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EUEPIDENDRUM. (Spathacea) ( 77 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
postici cordato-ovati obtusi disco calloso cuniculo inflato, clinandrio 
dentato. 
Wild in the "West Indies, common; Caraccas —Purdie ; 
Mexico —Pavon; Demerara —Loddiges, Schomburgk, 889 ; 
Surinam —Splitgerber; Brazil, on trees, Barro do Bio 
Negro — Spruce, 1166, Martius, Miers, (v. s. sp. et v. c.) 
Stem simple, a span high, two-edged. Flowers small, green, turning yellow. 
* 240. E. coriifolium. Lindley, in Journ, Sort, Soc,, VI, 
218, e. ic, 
E. foliis angustis coriaceis subdistichis carinatis concavis 
obtusis, spica densa terminali, bracteis coriaceis carinatis berbaceis 
distichis ovario longioribus,, sepalis lateralibns crassis carinatis 
ovalibus, petalis linearibus spathulatis, labello subrotundo piano 
emarginato basi bicalloso medio elevato. 
Wild in^ ^Central America —Skinner, (v. v. c.) 
In all its parts tough, thick, leathery, and generally glazed, as it were, 
with a shining exudation. The narrow stiff leaves are blunt, about six inches 
long, concave, with a sharp midrib. Spike terminal, about four inches 
long, consisting of hard amplexicaul keeled bracts. Flowers greenish. Keel 
of lateral sepals serrated. 
241. E. xylostachynm. Lindley, in Lot, Leg, 1845, misc. 
p, 70. 
E. caule simplici, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis mucronulatis 
vaginis scabris, spica stricta flexuosa dura folio summo parum 
breviore, bracteis herbaceis cucullatis ovatis rigidis approximatis, 
floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongis concavis, petalis conformibus 
planis angustioribus, labello cordato ovato obtuso coneavo 
margine recurvo, clinandrio integro. 
Wild in New G-renada ; Penon du Pan de Azucar, on the side 
of Tolima, at the height of 6000 feet, Eebruary—Linden, 
1280, (y. s. sp .) 
Resembles E. macrostachyum , but the bracts are larger, the spike is short, 
the flowers are larger, and the petals are almost as broad as the sepals, instead 
of being filiform. Flowers greenish white. 
242. E. macrostachyum. Lindley , in Bot. Leg, 1845, misc. 
p. 70. 
E. caule simplici, foliis oblongis mucronulatis vaginis scabrius- 
culis, racemo longissimo cernuo angulato, bracteis magnis duris 
ovato-cordatis reflexis, floribus coriaceis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, 
petalis filiformibus, labello cordato obtuso lsevi basi valde concavo, 
clinandrio integro. 
Wild in New Grenada ; on the rocks of the Pan de Azucar, 
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