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Swartz's herbarium, G. Rchb. found only a single leaf. — Perigone smaller than in the pre- 

 ceding, 12"'-14'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Nevis <B. subulifolia, Lindl.). 



94. 8. nodosa, Lindl. {R.). Leaf "channelled, lanceolate-acuminate ;" flowers few, 

 large, corymbose ; perigonial divisions linear-acuminate, longer than their distance from the 

 axis ; lip ovate-roundish, long-cuspidate, eutirc, somewhat longer than the claw, the latter 

 often serrulate.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 213. Hot. Reg. 1840. t. 39.— Epidendrum, Jacq., 

 Sw.,L. (excl. syn. SI.). Bletia, G. Rchb. B. venosa, Lindl.!: this I know not how to 

 distinguish from B. nodosa, Bot. Reg. — Perigone much larger than in both preceding 

 species, 2"-2|" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macfl, Pd., March, Bancr. ; [Baru ; Mexico to 

 New Granada !]. 



** Scape terminal from an aerial tuber. 



95. B. vomeriformis, G. Rchb. {in lit.) " Leaf lanceolate-oblong, bluntish, keeled *- 

 3-quetrous, sessile upon a small aerial tuber, as long as the \-jiowered scape ; flowers" . . . 

 — Epidendrum, Sw. Bletia, G. Rchb. — " Allied to B. pumilio, G. Rchb., whieh has ex- 

 serted scapes ; tubers scarcely 2'" long, approximate-serial ; leaf 5 '"-6"' long:" — Hab. Ja- 

 maica {Sw.), on trees. 



14. L^ELIOPSIS, Lindl. 



Lip free, sessile, cmarginate-subentire, convolute below, membranaceous. Pollinia 8. — 

 Scape terminal from an aerial tuber ; leaves leathery ; flowers corymbose, devoid of spa- 

 thaceous bracts. 



96. Xi. dommg-ensis, Lindl. Tubers l(-2)-leaved ; leaf oblong-linear, bluntish, 

 crenulate, much shorter than the scape ; perigone pale-blue . divisions exterior lanceolate, 

 interior elliptical-oblong ; lip little exserteu, obovate, broadly emarginate, crispate-undulate : 

 veins hairy within.— Cattleya, Lindl. Bletia, G. Rchb. !— lY-2' high ; leaf 4"-6", perigone 

 about l£"long. — Hab. Jamaica!, March, on trees; [Cuba !; Haiti!]. 



15. SCHOMBURGKIA, Lindl. 



Lip shortly adnate to the margin of the column at its base : lateral lobes or lower part 

 convolute. Pollinia 8. — Scape terminal from an aerial, fusiform tuber ; leaves fleshy- 

 leathery ; flowers racemose, often crispate : bracts large, spathaceous. 



97. S. carinata, Gr. {n. sp.). Leaves oblong, blunt; flowers variegated: bracts as 

 long as the pedicels and ovary, spreading, sterile, appressed-sheathing ; perigonial divisions 

 oblong, blunt, crispate, exceeding the lip ; lip undivided, ovate-oblong, pointed, crispate at 

 the margin, ^-keeled within .- keels straightish, narrow, entire, subequal, tapering above ; 

 column 3-dentate at the summit, exceeded by the lip. — Habit of S. gloriosa (Bot. Mag. t. 

 3729) ; leaf 8" long, \\" broad ; raceme 1', bracts 3", perigone 1" long, the latter deusely 

 spotted with purple (in drying). — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., S. Anns, on trees. 



98. S. undulata, Lindl. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, rounded-blunt ; flowers violet- 

 purple with a crimson-rosy lip : bracts exceeded at length by the ovary ; perigonial divi- 

 sions oblong-linear, bluntish, crispate, exceeding the lip; lip 3-lobed : lateral lobes roundish, 

 middle broadly clawed, ovate, bluntish, longitudinally t '-crested ': crests undulate; column 

 much shorter than the lip.— Bot. Reg. 1845. t. 53.— Bletia, G. Rchb. — 4' high; leaves 

 I0"-12"long, 2" broad; bracts membranaceous, 1£" long; perigone H" long: divisions 

 3"'-4'" broad.— Hab. Trinidad !, Bradfl, uncommon, on trees; [Venezuela; New Granada]. 



16. BLETIA, R. P. 



Lip free, sessile, cucullate below its division, gibbous at the base, usually longitudinally 

 crested within. Pollinia 8.— Tuber depressed, terrestrial, terminated by a tuft of plaited, 

 chartaceous, acuminate leaves ; scape lateral ; flowers racemose. 



99. B. florida, R. Br. (R.). Leaves h'near or linear-lanceolate (12"'-4'" broad); 

 flowers rosy (or white) with a white middle lobe of the lip ; perigonial divisions exterior 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a bluntish point, interior ovate, bluntish ; lip o-cresled : middle lobe 

 cuneate-roundish, crispate.— Bot. Reg. t. 1401.— Scape l'-2' high, simple; perigone 

 10'"-8 W long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl., on rocky soil ; Trinidad!; [Vene/.uelaJ. 



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