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drum : leaves lanceolate, marked with lines, flat, {cape 
panicled ; lip large, heart-fhaped, horn very fhort. Na¬ 
tive of Jamaica and Hifpaniola. 
52. Epidendrum triquetrum,or three.tided epidendrum : 
leaves three-fided, cultrate, compretfed at the tip, lan¬ 
ceolate, acute; fcape fimpie; lip heart-fliaped, ovate; 
Tides emarginate. 53. Epidendrum feffile, or feflile epi¬ 
dendrum : leaves comprelfed at the bafe, broader at top, 
lanceolate linear, obtufe, veinlefs ; peduncles radical, 
very fliort, one-flowered. 54. Epidendrum flabelliforme, 
or fan-thaped epidendrum : leaves compretfed at the bafe, 
dilated at top, ovate lanceolate, acute, flat, nerved ; pe¬ 
duncles one-flowered, elongated. 55. Epidendrum fu- 
bulatum, or awl-fhaped epidendrum : leaves awl (haped, 
grooved ; peduncles flieathed, radical, many flowered. 
Natives of Jamaica. 
56. Epidendrum fatyrioides, or rag-wort epidendrum : 
leaves Tubulate cylindric ; Tcape few flowered ; corollas 
ventricofe at the bafe in front. Native of Hifpaniola. 
57. Epidendrum tribuloides, or thiftle epidendrum: 
leaves pedicelled, lanceolate, obtufe, emarginate : pe¬ 
duncles very fliort, capfules globofe, echinate. 58. Epi¬ 
dendrum corniculatum, or horned epidendrum: leaves 
pedicelled, wedge fliaped, oblong ; peduncles radical, 
one-flowered; corollas acuminate, curved. 59. Epi¬ 
dendrum lanceola, or lanceolate epidendrum : leaves 
pedicelled, lanceolate, acute; peduncles from radical 
{heaths, two-flowered. 60. Epidendrum anguftifolium, 
or narrow-leaved epidendrum : leaf linear, growing upon 
the bulb; fcape panicled. 61. Epidendrum palmifo- 
lium, or palm-leaved epidendrum : leaves broad lanceo¬ 
late, nerved, membranaceous, growing on the bulb ; pe¬ 
duncles radical, flieathed, many flowered, nedtary boat- 
fliaped, entire, reflex. Natives of Jamaica. Of all thefe 
we have no defcription. 
62. Epidendrum altiflimum, or tall epidendrum : leaves 
lanceolate, growing on the bulbs; fcape very much 
branched, farmentofe ; petals oblong, lanceolate, acute; 
lip obcordate, fliorter than the petals. This is an ele¬ 
gant parafitical plant. Leaves acute, enfifcrm-oblong, 
veinlefs, fliining, quite entire, thickifli, an inch wide, and 
half a foot long, keeled at the bafe, in other parts flat, 
each fpringing from a joint, or an ovate, comprelfed, 
fmooth tuber, fometimes as big as a goofe’s egg, which 
is placed on the bafe of another root-leaf or two, like the 
others. Flowers without fcent, yellow'with brown fpots, 
numerous. Nativeof the woodsof Martinico ; cultivated 
at Kew in 1794. Jacquin mentions another, which he 
names E. violaceum, from its beautiful violet-coloured 
flowers. He found it on a very tall arboreous cereus, 
and had not an opportunity of examining it particularly; 
it appeared to him to have the habit of the fpecies thus 
defcribed. 
63. Epidendrum fragans, or Tweet epidendrum : leaf 
broad-lanceolate, nervelefs, growing on the bulb; fcape 
many-flowered, abbreviated ; lip heart-fhaped. Native 
of Jamaica. Introduced here in 1786, by Hinton Eaft, 
efq. It flowers in October. 
64. Epidendrum fanguineum, or bloody epidendrum : 
leaves in pairs, oblong, growing on the bulb ; fcape many- 
flowered, fubflexuofe ; lip roundifh, waved, emarginate; 
horn adnate. This,has many white thick fibres like thofe 
of leeks, or the tendrils of ivy, taking firm hold of the 
bark of trees, and matted together; thefe fend up one 
thick greenifli, roundifh, compreifed, bulbous or tuber¬ 
ous leaf, of an inch diameter, covered with fome brown 
withered filaments. From the top of this come two 
fmooth ftriated hollow hard pale green leaves, three 
inches long and one inch broad, between which fprings 
out a naked brown jointed round fmooth ftalk, about a 
foot high, near the top of which ftand feveral long red- 
difli purple flowers, very beautiful. Native of Jamaica, 
on the ebonies and other trees in the favanna-woods plen¬ 
tifully : cultivated at Kew in 1794. 
6 j. Epidendrum labiatum, or lipped epidendrum : 
leaves radical, oblong, middle bulb folitary, one-leafed S 
fcapes few-flow’ered ; lip oblong, with a flefiiy corpufcl e 
growing to it at top. Natives of Hifpaniola. 
66. Epidendrum polybulbon, or many-bulbed epiden- 
drum: ftem creeping ; bulb bearing ; bulbs two-leaved, 
one-flowered; flower peduncled ; lip heart-fliaped. 67. 
Epidendrum proliferum, or proliferous epidendrum : 
caulefcent, leaves diftich, fubimbricate ovate ; bulbs 
from the (heaths of the leaves two-leaved ; flowers axil¬ 
lary, feflile. 68. Epidendrum veftitum, or clothed epi¬ 
dendrum : flem leaflefs, imbricate all round with fheaths, 
roundifh ; bulb-bearing ; bulbs growing on the leaf ; 
flowers crowded from the fheaths of the ftem. 69. Epi¬ 
dendrum vomiforme, or Jamaica epidendrum: caulefcent; 
leaves growing on the bulbs, ovate-acuminate, convex, 
channelled, three-fided beneath ; fcapes from the bofom 
of the leaves. Natives of Jamaica. 
70, Epidendrum echinocarpon, or prickly epidendrum: 
ftem comprelfed, decumbent, one-flowered ; leaves im¬ 
bricate all round, diftich, ovate, capfules muricate. Na¬ 
tive of Guiana, on the trunks of old trees, which are 
fometimes quite covered with it. 
71. Epidendrum trichocarpon, or maiden-hair epiden¬ 
drum : flem comprefled, round, rooting, leaves imbricate 
all round, diftich, linear, capfules tomentefe. 72. Epi¬ 
dendrum glaucum, or blue epidendrum: ftem compreft- 
ed, almoft upright, many-flowered; leaves imbricate all 
round, diftich, broad-lanceolate, very fmooth, glaucous 
beneath; capfules naked. 73. Epidendrum graminoides, 
or grafty epidendrum : ftem ere£t, comprefled, many- 
flowered ; leaves imbricate all round, diftich, remote, 
linear; peduncles longer. 74. Epidendrum micranthum, 
or fmall-leaved epidendrum : ftemone-leafed ; leaf broad- 
lanceolate ; raceme very long, filiform ; flowers pointing 
one way, roundifh, fix-cornered. Natives of Jamaica. 
75. Epidendrum trigoniflorum, or three-fided epiden¬ 
drum : ftem one-leafed ; leaf oblong lanceolate ; raceme 
the length of the leaves ; flowers moftly pointing one 
way, three-cornered. This little parafitical plant is only 
about four inches high. Roots fibrous, whitifh, nume¬ 
rous ; flowers fmall, diredled all to the fame fide, without 
fcent, on fliort peduncles, of a dirty yellow colour. Na¬ 
tive of the mountain woods in Martinico and Jamaica. 
According to Swartz, Jacquin’s ophioglojfoidcs is not 
that of Linnaeus, but this fpecies. 
76. Epidendrum racemiflorum, or raceme-flowered epi¬ 
dendrum : ftem one-leafed, leaf ovate, raceme longer than 
the leaves ; flowers pointing one way ; inner petals ovate. 
Natives of Jamaica. 
77. Epidendrum alpeftre, or Hifpaniola epidendrum ; 
ftem one-leafed, leaf ovate-lanceolate ; racemes loofe ; 
keels of the capfules muricate. Native of Hifpaniola. 
78. Epidendrum laxum, or fupple epidendrum : ftem 
one-leafed ; leaf oblong ; raceme the length of the leaves; 
inner petals awl-ftiaped ; lip ovate ; capiules naked. 79. 
Epidendrum ovale, or oval epidendrum : ftem one-leafed ; 
leaf ovate, acuminate ; raceme prefted ciofe ; many- 
flowered; petals roundifh ; the inner ones remote in front 
at the bafe, capfules pedicelled. So. Epidendrum pul- 
chellum, or red epidendrum : ftem one-leafed ; leaf round, 
ith, acute; raceme loofe; few-flowered; petals acuminate, 
ciliate, the inner one crofted at the tip. 81. Epidendrum, 
tridentatum, or three-toothed epidendrum : ftem one- 
leafed ; leaf ovate-acute ; three-toothed at the tip ; ra¬ 
ceme many-flowered; flowers three-fided, acuminate; 
petals of the nedftary ere<T, bowed inwards. 82. Epiden¬ 
drum cochlearifolium, or fpiral-leafed epidendrum : ftem 
one-leafed; leaf orbiculate, concavo-convex; raceme few- 
flowered. S3. Epidendrum funale, or corded epidendrum: 
leaflefs, filiform, rooting; peduncle two-flowered; lip two- 
lobed; horn very long, awl-fhaped. Natives of Jamaica. 
84. Epidendrum filiforme, or filiform epidendrum: 
leaflefs; filiform; rooting; peduncles fubtriflorous ; lip 
ovate ; horn very fhort, headed at the tip. Native of 
Hifpaniola. Of all thefe fpecies, from 36 to 84, we ek~ 
