616 ORCHJDE.E. 



62. S. cochleatum, L. Tubers ovate-lanceolate or ovale, compressed, costate, sup- 

 ported by scales, 2-leaved ; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering at the base, about as lor.g as 

 the scape, the latter supported by a spathe ; flowers greenish, with a purple or purple-varie- 

 gated lip, racemose: bracts small ; perigonial divisions recurved, lanceolate-linear, acumi- 

 nate, longer than the lip ; lip undivided, cochleate, cordate-roundish, pointed, 2-callous at 

 the base.— Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 88. flg.dej-tr.-V-2' high; leaves l"-lf" broad; perigone 

 1"-H ff ,lip 8"' long— Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ^ Jamaica!, JL, Wullschl., on trees and 

 rocks : [Cuba !, Haiti!, and Mexico to Venezuela]. 



§ 3. Lip adnate to the column ; stem equal at the base : leaves alternate ; inflorescence 



terminal. 



* Stem spathaceous-bracteale below the inflorescence: spathes much longer than the 



fertile bracts. 



63. E. trinitatis, Lindl. ! Stem leafy, 2-edged ; leaves lanceolate, blunt ; flowers 

 pale with a yellow lip, in a terminal, simple, peduncled, nodding, many -flowered raceme: 

 peduncle supported by a single, long, complicated, oblong-linear, herbaceous spathe ; peri- 

 gonial divisions exterior elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, interior shorter, setaceous ; lip 

 S-lobed, falcate : lateral lobes subquadrate, pointed, middle longer, subulate, 3-callotis at 

 the base. — l'-l J' high ; leaves 4", spathe 3", perigone 3'" long.— Hab. Trinidad {Lindl.) ; 

 [New Granada!, Pd.~]. 



64. E. rivulare, Lindl. ! Stem leafy ; leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, pointed ; 

 flowers greenish and red-variegated with a pale lip, in a few-flowered, simple raceme : pe- 

 duncle concealed by distichous, contiguous, keeled-complicated oblong-linear, herbaceous 

 spathes ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, pointed, interior as long, linear ; 

 lip S-lobed : lateral lobes subquadrate, fimbriate-cut, spreading, middle linear, 3-dei/tale 

 at the dilated summit.— ] !'-2' high ; leaves 5"-3", spathes 10"'-18"', perigone 8'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Dolphin's Peak ; [Cuba !, Haiti !]. 



65. E. lanceolatum, Brad/, ms. (w. sp.). Stem leafy ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; 

 flowers whitish, in a few-flowered, short raceme : peduncle concealed by a few distichous, 



contiguous, keeled-complicated, oblong-linear, poiuted, herbaceous spathes ; perigonial divi- 

 sions exterior lanceolate-linear, acuminate, interior as long, linear-acuminate ; lip %-lobed, 

 as long as the perigone ; lateral lobes half -oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, ascending, middle 

 half as long again, narrowly linear-acuminate. — Allied to the preceding, l'-l i' high ; 

 leaves 4"-6" long, 6"'-9'" broad ; spathes 6"'-4'", perigone 1" long, as loug as the filiform 

 ovary : its bract minutely ovate. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf., Pitch Lake. 



66. E. discoidale, Lindl. ! Stem leafy ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, pointed; flowers 

 in a terminal, shortly peduncled, branched, or simple raceme : peduncle concealed by several 

 approarimate-dislichous, keeled-complicated, oblong-linear, pointed, herbaceous spathes ; pe- 

 rigonial divisions blunt, exterior spathulate-oblong, interior as long, spathulate-linear ; lip 

 S-lobed: blade broader than long : lateral lobes reniform, spreading, middle as long, half 

 as broad, subquadrate, retuse-truncate. — Habit of E. nutans, Sw., but distinguished by the 

 spathes, and a peculiar, callous, roundish area, occupying the blade of the lip below the lobes. 

 — l'-H'high; leaves 6" long, about 1£" broad; spathes H"-l", perigone 8"'-10"' long; 

 bracts small, lanceolate-acuminate. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



67. E. nutans, Sw. (R.). Stem leafy; leaves oblong, bluntish, clasping ; /w^* 

 yellow-green, in a mauy-flowered, flexuose panicle : its racemose branches nodding, interior 

 supported by a large, scarious, oblong-lanceolate spathe : sterile spathe usually none ; pe- 

 rigonial divisions bluntish, exterior spathulate-oblong, interior as loug, spathulate-lwear ; 

 Up Z-lobed : blade a little broader than long : lateral lobes trapezoid-roundish, spreading, 

 middle smaller, subquadrate, retuse-truncate. — 1'-2' high ; leaves 8"-6", spathes 2", peri- 

 gone 8"'-10'" long ; lip 2-callous at the base ; bracts linear, 2"'-8'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macfl, WullscM., on trees. 



68. E. pallidiflorum, Hook. ! Stem leafy below ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong, 

 bluntish ; flowers pale-yellow " with a red stain at the top of the column," in a short, loose, 

 simple, or branched raceme : peduncle distantly bracteate, with lanceolate-linear, scarious 

 bmits; perigonial divisions spathulate- lanceolate or lauceolate-elliptical, bluntish; l*P 



