graceful panicle, the branches of which are simple, and 

 sometimes as much as a foot long, with nearly twenty 

 flowers on each. The lip is whitish yellow. Scape some- 

 times seven feet high. 



E. brachiatum A. Richard ; "pseudobulbis ovoideis 1-phyl- 

 lis ; fol. oblongo-elliptico acute ; flor pax-vulis numerosis, 

 brunneis, paniculatis : labello albido trilobo, lobis latera- 

 libus angustis falcatis, intermedio obovali acute." — Mexico. 



E. Linkianum Klotzsch in Allg. gartenzeit, Sept. 22, 1829 ; 

 (E. pastoris Link et Otto abbild. t. 12) ; pseudobulbis 

 fusiformibus 2-3-phyllis, foliis ensiformibus recurvis ra- 

 cemo paucifloro longioribus, sepalis patentissimis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, petalis conformibus angustioribus, labelli lobis 

 lateralibus minutis erectis intermedio ovato-oblongo crispo 

 venis elevatis sub columna pubescente. — Mexico. — Flowers 

 small dull yellow, streaked with purple. Lip nearly 

 white. 



E. concolor L. no. 12. ; foliis in pseudobulbos confertos 

 lenticulares solitariis lato-lanceolatis-acutis, scapo filiformi 



5-floro, sepalis ligulatis, petalis linearibus, labello tripartite 

 laciniis integris intermedia majore. — Mexico. — A slender 

 plant. Flowers pale yellow, whole coloured, with a striated 

 labellum. 



E. Pastoris L. no. 7 ; Klotzsch in Allg. gartenzeit, Sept. 22, 

 1838 ; "caule repente radicante, pseudobulbis oblongis 

 compressis 2-3-phyllis, foliis linearibus acutis carinatis 

 laxiusculo-subtortuosis, floribus racemosis, periar.thii fo- 

 liolis patenti-subincurvis margine recurvis extus soi'dide 

 flavis intus lineis longitudinalibus purpureo-fuscis striatis, 

 sepalis lineari-subspathulatis acuminatis, petalis spathulatis 

 acutis, labello trilobo albido dein luteo lobis lateralibus 

 majoribus basi semilunatis integerriniis glabris Irevibus 

 basin columnas orbiculatim amplectentibus lituris trans- 

 versalibus purpureas medio cordate deflexo iuinore glabro 

 acute margine basique recurvo punctis minutis purpureis 

 ornate, columna semitereti fusca ad apicem lutea, tridentata 

 dentibus obtusis, pericarpiis elongatis acuto-triquetris." — 

 Mexico. — Flowers fragrant, like Vanilla. 



E. Ovulum Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1843, misc. 71 ; pseudobulbis 

 oviformibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus canaliculatis acutis, 

 scapo filiformi foliis paulo longiore 3-floro, sepalis lineari- 

 bus 3-veniis, petalis angustioribus spathulatis, labelli tri- 

 lobi lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio dilatato rotundato 

 venis radiantibus glandulosis variegate, columnae triden- 

 tatae dentibus lateralibus rotundatis denticulatis. — Mexico. 

 — A curious little plant, in the way of E. pastoris, or brac- 

 tescens, or aciculare. The sepals and petals are olive- 

 green ; the lip white, with crimson glandular radiating 

 veins. 



E. bractescens Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1840, misc. 122 ; pseudo- 

 bulbis ovatis csespitosis 3-4-phyllis, foliis linearibus, scapo 

 debili 3-4-floro, bracteis infimis foliaceis floribus longio- 

 ribus supremis obsoletis, floribus nutantibus longe peduu- 

 culatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 discoloribus labello longioribus, labelli liberi lobis latera- 

 libus apice recurvis obtusis subdentatis intermedio un- 

 guiculato subrotundo-ovato multo longiore secus unguem 

 elevato sulcato pubescente. — Mexico. — This is one of the 

 prettiest of the small species. The pseudobulbs are 

 exactly ovate, closely clustered, and about as large as a 

 pigeon's egg. The flowers have a beautifully but delicately 

 painted white lip, the gay effect of which is heightened by 

 the contrast with the dingy purple of the long narrow 

 sepals and petals. 



E. aciculare Bateman in Bot. Reg , 1841, misc. 98 ; pseudo- 

 bulbis oblongis diphyllis, foliis linearibus canaliculatis 

 acutis racemo simplici £equalibus, sepalis petalisque lineari- 

 lanceolatis aequalibus acutis, labelli laciniis lateralibus 



