Seraphyta
(from ser, a silkworm, and phyton, a plant; in allusion to some fancied resemblance between the flower and the silkworm). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, epiphytal Orchid, formerly included under Epidendrum (which see for culture).
S. diffusa (diffuse). fl. greenish-white, rather small, loosely racemose, pedicellate, forming a terminal panicle; sepals and petals equal, spreading; lip undivided, broadly cordate, the claw as long as the column. April. l. coriaceous, oblong or rather broad; sheaths closely appressed. Stem leafy, sheathing, and scarcely fleshy at base. h. 1ft. to 2ft. West Indies, 1816. SYN. Epidendrum diffusum (B. M. 3565; L. B. C. 846).