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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN, 



culato, nervis 7 medianis elevatis a basi ad centrum cristi- 

 geris, cristis crenato-serratis, gy. postice carinato, andro- 

 clinii margine tridentato, interjecto dente antice ros- 

 tellari." — Puerto Caballo. 



E. virens ; panicula laxa erecta angusta, sepalis lineari-ob- 

 longis apice latioribus, petalis sequilongis spathulatis acutis, 

 labelli laciniis subsequalibus lateralibus erectis oblongis 

 emarginatis intermedia convex a plicata venosa. emarginaia, 

 mucronulata. — Guatemala. — Flowers green,whole coloured, 

 except the lip, which is white, with crimson veins in the 

 middle lobe ; the lateral lobes green, with crimson veins, 

 but white at the point. 



E. venosum L. no. 13; foliis ensiformibus obtusis supra et 

 sub pseudobulbos fusiformes nascentibus, racemo striate 

 simplici, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque angustioribus 

 patentissimis, labello semilibero tripartite : laciniis late- 

 ralibus ovatis acutis intermedia subrotunda apiculata multo 

 majore callo baseos et lineis tribus disci subramosis 

 elevatis. — Mexico.— Scape a foot long. Lip half united 

 to the column, white, with elevated violet veins. 



E. aromaticum Bateman, Orch. Mex., t. 39 ; (K incumbens 

 Lindl. in Bot Reg , 1840, misc. 84) ; floribus dense pani- 

 culatis, sepalis linearibus patentissimis basi angustatis, 

 petalis conformibus sed paulo latioribus, labelli postici 

 lobis lateralibus triangularibus acuminatis intermedio 

 subrotundo-ovato apiculato venis elevatis cristato, callis 



N.B. — In the above references, L signifies 



duobus oblongis secus unguem. — Guatemala. — Flowers 

 very sweet ; in large pale dull yellow panicles. It inhabits 

 a climate whose temperature varies from 60° to 75°. 



E. alatum Bateman, Orch. Mex., t. 18.; Bot. Reg., 1846, t. 53; 

 (Bpid. calocheilum Hooker in Bot. Mag., t. 3898) ; pseu- 

 dobulbis ovato-oblongis diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus obtusis 

 coriaceis obsolete striatis panicula multiflora brevioribus, 

 sepalis petalisque lineari -oblongis spathulatis uniformibus 

 patentibus, labello profundi trilobo basi intus bicarinato 

 lobis lateralibus eroso-dentatis rotundatis intermedio 

 oblongo undulato multo brevioribus omnium venis caliosis 

 et verrucosis, columnse alis rotundatis. — Guatemala. — Its 

 pale colour, and the peculiar markings upon its lip, at 

 once distinguish it. These markings consist of reddish warts, 

 plates, scales, or elevations, of various forms, arranged 

 upon the veins, and therefore spreading from the base. 



E. tripterum Lindl. in Hooker's Journ., hi. 83 ; pseudobulbis 

 ovalibus compressis diphyllis, foliis lineari -oblongis obtusis 

 racemo paucifioro (4—6) subsequalibus, floribus erectis 

 sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis patulis, labelli trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus linearibus obtusis planis intermedio sub- 

 rotundo basi angustato undulato venis rugosis elevatis, 

 capsula augusta clavata, triptera. — Mexico. — The whole 

 plant when in bloom little more than six inches high. 

 Flowers apparently dull purple, with a pale lip, on long 

 peduncles, and erect not drooping. 



Lindley's Genera et Species Orchidacearum. 



