114 EPIDENDRE.E. 
semiteres cum ovario continua. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, col- 
lateralia, caudiculis reflexis. Herba epiphyta, caule erecto, he. 
simplici, filiformi. Folia linearia subulata canaliculata secunda. 
cemi subbiflori terminales, Flores parvi. Bracteæ ovate acute. 
1. Ponera juncifolia. 
Epidendrum graminifolium. Pavon, Mss. 
Hab. in Mezico ; , Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) 
: re ee ee : ‘ ex 
Caules palmares. Folia vaginis minutissim? verrucosis. Racemus 
axilla folii terminalis quadruplo quintuplové longioris. 
JO AE BRASSAVOLA. 
Brassavola. R. Brown in Hort. Kew, ed. 2. 5. 216. 
Sepala et petala subzqualia, libera, acuminata. Labellum cnc 
integrum, columnam involvens. Columna marginata, clavata, Per g 
infundibulari, clinandrio posticè tridentato. Pollinia 8, ip As 
quibusdam aliis parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis m? 5 
natis, loculis semibipartitis. Herba: caulescentes, epiphyte, pit 
folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, suprà sulca ke 
apice subulatum, gerentes. Flores terminales, magni, speciosi. 
1, BnassavoLA cucullata. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 216. E 
B. labello cucullato fimbriato apice integro petalis sepalisque acuminatis- 
simis. 
Helleborine floribus albis cucullatis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 179. f. 1. 
Epidendrum cucullatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1350. Bot. Mag. 543. 
Cymbidium cucullatum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 73. 
Hab. in India Occidentali. 
Flores solitarii ochroleuci labello albo. 
2. BnassavoLA tuberculata. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2878. 
B.labello oblongo cuspidato integerrimo, sepalis pedunculo ovarioque 
tuberculatis, dentibus clinandrii fimbriatis. 
Hab. in Brazilia ad Rio Janeiro ; Hooker, Forbes. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp-) 
Folia szpiüs tribus sulcis exarata. 
Sepala rubro-fusco maculata. Petala 
et labellum alba. Flores inodori. 
Dr. Hooker's figure in the Botanical Magazine is excellent, and pu 
larly well represents the rare circumstance of a few additional minute pol m 
masses being found with the usual ones. I formerly called this Brassavo 
trinervis, under which name it was distributed by the Horticultural Society: 
3. BnassaAvoLA nodosa. 
B. labello cordato acuminato integerrimo, sepalis petalisque acuminatis 
brevibus, dentibus lateralibus clinandrii integris posticA bifida. 
Epidendrum curassavicum Orchidi affine. Herm. Parav. 187. t. 187. 
Viscum delphinii flore minns, &c. Sloane Jam. 1.251. t. 125. F i 28. 
Epidendrum nodosum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1350. Jacq. Amer. 226. t.140. Swartz Obs. 32 
Cymbidium nodosum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups.6.73. Willd. no. 24. 
Hab. in sylvis insule Baru, Jacquin, Jamaice ; Sloane. 
