490 NEOTTEJE—CRA NICHIDAE. 
CCLVII. CRANICHIS. 
Cranichis. Swartz, act. holm. 1800. p. 226. t. 3. f. k. Fl. Ind. occ. 3.1418. Endlicher 
Genera, no. 1574. 
Sepala patentia, libera, lateralia majora in columnam incumbentia. Petala 
minora, conformia, libera. Labellum posticum, membranaceum, basi 
exauriculatum, concavum, in columnam pronum. Columna bipartita ; 
lacinià anticà apice stigmntiferà integra v. emarginatd, postice membra- 
naceà; dorsali antheriferà. Anthera bilocularis, connectivo rostrato. 
Pollinia 4. ———— Herb: terrestres, Americe  calidioris, radicibus 
fasciculatis. Folia radicalia, lata, membranacea. Scapus terminalis, 
vaginatus. Flores spicati, nervosi, herbacei. 
This is the least gynandrous genus yet known among Orchidacez. Pos- 
sibly Ophrys pubescens and parviflora of Presl. Reliq. Hankeana, may be 
other species. 
l]. Cranicnis aphylla. Swartz. Prodr. 129. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1421. t. 29. 
fil. 
C. aphylla, scapo filiformi pubescente vaginulis membranaceis, spicá 
densa, bracteis minutis ovatis, sepalis conniventibus, labello fornicato 
sepalis majore et coloratiore. 
Hab. in Jamaica; in sylvis montium altissimorum Parecie Clarendon, 
locis humidis tenebrosis, inter quisquilias, Autumno florens, Swartz. 
Scapus semipedalis albescens. Spica sesqui-s. biuncialis. Flores pallide? 
albidi; ex Swartzio. 
2. Cranicuis diphylla. Swartz. Prodr. 190. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1423. 
C. foliis 1-2 petiolatis cordatis acuminatis nitidis, scapo filiformi vaginulis 
paucis minutis, spicà parva, sepalis persistentibus, petalis tenerioribus 
deciduis, labello postice carinato sepalis minore. 
Hab. in Jamaica australi ; inter muscos in uliginosis montium altissimorum, 
Februario florens, Swartz. 
Folia venosa, nitida, lætè virentia. Scapus semipedalis, glaber. Spica 
parva, floribus numerosis sparsis minutis albidis. Sepala pallid? viridia, 
petala alba; ex Swartzio. 
3. Cranicuis pauciflora. Swartz. Fl. Ind. occ. 3. 1431. 
C. foliis rosulatis oblongis sessilibus, scapo apice pubescente, spicà lax4, 
bracteis brevibus cucullatis ovarioque pubescentibus, sepalis patulis 
oblongis acutis, petalis linearibus obtusis zequilongis, labello ventricoso 
acuminato membranaceo. 
Hab. in Jamaica australi, in montium umbrosis, Swartz, Distin. (exam. s. 
sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
The flowers of this species are larger than most of the others. Swartz 
seems to have seen a small specimen only ; one of those in Sir William 
Hooker's Herbarium has 18 flowers, and a spike five inches long ; so that 
the trivial name is by no means applicable. The long pointed membranous 
lip is very characteristic. 
