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crispate."— Bot. Reg. t. 1765.—" Flowers green: lip yellow, streaked with purple."— Hab. 

 Bahamas {Lndl). 



48. E. rufum, Lindl. "Tubers pyriform, 2-%-leaved; leaves lanceolate-ligulate, 

 shorter thau the scape ; flowers in a slightly branched panicle, brownish-yellow; peri- 

 gouiid divisions' elliptical, pointed; lip S-lobed: lateral lobes short, half-ovate, middle 

 obovate, revolute at the margin, rounded at the base ; column inembranaceous-margined." 

 — " 1' high, or more ; leaves 6"-8" long; lip fleshy, 2-costate at the base." — Hab. Baha- 

 mas {Lindl). 



49. E. altissimum, Batem. " Tubers cylindrical, 2-3-leaved, scape high, paniculate ; 

 perigonial divisions oblong, pointed; lip S-lobed: lateral lobes dimidiate, blunt, flexuose, 

 middle dilated, mucronate, undulate, recurved, 2-costate at the base." — Hab. Bahamas 

 {Lindl.), in rocky districts. 



50. E. bahamense, Gr. Tubers pyriform, 2- leaved ; leaves linear-oblong, blunt, 

 much shorter than the scape ; flowers paniculate : bracts small, deltoid, sterile distant ; pe- 

 rigonial divisions spathulate, bluntish, interior broader ; lip S-lobed, slightly 2-callous at the 

 base : lateral lobes basilar, half-ovate, somewhat pointed, embracing the column, middle 

 broader, obovate-2-lobed, complicated, contracted at the base ; column with deltoid wings 

 above. — Cymbidium diurnum, Lindl. {non Sw. : G. Rchb., who saw Jacquin's original, in- 

 forms me that the latter belongs to E. virens, Lindl.). — Nearly allied to E. phceniceum, 

 Lindl. !, but flowers half as large, the lateral lobes of the lip much smaller than the middle 

 lobe, and calli of the lip-base less prominent, tapering, not abrupt at the summit. — 2 high ; 

 tubers IV, leaves 6"-8", perigone 8'" long, all divisions of equal length, the exterior 2 , 

 the interior 3'" broad ; flowers numerous, brown-purple in drying ; pollinia 4. — Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. 



51. E. plicatum, Lindl. {R. exic. Catesb.) " Tubers ovoid, 2-leaved; leaves spathu- 

 late-lanceolate, pointed, shorter than the scape ; flowers in a simple, corymbiform raceme, 

 red-variegated ; perigonial divisions spathulate-lanceolate, pointed; lip S-lobed: lateral 

 lobes oblong-lanceolate, undulate, middle cordate-deltoid, cuspidate, crenate, plaited, with 2 

 large keeled calli at the base."— Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 88. fig. sin. — "1 J' high; leaves 6", 

 perigone about 1" long; lip crimson." — Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ; [Cuba]. 



52. E. bifidum, Aubl., Sw. ! Tubers shortly oblong-lanceolate, 2-k-leaved ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, blunt, much shorter than the scape ; sterile bracts distant, long, ap- 

 pressed-sheathing, floral ones minute ; flowers in a branched raceme, rosy-variegated ; peri- 

 gonial divisions lanceolate-oblong : lip S-pariite above the claw : lateral segments ovate- 

 roundish, embracing the column, middle larger, exserted, obovate, reniform-2-lobed at the 

 summit.— Redout. Lit. t. 84.— 1'-3' high; tubers 1" long; leaves 4"-6" long, 5 m -8 m 

 broad ; pedicels 3"'-4"', ovary 4'", perigone 6"', lip 8'" long, the latter 4'" broad at the 

 abruptly dilated summit, its lobes round : colour rosy with the lip purple above, but differ- 

 ently described by Plumier {Ed. Burm. t. 186. /. 1), and in E. bifidum, Lindl. {Bot. Reg. 

 t. 18. /. 9).— Hab. S. Kitts !, Sw. ; [Haiti! to Guiana!]. 



53. E. bicornutum, Hook. Tubers elongated, 4-6-nodal, linear-fusiform, 2-several- 

 leaved ; leaves thick, lanceolate-oblong or oblong, blunt ; sterile bracts distant, appressed- 

 sheathing, floral ones smaller, spreading, oblong ; flowers in a simple raceme, white with a 

 variegated lip; perigonial divisions elliptical, cuspidate ; lip S-fld, prominently 2-callous at 

 the base : lateral lobes oblong, bluntish, clasping, middle much longer, exserted, oblong, 

 pointed— Bot. Mag. t. 3332.— 1'-3' high ; leaves 8"-4" long, 10"'-6"' diam. ; leaves 4"-5" 

 long, 1"-1£" broad; fertile bracts 2'", ovary with the pedicel 1", perigone 12"'-10'" long; 

 lip white with red dots and the conical calli yellow. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradfl, on rocks and 

 decayed trees, abundant along the coast, and in the Boca islands. 



54. E. mdivisum, Bradf. ms. {n. sp.). Tubers 3-4-nodal, linear-fusiform, 4-6- 

 leaved ; leaves thick, oblong -linear, blunt : sterile bracts distant, appressed-sheathing, floral 

 ones smaller, spreading, oblong ; flowers in a simple raceme, white ; perigonial divisions 

 elliptical-oblong, pointed ; lip undivided or minutely auricled above the base, 2-callous at the 

 base, subulate-lanceolate, acuminate. — Nearly allied to the preceding, but lower, 6"-l0 

 high, leaves 3" long, 5"'-6'" broad, perigone 6'" long, " pure-white ;" lip scarcely exserted. 

 — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf. 



