245 
EPIDENDRUM BICORNUTUM. 
(two-horned epidendrum.) 
CLASS. order. 
GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
ORCHIDACE^. 
Generic Character. — Sepals spreading, nearly equal. Petals equal with the sepals, or narrower, 
rarely broader, spreading, or reflexed. Labellum wholly or partly united with the margin of the 
column, limh entire or divided, surface frequently hardened, ribbed, or tuberculated. Column 
elongated, with a recurved margin, often fimbriated. Anthers two to four-celled, fleshy. Pollen- 
masses four. 
Specific Character. — Pseudo-hulhs elongated in the form of stems, leafy at the summit. Leaves 
few, linear-oblong, obtuse, thick. Peduncles terminal. Racemes few-flowered. Sepals and 
petals equal, broadly elliptical, acute, concave. Labellum free, three-lobed ; middle lobe longest, 
lanceolate, acute, the inside of its base furnished with two horns. 
This strikingly beautiful Epipliyte is, without doubt, the largest and finest 
species of the genus to which it belongs. Its charming white blossoms, the base 
of the lip of which is of a rich yellow colour, and also prettily spotted with pink, 
constitute it a lovely feature in the orchidaceous house during the time it is in 
flower, while their very agreeable fragrance administers to the delight of another 
sense, and contributes greatly to enhance its interest. 
Those who are acquainted with the genus Epidendrum^ are well aware, that 
by far the greater number of the species produce slender stems, which has led to 
its division into those with elongated stems, and such as produce what are termed 
pseudo-hulhs ; — a phrase expressive of an intermediate state between bulbs and 
stems, and, as far as our observation extends, confined exclusively to orchidaceous 
plants. 
The present species, by its diiSfering so materially from the usual character of 
those previously known, both in the size and form of the pseudo-bulbs, and also in 
the great size of its flowers, was originally the subject of some doubt among 
botanists, particularly as, for some time previous to its flowering, it had been 
