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E PI DEN D R Lí M ' A 110 M A PICIJ M :
A fíOJfAT/C EPÍDENDRUM.
T r i b u s : E in]>EM)l{EiE.—Lindley.
E P I D E N D R U M ¿ í w H . Brown in Hort. Kvu\ cd. 5. 5. 217. TAndiqi. Gen. et Spc. Orch. 96.
P R R i A N T i i i r J i oxplaiiatiini. Sépala patont ia, subícqual ia. Pelala sepalis
s c q u a l i a vel aiigusíiora, rarlùs lalìora, patentia vel reílexa. Labelhiiii cutii mari
p i n i b u s columna? oinnino \ c l par t e c o n n a t um, l imbo integro ve! «liviso, disco sa-piùs
c a l l o . s o , costato vel tuberciilato; mine in calcar prodiictum ovario accrctnm et
c i i n i c u l u m tbrmans. Columna elongata: clinandrio margínalo, sii'jje fimbriato.
A n t h e r a carnosa 2 - 4 locularis. Pollinia 4 , caudicul i s tot ide m replicatis anncxa.—
H e r b u - Americana» cpipliytiu caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo-bulboso, nunc
e l o n g a t o apice iblioso. Folia carnosa. Flores spicati, racemosi corymbosi vel
p a n i c u l a t i , terminales, sa?pe speciosi.
Ei>iDuxuuirji aromatiaiiii ; pscuclo-bulbis mugnis fere globosis, 1-2 pliyllis : tbliis rigidis lincaribiis
scapo paniculato duplo brevioribus, arcuatis, acutiusculis : sepalis oblongo-limccoliilis aculis petalis subivqunlibus
ovali-lanceolatis imgiiiculatis: labclli trilobi fere liberi lobis latcrulibus ovaüs acuminatis columnaatipressis,
intermedio majore venoso orbiculari.
Habitat in Guatemala. Ski>-n£;u.
D c s c i ' í y í í o n .
PSEVDO-BVLUS vcnj large, nearli/ fflobular, two or three inchcx m diameter, of an extremely
hard texture, shining, emitting a number of long, slender wiry lioors, and mrvwvnted by n
more frequeutlg, two. rigid, narrow, linear, somewhat acvte, curved LF.AVEH, vsuolly about a
foot in lenqth. SCAPE issuing from the apex of the pseudo-bulbs, erect, one and a half or two feet
high, branched for nearly its whole length in the cultivated plant, \but in wild specimens branched
oiili/ at its extremity, where it bears a very dense compound head of flowers.'] FLOWEKS about au
inch across, shorter than their PR.DUSCLLCS. Sl^rMS and PETALS nearly equal, acute, tnrne.d
baehwards, of a delicate pah greenish primrose colour; the former are of an oblong-lanceolate form,
the latter considerably unguiculate, and oval-lanceolate, rather inclining to be spatulate. Lir
•Ji-lobed [the lateral lobes ovate and acuminate, pressed against the sides of the column, the cmlral
' almost orbicular,-] of the same hue as the sepals and petals, but beautifully marked with
minute centripetal veins, united with the base only of the short, sometchat arched,
COLVMN.
E m DEN DTIU M firoinaticum is oue of llie most swccl-smelling of tlie whole tribe of Orcliidaceir, and
y d the scent which it diiluses is of such an agreeable nature that it never cloys, nor, while in its vicinity,
are the senses ever " oppressed with perfume," as too Ircquently happens ii of its highly odoriferous