620 ORCHIDE^. 



88. B. sanguinea, R. Br.— SI. t. 121./. 2. — Dendrobiuni, Sw. Epideudrnm, Sw.— 

 Tuber oval-oblong, 2-leaved ; scape 8"-15" high ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, or oblong- 

 linear, i-J as long as the scape ; raceme 5-12-flowered ; perigone 8"'-10 w long: exterior 

 divisions lanceolate, or oblong, interior broadly-elliptical ; lip uudivided, obcordate-roundish, 

 subsessile. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., on trees, in the low lands, Westmoreland; [Cuba!]. 



11. CATTLEYA, Lindl. 



Character of Epidendrtim, but lip free, sessile, convolute below around the column. 

 Scape terminal from a 2-\-leaved aerial tuber ; leaves leathery ; flowers few-solitary sup- 

 ported by spathaceous bracts. 



89. C. Skinneri, Balem., var. parvijlora, Hook. Tubers subcompressed, lanceolate- 

 oblong, often several-nodal, 2-leaved; leaves oval, or oval-oblong, blunt; spathe 2-leaved, 

 supporting the 2-6 (-8) -flowered scape ; perigone rosy : divisions pointed, exterior oblong- 

 lanceolate, interior oblong ; lip undivided, elliptical-oblong, pointed, convolute at the base. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4916. — C. Deckeri, El. Epidendrum Huegelianum, var., G. Rchb. i a has 

 larger flowers and a "blunt lip," and is possibly the <J of our form, in which all pollinana 

 "proved imperfect" {Bradf.).— Stem 6"-8", leaves 4"-6", perigone 1" long.— Hab. Trim- 

 dad !, Cr., Bradf., common ; [Guatemala, along the damp coast]. 



12. L^LIA, Lindl. 



Lip free, sessile, 3-lobed, channelled-convolute around the column below the division. 

 Pollinia 8: caudiculee 4. — Scape terminal from an aerial tuber; leaves fleshy; flowers 

 large, supported by spathaceous bracts. 



90. It. superbiens, Lindl. "Tuber elliptical-oblong, 2-1-leaved; leaves oblong;" 

 flowers corymbose, rosy with a purple and yellow-variegated lip : bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 large, exceeding the pedicel, inferior sterile ; perigonial divisions lanceolate-oblong, bluntisn, 

 flat ; lateral lobes of the lip broadly oblong, middle about half as long, broader than long, 

 emarginate-blunt, crested at the base: crests 5, longitudinal, broad, truncate, dentate; 

 colitmn dentate at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 4090 : in our form the flowers are less nu- 

 merous. — Bletia, 67. Rchb.— Stout ; bracts 2"-2\", flowers 2^" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., 

 Wils. ; [Mexico to Costarica] . 



13. BRASSAVOLA, R. Br. 



Lip free, clawed, nearly undivided : claw channelled, convolute around the column. Pol- 

 linia 8. — Leal solitary, narrow, fleshy ; inflorescence terminal. 



* Stem cylindrical, sheathed, 1-leaved towards the summit : no aerial tubers. 



91. B. cucullata, R. Br. (R.). Leaf subcylindrical, linear-acuminate ; flower soli- 

 tary ; perigonial divisions long, lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; lip shortly clawed, cucidlate- 

 subulate, fimbriate at the margin below its long, linear-acuminate, terminal appendage.— 

 Bot. Mag. t. 543.— Epidendrum, L. Bletia, 67. Rchb.— Csespitose, about 1' high ; leaf 

 6"-10" long, 2'" diam. ; perigone yellowish-white, 3"-2V long.— Hab. Dominica !, Imr., 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Bradf, abundant j [Mexico to Venezuela]. 



92. B. cor data, Lindl. (R.). Leaf complicated-linear, acuminate, recurved ; flowers 

 corymbose ; perigonial divisions lanceolate-linear, acuminate, about as long as their distance 

 from the axis; Up subcordate-roundish, cuspidate, entire, scarcely as long as the claw. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3782.— Bletia, G. Rchb.— 8"-12" high ; leaf 6"-8" long : its sides 4'" broad , 

 perigone greenish with a white lip, li"long. — Hab. Jamaica!, M'Nab, W'ullschl.; [Brazil]- 



93. B. Sloanei, Gr. Leaf " channelled-half cylindrical, linear-acuminate, straightish ; 

 flowers corymbose ; perigonial divisions lanceolate-linear, acuminate, shorter than their dis- 

 tance from the axis ; lip subcordate-roundish, mucronate, entire, longer than the claw. 

 St. I. Ml. /. 3. Bot. Mag. t. 3229.— B. nodosa, Hook, (non Lindl. in Bot. Reg.). B- 

 subulifolia, Lindl." (" leaves very narrow ") : Cymbidiuin subulatum, Sw., if erroneously de- 

 scribed, may possibly belong to this ; it is, however a quite doubtful Orchid, of which, in 



