624 ORCHIDE.E. 



the internodes ; flowers in short, subsessile, contracted racemes at the axils, whitish : pedi- 

 cels concealed by membranaceous bractlets; perigonial divisions pointed, exterior oblong- 

 linear, interior linear ; lip recurved, obovate, emarginate, 3-callous ; column 3-dentate at the 

 summit. — Stems at length 8'-10' long (Bradf.), hanging from the branches of high trees; 

 leaves 6"'-10'" long, scarcely 1'" broad ; racemes 8 '"-10"' long, subcylindrical (or reduced 

 to a single flower); perigone 2'" loDg.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., Bradf., very common; 

 [Guiana !, Kegel, 1422]. 



Tribe III. FANDEJZ. — Poilinaria waxy, attached to a separable stigmatic gland. 

 Anther of Malaxidese. — Vegetation usually aerial. 



24. NANODES, Lindl. 



" Lip adnate to the column, and cohering with the exterior lateral perigonial divisions. 

 Poilinaria 4, sessile on the gland." — Stem low, leafy : no tubers ; leaves fleshy '-coriaceous, 

 distichous ; flowers sessile, terminal. 



113. N. discolor, Lindl.— Bot. Beg. t. 1541.— The Trinidad species, though agreeing 

 with the figure, must still be verified, our specimens being in fruit. — Csespitose, creeping, 

 l"-3" long ; leaves ovate-oblong, emarginate-blunt, sheathing, spreading, about 8"' long, 

 densely approximate ; flowers small, " violet," solitary (or geminate) . — Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Cr., Las Cuevas; [Brazil]. 



25. LOCKHARTIA, Hook. 



Lip free, 3-lobed : perigonial divisions free. Column 2-auricled at the summit : poilinaria 

 2, clavate, sessile on the gland. — Stem leafy : no tubers ; leaves equilant-distichous, imbri- 

 cate ; inflorescence axillary. 



114. L. acuta, G.Bchb. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, flat-compressed; cymes 

 dichotomous, spreading, exserted, confined to one or few of the uppermost axils : bracts 

 cordate-deltoid ; lateral lobes of the lip deltoid-dentiform, middle emarginate. — Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1806— Fernandezia, Lindl.— Stem l'-l^' long, pendulous ; leaves 8"'-10'", perigone 2 

 long, the latter yellowish-white. — Hab. Trinidad!, Bradf; [Venezuela]. 



115. Ii. elegans, Hook. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, flat-compressed ; peduncles 

 2-1-flowered, exserted: bracts cordate-deltoid ; lobes of the lip lateral short, middle oblong, 

 blunt: "tubercles of its disk numerous." — Bot. Mag. £.2715. — Fernandezia, Lindl. 

 V-1V long ; leaves V'-H", perigone 2'" long, the latter yellow with purple spots. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Cr., Bradf.; [Veraguas!; Venezuela!; Brazil]. 



26. DICH^A, Lindl. 



Lip free, undivided : perigonial divisions free, conuivent. Column naked : " poilinaria 

 4 : caudicute cuneate, gland minute." — Stem leafy : no tubers ; leaves equitant-distichous, 

 spreading ; flowers solitary, axillary. 



116. D. echinocarpa, Lindl. Leaves approximate, oblong, cuspidate-acute; "lip 

 sagittate-oblong ;" capsule ovoid, pilose-muricate -. its pedicel much shorter than the leaf. 

 Aubl. t. 322. — Cymbidium, Sw. Limodorum pendulum, Aubl. — Pendulous or decumbent ; 

 leaves 8"'-l 0'" long ; flowers "pale -yellow, with a blue lip, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all 

 coll., on trees and rocks among mosses ; [Cuba ! to South Brazil !]. 



117. D. muricata, Lindl. (R.). Leaves approximate, oblong, mucronate-blunt or 

 rounded at the summit ; capsule half-obovate-oblong, pilose-muricate .- its pedicel about 

 half as long as the leaf. — Cymbidium, Sw. — Suberect or scandent ; leaves 6"'-8'" long ; 

 flowers " larger than in the preceding " {Sw.). 



a. Leaves mucronate-blunt ; pedicels shorter than half the leaf. 



/3. latifolia, Lindl. Leaves rounded at the little mucronate point ; pedicels little exceeded 

 by the leaf. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. (a, jB) j Dominica !, Imr. (j8), S. Vincent '., Guild. (0) ; [Cuba ! 

 to French islands !]. 



118. D. trichocarpa, Lindl. Leaves oblong-linear, pointed, recurved ; " lip concave, 



