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Epidendrum variegatarn (variegated.)—A pretty species. The 
pseudo-bulbs are club-shaped, of a pale green colour, with two to 
three lance-shaped leaves, pointed ; the sepals and petals are cori¬ 
aceous, greenish, with purple spots ; the lip greenish white, with 
purple stripes. An exceedingly neat species, and well worth 
cultivating. A native of Brazil; introduced in 1837. 
Epidendrum pastoris (shepherd’s.)—Another pretty little plant. 
The pseudo-bulbs are somewhat in the form of Variegatum , but 
much smaller and more round, with two linear leaves, pointed ; the 
phigoma is also much shorter than in Variegaium, and the leaves 
are very flaccid ; the sepals and petals, green ; the lip is yellow. 
A native of Mexico ; introduced in 1834. 
Epidendrum se/A^ar^^side-saddle.)—Flowered, pseudo-bulbs 
ovate, green, smooth, with two leaves somewhat erect, lanceolate 
and pointed ; the sepals and petals are round and coriaceous, and 
somewhat spatulate with a murous point ; the lip is formed like a 
side-saddle, with the two wings of the lip bent back ; the flowers 
spirous, upright ; they are not very numerous, but very large. 
There are two varieties of the species ; one with the sepals and petals 
green and brown, and the lip purple, the other with the sepals 
and petals greenish yellow', and the lip white. A native of 
Guatemala ; introduced in 1835. 
Epidendrum lacerum (torn or jagged.) — A curious species, 
having the lip cut as if it w r as torn ; the pseudo-bulb is not large, 
and it has tw r o leaves, which are rigid, lance-shaped, and coriaceous; 
the sepals and petals are of a pinkish green, and the lip is pink. 
A native of Mexico ; introduced in 1835. 
Epidendrum pictorum (painted.)—This is a very fine species ; 
the pseudo-bulbs are large, ovate, with tw r o leaves, recurved, 
lance-shaped, and rather broad ; the flower spike is large, and much 
branched, and numerously fiow'ered; the fiow r ers are yellow, 
spotted with brown, about the size of Oncidioides. A native of 
Demerara ; introduced in 1837. 
Epidendrum armeniacum (apricot coloured.)—This is a caules¬ 
cent species ; the stem is short and rather flat, two edged ; the 
flow'er spikes are short, and the flowers are small and very nume¬ 
rous on the spike ; the leaves are lanceolate and acuminated. A 
native of Brazil; introduced in 1833. 
Epidendrum crassifolium (thick-leaved).—Stems much elongated, 
leaves ovate, somewhat caudate at the base, and pointed, smooth 
