Introduced from Jamaica by Chaules Horsfall, Esq. 
of Everton, near Liverpool, and presented by that gentleman 
to the Liverpool Botanic Garden, where it flowered in Decem- 
ber 1822. 
SwARTZ describes this delicate little plant as inhabiting 
the high mountains of Jamaica, attached to the trunks of trees; 
and Mr Wiles informs Mr Shepherd that it presents there 
a beautiful appearance, when it is seen growing in large quan- 
tities, flowering abundantly, and creeping among the moss at 
the roots of trees. 
Unlike the Epidendrum nutans figured in this work, 
whatever portion of the labellum is connate with the column, 
is so only at its very base. 
Fig. 1. Flower, with its petals spread open. Fig. 2. Column and lip. 
Fig. 3. Column, front view. Fig. 4. Anther-case. Fig. 5. Pollen-masses. 
