Refugium Botanicum. | [ November, 1872. 
TAB. 140. 
Tribe EprIpbENDRE. 
Genus EpipenpRuM, Sw. 
E. Guososum, Jacg. Am. 222, t. 183, f.1! Radicibus adventitiis 
filiformibus multiflexis, caulibus dense congestis distiche 
foliatis, vaginis arctis oblique decisis jam ab initio minute 
plicatulis, dein brunneis pruinatis costatis, costis valde rugosis, 
foliis lineari-subulatis semiteretibus apiculatis, transsectione 
subcordiformibus viridibus, junioribus fiavo-viridibus, adulti- 
oribus prasinis, multis foveolis impressis, pedunculis ter- 
minalibus solitariis seu paucis congestis parvi-vaginatis, 
floribus deflexis, bracteis ovaria longe non equantibus cuniculo 
obtusangulo, sepalis ligulatis obtuse acutis, lateralibus obscure 
supra nervum medium carinatis, tepalis ligulato-rhombeis 
obtusangulis, labello pandurato in apiculo obtuso, omnino levi, 
columna trigona libera sursum ampliata.—Cymbidium globosum, 
Sw., Hl. Ind. Occ. 1467! Lsochilus globosum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. 112! Flores flavidi, hine rubro aspersi. 
It was indicated first at Martinique, by Jacquin, whence I have 
specimens from Madame Richard, née Rivoire! Trinidad, Sieber! 
Guadeloupe, Mont du Souffre, Duchassaing! St. Kitts, crater of 
Mount Miseri, Bruetel! Jamaica, Mount Carmel, Wullschlaegel! 
Cuba, Wright! “Ind. Occ.,” Ryan! I never heard of the plant 
being in any European garden, except in the Saundersian. 
I have also a certain plant much lke it: Pearl Key Lagoon on 
Palma Mosquito. I am, however, at a loss to understand whether 
it is this, or another one, since I have no flowers. 
A species much like this may be described thus :— 
EPIENDRUM LEUCOMELANUM. Caulibus tenuibus cespitosis, vaginis 
striatis, foluis subcylindraceis obtusis abbreviatis, inflorescentia 
terminali capitata parva, vaginis nervosis triangulis, 2—3 
stipatis, bracteis hyalinis, ovariis pedicellatis, cuniculo sub- 
nullo, sepalis oblongis obtusis, tepalis linearibus obtuse acutis, 
labello libero calceolari antice utrinque angulato, in pro- 
cessum brevem carnosum acutum anticum extenso.—Mevivo, 
Schiede! Liebmann! 
As to systematic position, it is a little difficult. That the plant 
has nothing to do with Jsochilus is quite evident. Now it is one 
