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55. E. polybulbon, Sw. Tubers serial, oval or ovate^oblong, snbcompressed, 2- 

 leaved ; scape short, 1-flowered ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluutish; perigonial 

 divisions lanceolate, acuminate, greenish ; lip white, undivided, roundish above the claw ; 

 column red, 2-horned — Dinema, Lindl. .'— 1"-2" high; leaves H"-4'", perigone and lip 

 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Pd., March, on trees, in the mountains , [Cuba I ; 

 Mexico !]. 



56. E. bletioides, Gr. (n. sp.). Tubers ovate-lanceolate, 2-leaved; leaves fleshy, 

 lanceolate-oblong, blunt, shorter than the scape ; sterile bracts distant, short, appressed- 

 sheathing, blunt, floral ones subulate, much shorter than the pedicel ; flowers distant in a 

 spreading panicle, or racemose ; perigonial divisions pointed, exterior lanceolate, interior 

 oblong-lanceolate ; lip undivided, ventricose-concave, elliptical, pointed, with 2 linear crests 

 below the middle : claw very short; column obovate, sharply 3-dentate at the broad sum- 

 mit.— Allied to E. subaguilum, Lindl. (sec. Rchb. in lit.).— l'-l|' high ; leaves 5"-6" 

 long : their number is not quite certain, as they are detached from our specimen ; perigone 

 6'" long, pale-brown in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Hanover. 



§ 2. Lip adnate to the column. — Aerial tubers : scape terminal. 



57. E. pygmseum, Hook. Tubers serial, linear-fusiform, sub-3-gonal, supported by 

 a few, large, loose scales, 2-leaved; leaves oblong-lanceolate, pointed ; flowers 1-3 at the 

 summit of the tuber, shortly pedicellate, white ; perigonial divisions exterior lanceolate, 



'interior linear-acuminate; lip %-lobed: lateral lobes rounded, embracing the column, 

 middle deltoid, acuminate." — Bot. Mag. t. 3233 : a form with thicker tubers and the peri- 

 gone greenish with a white lip, the latter with a red spot at the point. — Tubers 1" long, 

 2 '-3'" diam., exceeding the basilar scales j leaves 3"-l£", flowers about 6'" long; capsule 

 3-winged. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wullschl., on rocks and trees ; Trinidad !, Bradfl, abun- 

 dant on old calabash-trees ; Mexico to Brazil]. 



58. E. serrulatum, G. Rchb. Tubers filiform, enclosed by ragged scales, 1-2-leaved ; 

 leaves grass-like, linear or linear-lanceolate, crenulate, as long as or exceeding the short, 

 filiform scape; raceme few-flowered : flowers" brown-red," subdistant : bracts ovate, acu- 

 minate, about as long as the pedicel, lowest sterile ; perigonial divisions ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed ; " Up undivided, embracing the column, tapering above." — Cymbidium, Sw. — 3 "- 

 1" high, csespitose ; leaves 2"'-3"' broad ; perigone 2"'-3'" long (not yet opened) : iip pro- 

 bably nearly conform to the divisions. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macfl, Pd., on trees near Blue 

 Mountain Peak. 



59. E. ciliare, L. Tubers of several nodes, clavate fusiform, 2-3-/eaved ; leaves ob- 

 long, oblong-lanceolate or oval, blunt, usually exceeded by the scape ; flowers white or 

 whitish, in a spreading raceme : bracts oblong-lanceolate, twice or more exceeded by the 

 ovary, inferior sterile; perigonial divisions linear-acuminate, expanded ; lip obovate, cut into 

 Hexuose fringes, the terminal division exserted. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 209. — E. cuspidatum, 

 Lodd.—V-2> high; leaves 4"-8", perigone H"-2*' long.— Hab. Jamaica!; Antigua!, 

 iVullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Bradfi, on rocks and decayed 

 trees ; [French islands !, Sieb. Mart. 207 ; Mexico ! to Guiana !, New Granada !]. 



60. E. variegatum, Hook. (£.). Tubers fusiform, 2 (-"4 ") -leaved ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntish, often as long as or exceeding the scape, the latter supported by a 

 spathe; flowers variegated, greenish with purple spots and streaks, racemose : bracts minute, 

 deltoid ; perigonial divisions spathulate or obovate, blunt, exceeding the lip ; lip undivided, 

 small, obovate, apiculate, longitudinally 2-callous, approximate to the column. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3151.— 8"-20" high; leaves 6"-10" long, often separated by an internode; perigone 

 4"'-5"' long.— Hab. Jamaica {Lindl.) ; [Cuba ! to Brazil]. 



61. E. fragrans, (Sw. L.). Tubers fusiform, supported by a few large scales, \-phyl- 

 lous ■ leaves lanceolate-oblong, blunt, exceeding the scape, the latter supported by a spathe ; 

 flowers whitish with purple streaks on the lip, in a short raceme : braets small ; perigonial 

 divisions exterior lanceolate-acuminate, interior shorter, as long as the lip, elliptical, pointed ; 

 Up undivided, roundish, cuspidate.— Bot. Mag. t. 152.— E. cochleatum, Curt, (non L.).— 

 6''-12"high, leaves 6" -8", perigoue 8"'-12'" long. -Hab. Jamaica!, List., Lane, Wullschl., 

 on trees and rocks ; Dominica '., Imr. ; Trinidad !, Bradf. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil !]. 



