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EPIDENDRUM VERRUCOSUM. 
same set as E. tesselatum and Candollii, from all which its stems and flower-stalks, 
closely covered with minute asperities, and its rich crimson flowers, which are as 
much as three inches in diameter, readily distinguish it. The closest affinity is 
perhaps with E. phomiceum, a native of Cuha, and figured in the Sert. Orchid., t. 46, 
and E. Hanburii, mentioned in this work (Bot. Reg.) at No. 60 of the miscellaneous 
matter of the present year (1844) ; but both these plants have the middle division 
of the lip two-lobed, and they are not, that we are aware of, fragrant." E. verrucosum 
possesses this property. It has been introduced to the country by one of the many 
importations of the Messrs. Loddiges, who received it from Mexico. A drawing was 
obtained for this work from flowering specimens in their collection in the summer of 
1844. The subjoined woodcut illustrates its natural manner of growth. 
If grown in a pot, it should be potted in turfy peat, charcoal, potsherds, &c. 
It is more characteristically accommodated when attached to a block of wood, and 
suspended in the Orchid house ; in either case, it should in other respects be treated 
like the Epiphytal section ; that is, allowed plenty of heat, moisture, &c, in the 
growing season, being kept cooler when resting. 
Epidendrum is from epi, upon, and dendron, a tree; in allusion to the way 
members of the genus grow naturally. 
