622 ORCHIDE^. 



100. B. purpurea, DC. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate (12"'-4"' broad) ; flowers 

 purplish-rosy with a crimson-purple middle lobe of the lip ; perigonial divisions subacute, 

 exterior ovate-lanceolate, interior ovate ; lip 7(-9)-cresled : middle lobe cuneate-roundish, 

 crispate. — Red. Lil. ii. t. 83 : flower bad. — Scape few-branched or simple ; proportions of 

 the preceding. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



101. B. verecunda, R. Br. Leaves linear-lanceolate (10"'-12'" broad); flowers 

 purple; perigonial divisions exterior ovate, pointed, interior oblong, blunt ; lip t>-crested : 

 middle lobe broader than long, undulate. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 602. — Limodorum altum, Jacq. 

 —Scape 2'-3'high, few-branched; perigone 10"'-8"' long.— Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; [Cuba 

 to Caribbean islands]. 



102. B. Shepherdii, Hook. Leaves lanceolate-oblong (2"-2£" broad) ; flowers pur- 

 ple; perigonial divisions exterior ovate, pointed, interior oblong, bluntish; lip ^-crested: 

 middle lobe broader than long, crispate. — Bot. Mag. t. 3319. — B. patula, Lindl. PI- 

 Wright. — Scape 3' high, simple or few-branched; perigone 1"-1J" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 DisU; [Cuba]. 



17. TETRAM1CRA, Lindl. 



Lip free, sessile, expanded, 3-lobed. Pollinia 8. — Stem terrestrial: no tubers ; leaves 

 narrow, rigid; flowers racemose. 



103. T. rigida, Lindl. {R.). Scape distantly sheathed, few-branched above or simple ; 

 leaves few, half-cylindrical-linear, channelled, acuminate, recurved ; lip exscrted, 3-parlile: 

 lateral segments spreading, ovate, middle large, obovatc-roundish, 5-striate. — Hamitt. 

 Prodr. Icon. Bot. Mag. t. 3098.— Bletia, G. Rchb. Cyrtopodium elegans, Ham. (Bras- 

 savola, Hook.).—V-2' high, rigid; leaves 4"-8" long, 1#" broad; perigone 6'" long, 

 greenish with a rosy, purple-striate lip. — Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl., on rocks; 

 Trinidad !, Bradf. ; [Haiti!; Desirade]. 



104. T. parvifiora, Lindl.! Scape distantly sheathed, simple, slender; leaves few, 

 short, complicated, oblong-linear, pointed, much recurved, fleshy ; lip shortly exserted, 

 deeply 3-fid, callous at the base: lateral lobes half-ovate-oblong, middle larger, ovate, 

 bluntish.— Bletia, G. Rchb.— 6"-8" high ; leaves 6"'-10'" long, 2'" broad ; perigone 3 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf. 



105. T. montana, Gr. Stem leafy above, distantly sheathed below, simple ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, plaited-striate, flattish, sheathing at the base ; raceme few- 

 flowered ; lip ovate-oblong, slightly Z-lobed above, crenulate : middle lobe shorter, ovate, 

 blunt.— Bot. Mag. t. 2823.— Cymbidium, Sw. Bletia, G. Rchb. Octomeria serratifolia, 

 Hook.!—V high; leaves 2"-3" long, 3"'-5"' broad; perigone 5"'-6'" long, white, yel- 

 lowish-variegated. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Wils.; [Haiti!]. 



18. PHAJUS, Lour. 



Lip shortly adnate to the base of the column, spurred, 3-lobed, or subentire. Pollinia 

 8. — Stem terrestrial ; leaves broad, plaited-chartaceous ; flowers large. 



106. P. grandifolius, Lour. {R.). Scape distantly sheathed below ; leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, pointed ; flowers in a loose raceme, white ( Wullschl.) ; perigonial divisions oblong- 

 lanceolate, pointed ; lip obovate, obsoletely 3-lobed above, undulate : middle lobe retuse : 

 spur short.— Bot. Mag. t. 1924.— Bletia Taukervillia;, R. Br.—l^' high ; perigone nearly 

 2'' long, spreading. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl., Al., rare : Bethany; [trop. Asia to Hong- 

 kong; trop. America]. 



19. EVELYNA, Pcepp., Endl. 



Lip free, sessile, convolute below, saccate at the base. Pollinia 8, at length powdery : 

 caudiculas very short. — Stem leafy -. no aerial tubers ; leaves plaited-chartaceous ; flowers 

 supported by large bracts, in terminal heads or spikes. 



107. E. capitata, Pcepp., Endl. {R.). Stem leafy to the summit; leaves oblong-lan- 

 eeolate, acuminate, uppermost lanceolate; terminal head depressed-hemispherical : bracts 

 imbricate, foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the " purple " flowers ; 



