634 ORCHIDEiE. 



repand-truucate ; pollinaria obovate, solid : caudicula shorter, oblong, antrorsely channelled: 

 gland as broad, ovate. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wits. 



48. LEOCHILUS, KnowL, Westc. 



Lip free, cucullate below, sessile, undivided : perigonial divisions spreading, free, or the 

 exterior lateral cohering. Column, low, 2-armed below the stigma with spreading branches : 

 rostellum ovate : pollinaria 2 s caudicula linear, gland ovoid. — Scape lateral to aerial tubers ; 

 flowers in a short raceme. 



169. I<. cochlearis, Lincll. (R.). Leaves short, oblong, pointed, usually exceeded by 

 the filiform, erect, simple or divided scape : branches of the latter few-flowered ; perigonial 

 divisions ovate, blunt, exterior lateral cohering ; lip obovate, blunt, crested at the base : 

 crest semilunar. — Sic. Adnot. t. 2./. 6.— Rodriguezia, Lindl. Epidendrum labiatum, Sw.— 

 6"-li" high ; leaves variable in size ; flowers pale-yellow or "purple- and yellow-variegated 

 {Sw.) •. lip 3"'-4'" long : the Trinidad form has larger flowers and the leaves as long as the 

 scape. — Hab. Jamaica I, M'Nab, Wullschl., on trees ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Cr., 

 Bradf. ; [Haiti ; Guadeloupe !]. 



49. RODRIGUEZIA, R. P. 



Character of Leochilus, but lip clawed, its claw parallel to the column, the latter slender 

 clavate, devoid of spreading appendages ; perigonial divisions exterior lateral cohering.— 

 Scape lateral to aerial tubers ; flowers racemose. 



170. R. secunda, Klh. Tubers elliptical-oblong, compressed ; leaves oblong, bluntish 

 or emarginate-bluntish, about as long as the scape ; raceme many-flowered, oue-sided ; 

 flowers rosy ; perigonial divisions spathulate-oblong, as long as the lip, the latter contracted 

 above the spathulate claw, its blade shorter, emarginate-rouudish, callous at the base ; 

 column shortly 2-appendiculate at the rostellum.— Bot. Reg. t. 930.— 8"-12" high; leaves 

 10"'-6'" broad; perigone 6'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad !, Bradf. ; [Pa- 

 nama ! ; New Granada ! ; Guiana ! ; Brazil !]. 



50. ASPASIA., Lindl. 



Lip adnate by its claw to the column, its blade spreading, flattish : perigonial divisions 

 exterior snperior, and 2 interior usually cohering and adhering to the base of the column. 

 Column naked, margined : pollinaria 2, dorsally furrowed : base of the caudicula embracing 

 the gland. — Scape lateral to aerial tubers, simple. 



171. A. variegata, Lindl. Tubers " 2-leaved ;" leaves oblong-linear, shortly acumi- 

 nate, about as long as the 1-3-flowered scape; perigonial divisions oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, 2 interior cohering with the exterior superior, equalling the clavate column ; hp 

 with 2 pubescent tubercles at the base, 3-lobed : middle lobe much larger, roundish. — Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1907.— Scape 4"-6" high ; flower variegated, spotted-greenish, with a violet-spotted, 

 white lip, 8"'-10'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, from specimens introduced from that island ; 

 [Guiana ! to Brazil]. 



51. NOTYLIA, Lindl. 



Lip " free," or a little adhering by its claw to the column, its blade entire : perigonial 

 divisions exterior lateral cohering. Column slender, naked •. anther dorsal : " pollinaria 2, 

 solid : caudicula clavate-linear : gland minute." — Scape lateral to 1-leaved, aerial tubers ; 

 flowers racemose. 



172. WT. punctata, Lindl. "Leaves oblong, flat; rhachis of the pendulous raceme 

 flexuose : flowers whitish ; perigonial divisions bluntish, exterior lateral cohering to about the 

 middle ; lip clawed, cordate -ovate, blunt, callous at the base" — Bot. Reg. t. 759. — Pleuro- 

 thallis, Lindl. — "Leaves about 3'" long, \i" broad : racemes as long or longer: flowers 

 distant, 4'" long."— Hab. Trinidad {Lindl.). 



173. X*. incurva, Lindl. " Leaves flat ; flowers pale-yellow ; perigonial divisions 

 pointed, exterior lateral cohering to about the middle ; Up clawed, cordate-ovate, keeled 

 below the pointed summit, reflexed at the margin, devoid of a callus at the base."— 

 "Flowers larger than in other species."— Hab. Trinidad {Lindl.). 



