632 OKCHIDE^. 



cohering (while Lindley describes them as distinct in his own form). — l'-2' high ; leaves 3 

 broad ; flowers " very variable in colour, red, vellow, or pale" {Jacq.) : lip 6' -8 long, 

 9"'-10'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/.; Antigua!, WuUsckl., Bradf, Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 [Mexico, Venezuela !, New Grauada !]. 



157. O. variegatum, Sw. (L.). Leaves channelled-equitant, falcate-oblong, pointed, 

 crenulate, much exceeded by the simple, or divided, many- flowered scape ; perigonial divi- 

 sions interior obovate, exterior spathulate, lateral cohering to or uear to the summit ; lip 

 lamellate-crested at the base : lateral lobes rounded, small or about one-third as large as 

 the middle one, the latter reuiform-2-lobed ; wings of the column half-ovate. — SI. t. 148. 

 /. 2. — Very variable in the form of the lip and the column-wings : heuce I regard 0. vein- 



tinum, Lindl. (R.), as a narrower-leaved form with puberulous flowers, my specimens showing 

 on the same axis the lateral lobes of the lip approximate to the middle one or distant from 

 it. 8"-l §' high ; leaves short, 5"'-4"'(-2"') broad ; flowers spotted-rosy and white-varie- 

 gated : lip 6'" long, 8"'-10'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, March; [Cuba!, Haiti!, Swedish 

 islands], 



158. O. sylvestre, Lindl.! Leaves cha.T)ndle&-eqmtant, falcate-linear, pointed, en- 

 tire, much exceeded by the simple, or divided, many-few-flowered scape ; perigonial divi- 

 sions interior obovate, exterior spathulate, lateral cohering to near the summit ; lip lamel- 

 late-crested at the base : lateral lobes roundish, much smaller than the middle one, the 

 latter cordate-reniform, repand, 2-lobed ; wings of the column half-ovate, pointed. Very 

 near the preceding, but lateral lobes of the lip half as large. 8"-15"high; leaves short, 

 l"'-2'" broad; flowers rosy : lip 6'" long, 8'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; [Cuba!]. 



** Leaves terete, acuminate. 



159. O. Cebolleta, Sw. "Leaves terete, striate, acuminate, subsolitary, much ex- 

 ceeded by the divided, many-flowered scape ; perigonial divisions all distinct, obovate-oblong ; 

 lip crested at the base : middle lobe reniform-2-lobed, distant from the small, lateral ones ; 

 wings of the column falcate."— Jacq. Amer. Pict. I. 217- Bot. Reg. t. 1994.— Epideudruui, 

 Jacq.— The S. Lucia plant (Hb. Banks), quoted by Lindl., was afterwards distinguished by 

 him from Jacquin's species as 0. ascendens, Lindl., said to differ by smaller flowers and 

 linear-incurved columu-winss. " Leaves 4"-12" long, 5"'-3'" diam. ; flowers yellow, usually 

 spotted." — IIab. S. Lucia [Lindl.) ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



*** Leaves flat ; perigonial divisions all distinct. 



160. O. luridum, Lindl. ! Root fibrous ; scape lateral, panicled ; leaves thick, broadly 

 lanceolate-oblong, with a bluutish point ; perigonial divisions distinct, clawed-obovate, un- 

 dulate ; lip crested with 5 or more tubercles : base with its obsolete, lateral lobes narrower 

 than the transversely oblong, emarginate middle lobe ; wings of the column fleshy, 

 rounded.— Bot. Reg. 25. 1. 16.— Epidendrum guttatum, L. — 3'-4' high ; leaves 1' long, 4 

 broad, or " narrower;" flowers usually dull-yellow, brown-spotted: lip 10"' broad, middle 

 lobe half as long.— Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. ; Trinidad!, Sch., Bradf; [Cuba! to Vene- 

 zuela !]. 



0. carthaginense, Sw. (Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 214), distinguished by the base of the lip as 

 broad as the clawed middle lobe, and by paler flowers, does not occur in our West Indian 

 collections : the homonym of Sw.'s Flora i3 probably 0. luridum, not yet separated at that 

 time. 



161. O. ampliatum, Lindl. Aerial tubers roundish, compressed; scape lateral, 

 panicled ; leaves leathery, lanceolate-oblong, blunt ; perigonial divisions distinct, clawed- 

 obovate ; lip crested with tubercles above the slender claw : lateral lobes minute, middle 

 transversely-oblong, 2-lobed ; wings of the column membranaceous, 2 lateral, transversely 

 oblong, denticulate, one on the back of the anther.— Bot. Reg. t. 1699.— 1'-2' high ; 

 leaves 6" long, 1£" broad; flowers yellow : lip 6"'-8"' broad, middle lobe as long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Bradf; [Costarica to Venezuela]. 



162. O. altissimura, Sw. Aerial tubers elliptical-oblong, compressed, 1-leaved; 

 scape high, racemose, or with ascending, few-flowered branches ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or 

 lauceolate, shortly acuminate ; perigonial divisions distinct, oblong -lanceolate, or lanceolate, 

 undulate ; lip as long, crested with tubercles at the contracted base : lateral lobes reduced 



