328 Epidendrum, 
Obs, Plantse ^d-cqmm Sz Catesbcei omnino ese- 
dem. 
Descr. Radices teretes, craffe, filiformes, albidae. 
Caulis i-2-pedalis, fimplex, erectus, teres, foiio- 
fus, glaber. 
Folia vagiiiantia, alterna, fobdilHcba , 2-3-pollica. 
rla, oblonga, integra, crairmfcula, avenia, ni- 
tida. , 
t 
Flores terminales, 2-3, feffiles, magni, luteo- 
albidi. 
Spathcs aliquot ovatse, compreffse. 
Petala 3. Ibbsequalia, lanceolato -linearia, paten- 
tia; duo interiora angiiiliora, alba. 
NeBarium: tubo cornprelTo, gibbo, petalis 
breviori; labio 3-fido: lateralibus in- 
tegris, media longiori ereda fabulato -li- 
neari. 
Columna tubo neftarii incliifa, gibba, apice fo- 
vens Antheras 4 pedicellatas, obovatas, com- 
preffas , fub operculo 4-loculari. 
Germen teres, longum, contortum. 
Capfuta oblonga, bafi attenuata, 3-gona, 3-valvis, 
medio debifcens. 
Semina fcobiformia. 
Incolit truncos arborum Jamaicse rarius, No&u 
odoratijfimum. 
E P I D E N D R U M nodofum , folio unico , fa- 
bulato 5 interne falcato, fpadice multb 
floro. Jacq. arn. 226, 1. 140. 
~ SUtijidum parafiticuni, folio ftngulari longo - fumato ; 
fpica afurgente ab ifyir.io fmu orta, Brown. jam. 
326. 11. 6. 
Descr. Radices craEse, nurnerofse, filiformes, liri- 
dse, cdbidse, geniculata. 
Cau- 
