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aseendentibus linearibus obtusis apice recurvis intermedia 

 ovato-oblonga subundulata (picta) acuta. — Bahamas. — 

 A gay little species, with long narrow leaves, a slender 

 erect raceme of six or seven flowers, whose sepals and 

 petals are dull purple, and lip white, enlivened with rosy 

 veins. 



E.-pictamLindl.inBot.Reg., 1838, misc. 43 ; pseudobulbosum, 

 foliis ligulatis coriaceis obtusis dorso rotundatis, racemo 

 erecto paniculato, sepalis petalisque obovato-linearibus 

 subsequalibus, labelli trilobi liberi lobis lateralibus lineari- 

 bus acutiusculis subfalcatis columnam amplexantibus 

 margine anteriore plicato interinedio ovali acuto crispo 

 niulto brevioribus, disco venis elevatis calloso. — Demerara. 



' — Resembles E. odoratissimwm ; with dull yellow flowers, 

 neatly striped with crimson. It is nearly related to 

 E. chloroleucum, from which its leaves readily distinguish it. 



E, graniticuni Lindl. in Hooker's Joum., iii. 83; pseudobulbis 

 ovatis attenuatis 2-phyllis, foliis ensiformibus panicula 

 multifiora brevioribus, sepalis petalisque patentibus lance- 

 olatis subsequalibus acutis, labelli trilobi laciihis lateralibus 

 lineari-oblongis obtusis intermedia unguiculata obovata 

 apice inflexo acuto : callo elevato acuminato secus medium 

 canaliculato, columna sub apice auriculata. — Guayana. 

 — A fine species closely allied to E. flavum. It has a 

 panicle regularly branched up to the apex, nearly a foot 

 and a half long, with each side branch having from 2-4 

 flowers. According to Mr. Schornburgk, the sepals and 

 petals are green dotted with purple, the labellum white 

 with a purple stain at its base, the flowers aromatic, the 

 stem six feet high. 



E. gracile Lindl. in Bot, Reg., t. 1765; foliis in pseudobulbos 

 ovatos corrugates pluribus lorato-ensiformibus, racemo 

 simplici longissimo, sepalis oblongis petalisque cuneatis 

 patentibus, labelli fere liberi trilobi lobis lateralibus 

 semiovatis iutermedio oblongo crispo obtusissimo duplo 

 minoribus disco bicostato. — Bahamas. — Flowers green, 

 lip yellow, lined with purple. 



E. viridiflorum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. ; {Encyclia viridiflora 

 Hooker in Bot. Mag. xv. t. 2831 ; L p. 1 11 ); pseudobulbis 

 ovatis diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus recurvis acutis pani- 

 cula brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus falcatis petalisque 

 linearibus acutis erectis, labello postico apice 3-lobo laciihis 

 lateralibus planis intermediae ovatae crispaa aaqualibus: 

 callo basi duplici oblongo carnoso.— Brazil. — Flowers dull 

 green, marked with dull purple. 



E. glutinosum Scheidweilcr in Gartenzeit, 1843, p. 110 ; 

 " foliis in pseudobulbos pyriformes tunicatos glabros, binis 

 linearibus coriaceis oblique truncatis, racemo subsimplici 

 pedicellisque glutinosis, sepalis oblongis acuminatis peta- 

 lisque spathulatis patentibus, labelli fere liberi trilobi lobis 

 lateralibus oblongis obtusis integris erectis, intermedio 

 ovato crispato, disco calloso depresso, columna bidentata. 

 Scapus terminalis pedalis, petala et sepala viridi-purpurea, 

 extus lineis purpureis notata, labellum albo-lutescens, 

 lobo intermedio lineis purpureis ornate."— Rio Janeiro.— 

 According to Mr. Scheidweiler, very near Epidendrum 

 odoratissimum, which he considers identical with the 



Encyclia, patens of Hooker and Macradenia lutescens of 

 Loddiges. Its scape is a foot high. The petals and sepals 

 are greenish purple, marked outside with purple lines. 

 The lip is whitish yellow, its middle lobe being marked 

 with purple lines. 



E. rufum Lindl. m Bot. Reg., 18 15, misc. 42 ; pseudobulbis 

 pyriformibus 2-3-phyllis, foliis brevibus lanceolato-ligulatis 

 patentibus scapo paniculato brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 ovalibus acutis subcarnosis, labelli trilobi laciniis late- 

 ralibus brevibus semiovatis intermedia obovato-oblonga 

 convexa margine revoluta apice rotundata basi secus 

 axin elevata carnosa, columna membranaceo-marginata. — 

 Brazil. 



E. flavum Lindl. in Hooker's Joum., iii. 83 ; pseudobulbis 

 ovatis attenuatis 3-phyllis, foliis ensiformibus panicuhe 

 paucifloree subsequalibus, sepalis petalisque patentibus 

 subaequalibus lineari-oblongis obtusis, labelli trilobi laciniis 

 lateralibus linearibus truncatis intermedia unguieulaia 

 obovata nuda, columna sub apice auriculata. — Brazil. — 

 Leaves of this rather more than a foot long. Flowers 

 pale yellow, about an inch and a half in diameter. The 

 inflorescence is only panicled at the base, and is probably 

 very often simple. 



E. pachyanthum Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. 42 ; pseu- 

 dobulbosum, foliis lato-ligulatis subundulatis apice oblique 

 obtusis dorso rotundatis, perianthio carnoso herbaceo, 

 sepalis lanceolatis, petalis obovato-lanceolatis apice com- 

 plicatis, labelli liberi trilobi laciniis lateralibus aseendenti- 

 bus truncatis intermedia spathulata acuta basi callosa 

 trilineata, convexa inappendiculata multo brevioribus. — 

 Guayana. — A large green-flowered species. Its leaves 

 are thinner and broader than is usual among these 

 Epidendra, and a little wavy at the margin. The flowers 

 are fully two inches in diameter, thick and fleshy, dull 

 green, stained with a dirty reddish brown towards the ends 

 of the sepals and petals. The labellum is a pale straw- 

 colour, streaked along the middle with violet. 



E. primulinum Bateman MSS. ; pseudobulbis . . . . , foliis 

 .... , scapo paniculato, sepalis petalisque patulis oblongis 

 acutis, labelli laciniis lateralibus nauis erectis acutis 

 intermedia obovata apiculata ; callo duplici ad basin 

 elevato piano carnoso. — Mexico. — Flowers rather large, 

 in a close erect panicle, smelling of primroses. 



E. altissimum Bateman in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. 61 ; pseu- 

 dobulbis elongatis teretibus 2-3-phy)lis, scapis ramosis 

 longissimis, sepalis lineari-oblongis acutis, petalis eon- 

 formibus basi angustatis, labelli liberi lobis lateralibus 

 dimidiatis erectis tortis obtusis intermedio dilatato undulate 

 recurvo apiculato basi bicostato. — Bahamas. — Flowers 

 scented with beeswax. Very like E. oncidioides. 



E. longipetalum of this artic-'e. 



E. Humboldtii Reichenbach fil. in Linncea ; " p. ph. e. oblongis 

 acutis basi aliquid cuneatis, p. ph. i. obtusis basi valde 

 cuneatis, sub apice dilatatis, lb. maximo trilobo, basi 

 ima cuneato, lobis lateralibus integris obtusatis, lobo medio 

 maximo subquadrato, antice emarginato, margine denti- 



