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shortly 3-lobed, roundish: lobes subequal, lateral spreading, middle subtruncate, 2-calloiis 

 — Bot. Mag. t. 2980.— 8"-li' high; leaves 5"-2£", sterile bracts 12"'-6'", perigone 6'" 

 long ; bracts upwards gradually shorter. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



69. E. fuscatum, Sw. (L., R.). Stem leafy below ; leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, 

 lanceolate, recurved-apiculate ; flowers greenish or purple-greenish, in a short, compact, 

 long-peduncled raceme : peduncle sheathed, with compressed-tubidar, long, scarious bracts ; 

 perigouial divisions bluutish, exterior spathulate-obloug, interior spathulate-lincar ; lip cor- 

 date-roundish, slightly 3-lobed: lateral lobes roundish, middle smaller, emarginate. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 208— E. anceps, Jacq. (non Sw.).—li'-3' high; leaves 5"-3", perigone 4"'- 

 6'" long ; raceme l"-2" diam. : sterile bracts 1"-1*", fertile H'"-3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Bancr., Wulhchl., March; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S.Vincent!, Guild., 

 Grenada; [Cuba! to Guiana]. 



70. E. elongatum, Jacq. Stem leafy about the middle; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluntish or blunt ; flowers rosy, in a short, long-peduncled, simple, or few-branched raceme : 

 peduncle sheathed with long, tubular, scarious bracts; perigonial divisions spathulate-lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate ; lip Z-lobed, puberulous within, 2-tubercled at the base, the middle 

 line crested : lobes' denticulate, middle larger, 2-jid ; column distinctly 3-dentate at the 

 dilated summit. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 207.— E. secundum, L.- 2'-4' high ; leaves 4"-3", 

 raceme l"-2", perigone 6'" long ; bracts small. 



a. Leaves tapering-bluntish. 



$■ crassifo/ium, Luidl. Leaves fleshy, rounded-blunt. — I see no difference in the lip, but 

 its crest less developed. 



Hab. Antigua!, Nichols, (a), Dominica!, Imr. (a), S.Vincent (0) ; Trinidad!, Brad/. 

 O), abundant near Pitch Lake, terrestrial; [French islands! to Venezuela]. 



71. E. Schomburgkii, Lindl. Stem leafy about the middle ; leaves lanceolate, 

 bluntish ; flowers crimson., in a corymbose, long-peduncled raceme : peduncle sheathed with 

 long, tubular, scarious bracts ; perigonial divisions elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate ; lip 

 deeply 3-lobed, 2-callous at the base, tbe middle line keeled : lobes dentate at the summit, 

 lateral ascending, middle longer, cuneate-oblong. — Bot. Reg. 1838. t. 53. — 2-3' high; 

 leaves 4"-3", perigone 10"'-8'" long ; corymb 3"-4" diam. : bracts lanceolate-linear, inferior 

 6"' long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Brad/., Maraval ; [Guiana to Brazil and Peru]. 



72. E. fulgens, Brongn. (non Pocke). Stem leafy above ; leaves lanceolate, or 

 oblong-linear, bluntish ; flowers purplish-rosy, in a short, peduncled, simple, or branched 

 raceme : peduncle distantly sheathed with long, scarious bracts; perigonial divisions ellip- 

 tical or elliptical-oblong, 6omewhat bluntish ; lip cordate-roundish, fimbriate-dentate, 

 nearly undivided, or with a short terminal lobe, 2-callous at the base, the middle line 

 keeled. — Duperrey, Voy. t. 60. — E. Schomburgkii, var. confluens, Lindl. t but rather a form 

 of E. cinnabarinum, Salzm. (Bot. Reg. 1842. t. 25) with smaller "flowers, and the terminal 

 lobe of the lip suppressed.— H'-2' high; leaves 6"-3", raceme l"-2", perigone 6'" long ; 

 bracts lanceolate-linear, inferior 6"'-4'"loug. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf. ; [£. cinnabarinum : 

 Venezuela to Brazil]. 



73. E. compressum, Gr. (». sp.). Stem few-leaved, compressed; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, pointed; flowers red,Jn a loose, racemiform panicle : peduncle distant I g sheathed 

 with scarious, oblong, pointed bracts; perigonial divisions pointed, exterior lanceolate, or 

 half-ovate-lanceolate, interior linear; lip concave, shortly Z-fid : lateral lobes deltoid-ovate, 

 small, middle a little longer, recurved, linear-sub -3-gonal ; column small. — Habit of E. dif- 

 fusum, Sw. ; l$'-2' high; leaves about 3, alternate, much exceeded by the peduncled 



panicle, 3"-4" long, spreading from a keeled-complicated sheath ; sterile bracts 6"'-10 w 

 long, superior decrescent; perigone, 3'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Bradf. 



** Stem leafy to the inflorescence: sterile bracts none, or a few conform to the 

 fertile ones. 



74. E. patens, Sw. sec. Lindl. (R.). Stems leafy above ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed ; flowers greenish-yellow, in a nodding raceme: bracts small, deltoid; perigonial 

 divisions spathulate-oblong ; lip equally 3-lobed, 2-tubercled at the base : lobes blunt, 

 middle 2-lobed.-Bot. Mag. I. 3800.— From the description of E. patens, Sw. ( flores pa- 

 uiculati; bractea: lineari-lanceolata-") neither his synonym is clear, nor does our specie!* 



