Brown-flowered Epidendrum.
CLASS XX. ORDER I.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointals. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Nectarium turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum.
Honey-cup top-shaped, oblique, and reflexed. See Pl. XIII. Vol. I. Epidendrum cochleatum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Epidendrum, foliis lanceolatis, caulem vagina alterne tegentibus, contortis, atro-purpureo discoloratis; floribus umbellatis terminalibus fuscatis, leviter punctatis, vel striatis.
Epidendrum, with lance-shaped leaves, alternately sheathing the stem, twisted, and discoloured with a deep purple; flowers terminate the branches in umbels, of a brownish colour, dotted or striped.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.