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thick fleshy green, narrowing to an acute point ; flowers produced on a 
solitary stem ; sepals and petals three inches long, of a bright green colour; 
column white; labellum white, 3-lobed, the middle lobe extending one 
inch beyond the other two, and ending with an acute point. This species is 
worthy of cultivation, and will either grow on a lump of turf or in a pot with 
the same compost as the above ; in either case it requires hanging up on ac¬ 
count of its long drooping leaves; with a temperature of 65°. — I believe a 
native of Mexico . 
137. Epidendrum Harrisonice. Plant with tall bulbous stems, three 
feet long; leaves rather fleshy, alternate; flowers produced on a drooping 
raceme from the summit of the stem; the sepals and petals are of a delicate 
green, with a pure white labellum. This species is not handsome ; it requires 
pot cultivation, in a mixture of turfy peat and sphagnum and a liberal sup¬ 
ply of water ; a temperature of 65° to 70°. — Native of Brazil. 
138. Epidendrum for ibundum. (Derived from its free flowering.) Plant 
with bulbous stems, from two to three feet long, upright; leaves alternately 
up them ; flowering from the summit in a branching raceme, producing from 
forty to fifty small flowers; sepals and petals brown, the latter falling back, 
of a thread-like appearance ; column pale green ; labellum white, stained at 
its breast with purple. This species is worth cultivation, and requires grow¬ 
ing in a pot with a mixture of sphagnum, rotten wood, and turfy peat, and 
plenty of water while growing ; temperature, 65°. — Native of Mexico. 
139. Epidendrum bifidum. (Derived from being cleft. ) This is rather a 
curious species, but not very handsome, yet worthy of a place; the sepals 
are bright green, slightly blotched at the extremity with pink ; petals bright 
yellow; column white, with the helmet yellow; labellum flesh-colour, with 
a slit in it that renders it a peculiar object ; it requires the same treatment as 
the above, with a temperature of 65° to 70°. — Native of Tortola. 
140. Epidendrum nocturnum. Stems upright and leafy, about ten inches 
long, simple, erect, and round; leaves sheathing, alternate, oblong, flowering 
from the summit of the stem ; sepals and petals greenish white ; labellum 
white; it smells very sweet during the night. This will do either on a 
chump of wood or in a pot, with the same treatment as for most others; 
temperature, 65°. — Native of Martinico and Jamaica. 
141. Epidendrum nocturnum var. angustifolium. This plant maybe readily 
distinguished from any of the others by the narrowness of its leaves, but is 
the same in regard to its flowers, and will do with the same treatment and 
temperature as the other. — Native of the West Indies. 
142. Epidendrum nocturnum var. latifolium. This is another variety, with 
larger and broader leaves ; the flowers are also larger, requiring the same 
treatment as the other. — Native of the W?st Indies. 
143. Epidendrum nocturnum var. pumilum. This is a very small variety, 
and well adapted for growing on chumps of wood, provided its roots are 
covered with moss and it is allowed a liberal supply of water; temperature, 
65°. — Native of Essequibo. 
144. Epidendrum variegatum. Plant bulbous; bulbs four to five inches 
long; rather flat leaves, mostly in pairs, produced from the summit of the 
bulbs; flower-spike also proceeding from the summit; the sepals and 
petals are yellowish green, spotted with dark brown; the labellum pale yel¬ 
low. This species will either do on a chump of wood or in a pot, in a mix¬ 
ture of turfy peat, sphagnum, and rotten wood ; in the latter way not so 
liberallv supplied with water as in most cases ; it requires a temperature of 
65° to 70°. — Native of Demerara. 
145. Epidendrum odoratissimum. This plant is far from being handsome ;' 
but the astonishing odour which it yields during the night renders it worthy 
