writers, who gave themselves the necessary trouble and time with 
what they intended to make public, were fully known, and should 
not have been frivolously neglected, but thankfully imitated. 
Aérial roots very numerous, quite glabrous, intricate. Pseudo- 
bulbs pyriform, covered when young with some sheaths which 
decay early, the upper one remaining longest and having lost its 
short lamina; older pseudobulbs swollen, with some furrows and 
wrinkles. Leaves two, frequently three, sometimes four, linear- 
ligulate, acute, rather thin. Inflorescence having the rachis clad 
below with some long but distant sheaths, not observed in good 
development by our artist. The sheaths no doubt gave Dr. 
Lindley the idea that he had to deal with an Amphiglottium. 
Raceme single or nicely branched, the branches more or less 
flexuose, which our artist has failed to observe. The branches 
usually have at their base such developed sheaths as there are on 
the flowerless part of the rhachis. Bracts triangular-acuminate, 
much shorter than the long stalked ovaries. Sepals cuneate- 
oblong acute, greenish, with some brown or reddish hue inside. 
Tepals equal, but with longer and narrower claws. Lip adnate 
below the stigma, oblong-ligulate or ligulate, with a fold on each 
side near the base, truncate-emarginate, seldom acute, often un- 
dulated at the sides, whitish, with yellow and some violet or rosy 
dots; two depressed triangular or ligulate calli at the base. The 
five central veins are covered with many-lobed depressed plaited 
crests, conveying quite the impression of pavement. ‘The tri- 
gonous aseendent green column has a trifid androclinwwm, the 
teeth generally being acute, but the laterals observed toothletted 
in the Langsbergian specimens. There are some violet streaks 
on the sides of the column, and the depressed anther-case usually 
is violet also. 
Materials :—We once more observed the type in Dr. Lindley’s 
herbarium the other day, and have at hand our own sketches, 
and the rich materials alluded to before. 
Tab. 90.—A plant with an inflorescence. 1, front view of a flower, lip 
acute; 2, side view of the same; 3, ditto, the sepals, tepals and inferior 
part of ovary being removed; 4, lip, expanded, a very broad and emar- 
ginate one; 5, front view of column; 6, pollinaria, side view; 7, the 
‘same, front view: all magnified—H. G. Ri. f. 

Another species of Epidendrum which I received from Guate- 
mala through the kindness of the late Mr. G. U. Skinner. It has 
long grass-like leaves, which give the plant a peculiar appearance. 
It flowers pretty freely, and keeps in a healthy condition, treated 
us recommended for the last species (Tab. 89).—W. W. 8. 
