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EPIDENDRUM enupricum. 
Elliptical-leaved Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nar. Orv. ORCHIDEE. 
Drv. Anthera terminalis, mobilis, decidua. Masse pollinis demum cereacee. 
Grn. Cuar.—Columna cum ungue labelli longitudinaliter connata in tu- 
bum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masse pollinis 4, parallele, 
septis completis persistentibus diginete, basi filo granulato ae auc- 
tee. —Br. 
Epidendrum ellipticum ; foliis alternis subellipticis succulentis, pedun- 
_culis terminalibus elongatis, labello perianthio zequali tripartito fim- 
briato, lobo intermedio minore lineari—Grauam, MSS. 
Epidendrum ellipticum, Granam, MSS. 
“ Roots long, round, fleshy, many pushed devuitgle £ tock the origin of the 
branches. Stem jointed, branched ; branches simple, round, slightly 
flexuose, green, spotted with dull brown. Leaves alternate, distichous, 
spreading, varying in different branches from ovato-elliptical and slight- 
ly concave above, to elliptico-linear, and nearly flat ; occasionallyjslight- 
ly notched at the apex, fleshy, very obscurely marked with numerous 
minute parallel veins, green, sometimes faintly spotted like the stem, 
~ arising from the joints by very thin sheaths, which enclose the stem, 
and are in some branches as long as the joints, in others much shorter : 
- for about a foot at the upper part of the stem, and generally for a 
little way at the bottom, there are sheaths only, which are there point- 
ed, persisting, whitish, and withered, brown ae striated in their ihe 
~ part.” M 
a oF nflorescence a cluded short, terminal pis rachis toothed. Flowers 
_ spreading, continuing many days expanded, each having a small, point- 
_ ed, marcescent bractea. Perianth rose-colour, obscurely veined, 3 outer 
segments rather the longest, obovato-lanceolate, entire, pointed ; 2 inner 
lanceolate, slightly serrated towards the apex. Labellum erect, 5-toothed 
in front (two teeth being in a line on each side, and one between the 
upper pair, which are the largest), 3-cleft, segments spreading, fim- 
briated, two lateral ones by much the largest, semicircular, the central 
| segment linear, and nearly entire on its sides, all deep rose-colour when 
expanding, but afterwards, especially the lateral segments, which have 
__ a few small dots of a deep rose colour, becoming very pale. Anther-case 
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