ORCHIDEiE. 619 



Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wullschl., on trees ; Dominica !, Imr. (a, /8), S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad; [Cuba! to Brazil]. 



81. E. nocturnum, L. (L.). Stem leafy; leaves oblong, or oval, blunt: flowers 

 whitish, or greenish-yellow, geminate-solitary : bracts ovate -lanceolate, much exceeded by 

 the long pedicel ; perigonial divisions large, linear-acuminate ; lip Z-Jid : lateral lobes 

 ovate-oblong, as long as the denticulate column, middle longer, setaceous-linear. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 210. Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 68.— l'-2' high ; leaves 5"-2", perigone 2i"-li" 

 long. — Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) j Jamaica !, Mac/., March. ; Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr., Brad/. ; [Cuba! to Guiana ! and Peru]. 



82. E. diffusum, Sw. (£., R.). Stem leafy; leaves ovate-oblong, or oblong, rounded- 

 bluntish ; flowers "greenish-white," in a loose panicle .- bracts minute ; perigonial divisions 

 exterior lanceolate, interior linear ; lip undivided, cordate-ovate, pointed, 3-crested, callous 

 at the base.— Bot. Mag. t. 3565.— 8"-lV high : panicle nearly as broad; leaves li"-3", 

 perigone 4"' long, red in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., on trees ; [Mexico ! to 

 Guiana!]. 



83. E. verrucosum, Sw. (P.). Stem leafy; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate : 

 sheaths subcylindrical, warty : flowers greenish-yellow, in a large, spreading panicle : 

 bracts subulate, small : perigonial divisions exterior elliptical-lanceolate, interior spathulate- 

 linear ; Up S-fld: lateral lobes oblong-linear, spreading, denticulate at the blunt summit, 

 middle 2-lobed : disk 3-crested, middle crest narrower. — 1 4 '-4' high : leaves 6"-4", peri- 

 gone 4"'-3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., on trees. 



84. E. vincentinum, Lindl. ! Stem low, leafy ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminate : 

 sheaths compressed ; flowers minute, in a narrow, few-flowered 'panicle : bracts subulate, 

 small, exceeded by the filiform pedicel ; perigonial divisions exterior lanceolate, interior 

 linear; Up undivided, cordate-roundish, undulate-crispate. — 3"-4" high; leaves 1", peri- 

 gone 1'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild. 



§4. Lip free, or nearly free from the column; stem equal at the base •. leaves alternate ; 

 inflorescence terminal. 



85. E. stfcenopetalum, Hook. (R.). Stem few-leaved above, sulcate ; leaves linear, 

 or lanceolate -linear, emarginate-blunt ; flowers rosy, in a few-flowered, subsessile corymb : 

 bracts scarious, small, ovate, pointed, sterile few, approximate, gradually larger ; perigonial 

 divisions pointed, exterior oblong-lanceolate, interior broader, elliptical-oblong ; lip undi- 

 vided, obovate, entire, transversely crested at the contracted, pale base ; column dentate at 

 the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 3410 : I have added the letter h to the specific name, on ac- 

 count of the broad petals. — Oncidium emarginatum, Mey. Esseq. ! — i'-2' high ; leaves 

 3"-4", perigone 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica (Hook.); Trinidad .', Bradfl, common on dying 

 trees; [Honduras to Guiana!]. 



86. E. teretifolium, Sw. (R.). Stem leafy, simple, \-flowered; leaves linear, trique- 

 trous-sub cylindrical, fleshy, blunt ; flower yellowish-green : bracts 2, membranaceous, ovate - 

 late ; perigonial divisions " exterior lanceolate, pointed, interior elliptical, half as long ; lip 

 undivided, striate, thickened-Z-quetrow at the summit^— Cymbidium, Sw. Isochilus, 

 Lindl.- .]/-] £' high ; leaves l|"-2", bracts 4"'-6'" long, the latter keeled.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 March, on trees, in high mountaius ; [Cuba]. 



87. E. globosum, Jacq. (R.). Stem leafy, simple, few-flowered; leaves linear, chan- 

 nelled-subcylindrical, bluntish ; flowers yellowish, reddish- variegated, in a sessile, contracted 

 umbel •. bracts small, membranaceous, ovate, blunt ; perigonial divisions ovate, interior 

 smaller; "Up undivided, ovate, pointed, concave."— Jacq. Amer. Pwt. t. 203.— Cymbi- 

 dium, Sw. Isochilus, Lindl. I -2"-6" high, caespitose; leaves 8"'-10"', bracts l'"long; 

 flowers small.— Hab. Jamaica!, Maef., Pd., Wullschl., on trees; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vin- 

 cent ; [Cuba ! to French islands !]. 



10. BROUGHTONIA, R. Br. 



Character of Epidendrum, but lip produced into an adnate-decurrent, linear spur.— Scape 

 terminal from an aerial tuber ; flowers crimson, racemose. 



