GENERA MICROSTYLIS AND MALAXIS. 323 
obtusa; labellum late rotundatum reniforme crenulatum obtusum 
fovea depressa rhomboidea; columna grandiuscula. 
Guadeloupe ?, Richard! Herb. Brit. Mus. 
A single specimen from Richard's collection without locality 
is all that I have seen. Some other Orchids from the same col- 
lector and with similar tickets came from Guadeloupe. 
12. Microstyuis spicata, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 19; 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Indies, p. 612.—Malaxis spicata, Swartz, 
Prodr. 49; Flora Ind. Occ. p. 1441, t. 28. f. a, b, c; Lunan, 
Hort. Jamaica, i. 478. . 
Caulis 4-uncialis, basi incrassata, vagina membranacea singula 
tecto; folia bina inequalia, alterna longe (unciam) dissita ovata 
vel ovato-lanceolata acuta, vaginantia scapım amplectentia haud 
petiolata, inferius maximum 3 uncias longum, 1j latum ; scapus 
9-9-uncialis, basi longe nuda; racemus laxus vel laxiusculus 2- 
uncialis pluriflores; flores parvi plures virides, pedicellis suberectis 
i-uncialibus ; bractee minims lanceolate setace®, pedicelli 4 vix 
equales ; sepalum posticum lanceolatum ovatum acutum, lateralia 
lanceolata obtusa; petala linearia breviora; labellum cordatum 
trilobum, lobi laterales rotundati subobtusi, medius longior acutus, 
auriculi breves obtusissimi rotundati, fovea distincta profunda 
subtus vix gibbosa ; anthera omnino biloculata ; apiculis duobus 
‘minutus ad margines interiores loculorum ; rostellum latum vix 
trilobum. 
Jamaica, Swartz! "Westmoreland Mountains, Purdie! Cuba, 
Wright, no. 1696, 3304. 
13. M. Massoni, n. sp. : 
Rhizoma validulum diu repens ; caulis gracilis, 4-uncialis, basi 
inerassata; folia bina dissita, inferius majus, late ovata sub- 
obtusa petiolata, 8 uncias longa, 21 uncias lata; petiolus subpa- 
tulus uncialis in vagina unciali inferne desinens ; scapus validulus 
erectus subteres, 9-uncialis, basi longe nuda ; racemus compactus 
2-uncialis; flores plures parvi, pedicellis suberectis semiunciali- 
bus ; bractez lanceolate acuminate brevissime ; sepalum posticum 
latelanceolatum subobtusum, lateralia angustiora lanceolata lorata 
deflexa ; petala angusta linearia; labellum hastatum acutum, 
auriculis majusculis rotundatis obtusis; columna majuscula, ro- 
stello magno. m 
W. Indies, St. Christopher’s, Masson! Dominica, Imray ! 
Trinidad, Crueger ! 
