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EPIDENDRUM fuscatum. 
Brown Epidendrum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Sect.V. Anthera terminalis, mobilis, operculiformis, decidua. Pol- 
linis masse cereacex, leves. Brown prod. 330. 
EPIDENDRUM. (Cal. 0. Cor. 5-petala, patens. Labellum 
ecalcaratum, lamina patula). Co/wmna cum ungue labelli longitudinali- 
tér connata in tubum (quanddque decurrentem ovarium). Masse pollinis 
4 parallela, septis completis persistentibus distincte, basi filo granulato 
elastico aucte. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5.217. Herbe perennes, 
parasitica. Caps. 3-valvis: sem. plurima, minutissima. 
E. fuscatum, caule simplici, foliis oblongis acuminatisve, pedunculo ter- 
minali elongato, spica globosa, columna petalis breviore. Swartz in 
Nov. act. ups. 6. 69. 
Epidendrum fuscatum. Smith spicil. 21. t. 23.  Andrews’s reposit. 
441. Willd. sp. pl. 4.120. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 218. 
Epidendrum anceps. Jacq. amer. 224. t. 138. 
Epidendrum secundum. Swartz obs. $25; (nec aliorum). 
Radix crassé fibrosa. Caudex tereti-compressus tectus vaginis foliorunt, 
basi subbulboso-tumidus. Folia coriacea, alterna, disticho-patentia, vaginan- 
tia, carinata, lamind oblonga cum apiculo brevi oblique reflexo, modove sub- 
lanceolata, glabra, subtilitér striata, saturate viridi, subtis pallidiore v. pur= 
purascente. Caulis continuus, strictus, 1-2 pedalis, compressus, totus vaginis 
alternis aridis carinatis acutis striatis internodia cequantibus vestitus. Spica 
brevis, secunda, in corymbum digesta, refracta, nutans, terminalis v.ex vaginé 
lateralis (in vegetiore planta forte jp ?). Bractez solitarie, lanceolate, 
germine triplo breviores. Pet. explanata, isometra, 3 latiora ovali-lanceolata, 
2 linearia, 3-plo angustiora, modo deflexa. Labellum petala superans, rotun- 
datum, trilobum, lobo medio emarginato-retusum apiculo in sinu. Columna 
brevis, inclinata apice alis binis lateralibus truncatis supra antheram inflexing 
conniventibus. Germ, subteres, striatum. - 
The above generic character allots a far narrower ex- 
tent to the genus, than is admitted by that we had pre-. 
fixed to Eprpenprum nutans in the seventeenth article of 
this work. ah 
Fuscatum, like its congeners, is found growing on the 
trunks and branches of the trees, somewhat in the manner 
of the Misletoe with us. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, 
seldom exceeding a foot and half in height, with the fibres 
of the root thick and fleshy; stem sheathed by the lower 
portions of the foliage; deaves coriaceous, distich, patent, 
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