ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE EPIDENDKUM. 
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and shining, many on the stem, and alternate ; the spike of flowers 
is somewhat crowned, and of a beautiful lilac colour ; the lip is 
lacerated and jagged, which gives the flower a pretty appearance. 
A native of St. Vincent; introduced in 1824. 
LIST OF SPECIES. 
Epidendrum coriaceum, green and 
purple, Demerara. 
rhyzophorum, green and purple, 
Guatemala. 
Candolle.!, brown, Mexico, 
virescens, green-yellow, Dominica, 
pumilum, pink, East Indies, 
viridi - purpureum, green - purple, 
Jamaica. 
vesicatum, greenish white, Esse- 
quibo. 
lividum, purple, South America, 
dichotomum, purple, Demerara. 
ionasmum, red-green, Essequibo. 
cauliflorum, striped, Brazil. 
Eugenitans, brown, Vera Cruz, 
tridactylum, yellow, Brazil, 
longicolla, yellow, Demerara. 
cucullatum, white, Para, 
pachyanthum, green, Guiana, 
varicorum, brown, Guatemala. 
Smaragdinum, green, Demerara. 
asperum, yellow. Mexico, 
chloranthum, green, Demerara. 
tessellatum, brown-green, Guate¬ 
mala. 
papillorum, green-white, Guate¬ 
mala. 
Boothianum, yellow-green, Cuba, 
calamarium, yellow-green, Brazil, 
uniflorum, yellow-green, Mexico. 
Stanopetalum, red, Jamaica. 
Glumaceum, white, Brazil, 
secundum, red, West Indies, 
floribundum, white-green, Mexico, 
verrucosum, striped, West Indies, 
umbellatum, green, Jamaica, 
nutans, green-white, West Indies, 
diffusum, green, West Indies, 
nocturnum, green - white, West 
Indies. 
fuscatum, brown, West Indies, 
elongatum, red, Caraccas. 
pellidiflorum, striped, West Indies, 
ellipticum, scarlet, Brazil, 
gracile, yellow-purple, Bahamas, 
adonatissimum, green, Brazil, 
patens, brown-white, West Indies, 
conopseum, striped, Florida, 
rigidum, striped, Dominica, 
oehraeeum, striped, Guatemala., 
bifidum, purple-yellow-green, West 
Indies. 
clavatutn, white-yellow, Cumana. 
chloroleucum, white-green, Deme¬ 
rara. 
Harrisonise, green, Brazil, 
semulum, white-purple, Para, 
pygmseum, red-green, Brazil, 
filiforma, purple, Guatemala, 
crispatum, green-white, Mexico, 
pliatum, green-purple, Demerara. 
carnaticum, green-purple, Guiana, 
seriatum, whitish green, Mexico. 
