EPIDEN'DRUM NU'TANS. 
NODDING EPIDENDRUM. 
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GYNANDRIA, 
MONANDRIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 226. 
GENUS. Epidfndrum. Linn^^us. Perigonii foliola exteriorapatentia, 
subaequalia* interiora sequalia vel angiistiora, aut rariiis latiora. Labellum 
Biigue cum margiuibus columnse omnino vel partim concretum, limbo integro 
vel partito, disco saepius calloso, costato vel tubereiilato, interdum in calcar 
ovario adnatum productum. Columna elongata, clinandrio marginato, saspius 
fimbriato. Anthera carnosa,bi-quadrilocularis. Polltnia quatuor, caudicu- 
lis totidem rejjlicatis. Herb/e Americanse tropicas, epipbytoe; caule nunc basi 
vel apice pseudo-bulboso, nunc elongato, apice folioso, foliis carnosis vel raris- 
sime striato-venosis, floribus spicatis, racemosis, corymbosis vel paniculatis, 
terminalibus lateralibus. Endlicher : Genera Plantarum. 193. 
SPECIES. Epjdendruai nutans (Swartz) Foliis oblongis distichis undu- 
latis obtusis, racemo nutante multifloro, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis petalisque 
lineari-lanceolatis obtusis patentibus, labelli trilobi loins lateralibus cordatis 
ovatis: intermedia transverso truncato apiculato basi bicalloso venis tribus 
elevatis. Lind ley. 
Character of the Genus, Epidendrum. External folioles of 
the perigone spreading, nearly equal; the internal equal, or narrower, 
very seldom broader. The Labellum, by means of its claws, either 
entirely or partly cohering to the margins of the column, the limb 
entire or divided, the disc generally callous, ribbed, or tuberculated; 
the limb is also occasionally prolonged into a spur, adhering [to the 
ovary. Column elongated, clinandrium margined, often fimbriated. 
Anther fleshy, two-four-celled. Pollen-masses four, with a similar 
number of double tails. 
Description of the Species, Epidendrum nutans. Epiphyte. 
Stem simple, round, leaves distichous, undulating, obtuse. Inflo¬ 
rescence racemose, nodding, many-flowered. Flowers of a whitish 
green colour, the external folioles oblong-lanceolate, the internal linear- 
lanceolate, obtuse, spreading; labellum three-1 obed, lateral lobes cor¬ 
date and ovate, the central lobe truncated, apiculate, having two callous 
