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pale green flowers. This genus contains three species, which 
all require pot cultivation in a mixture of sphagnum, turfy peat, 
and a little rotten wood, with a temperature of 70°.— Native of 
Manilla. 
114. Epidendrum bicornutum. (Derived from two-horned.) 
A plant with bulbous stems, eight inches long, round and rather 
thick, of a shining green. Leaves in threes, alternate, eight 
inches long and one inch broad. Flower spike rising from the 
summit of the stem, ten inches long, and producing four to five 
flowers alternately at the top of the spike, one inch and a half 
in diameter, of a beautiful white ; the labellum is spotted with 
small spots of purple ; on its breast rises two small horns dusted 
with yellow, and from which it takes its name. This species 
will either do on a lump of turf or in a pot, in a mixture of 
sphagnum and turfy peat, with a liberal supply of water. It 
requires a temperature of 65 to 70°.— Native of Guiana. 
115. Epidendrum lacertinum. (Derived from lizard-headed.) 
Plant with bulbous stems, seven inches long. Leaves in threes, 
five inches long and one inch broad, tapering to an acute point; 
the raceme produced from the summit of the stem. Flowers 
verticillated, with the footstalk four inches long; sepals and 
petals green ; column white, with a long narrow labellum, pur¬ 
plish at the base, where it joins the column, and green at the 
apex. This species requires hanging up, with the same treat¬ 
ment as the other, and a temperature of 60° to 65°.— Native of 
Mexico. 
116. Epidendrum aromaticum. A plant with pseudo-bulbs, 
nearly three inches long and round, tapering to the summit. 
Leaves in pairs, mostly one foot long and one inch broad. 
Flower spike from one to two feet long, a little panicled ; sepals 
and petals one inch long, of a greenish white ; column striped a 
little with purple ; labellum same colour as the sepals, and lobed 
towards the base so as to cover the column. This species re¬ 
quires pot cultivation, with the same treatment as the others, 
and a temperature of 60° to 65°. — Native of Guatemala. 
117. Epidendrum calochilum. This species is of the pseudo- 
bulbous kind, bearing erect panicles of flowers ; the sepals and 
petals are yellowish green, and stained near the apex with a dirty 
purple. Labellum three-lobed; the middle lobe is waved, broad, 
and beautifully veined with reddish purple. Ihis requires the 
same treatment and temperature as the other. — Native of 
Guatemala. 
J. Henshall, K —p — y. 
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