ORCHIDACEAE 391 
A. conopsea (Ait.) Small. Plant 0.5-2 dm. tall: leaf-blades oblong to 
elliptic- -lanceolate, 3-8 em. long: pea stalk slender: flowers fragrant: perianth 
green and often purple- tinged: lateral sepa = 
spatulate, 8— x m. Jong: pet a near-spa 
late, 8-10 m e ng: lip g blade 5-6 
mm. long, with 2 broad Ton mes and a 
slightly narrower -—— lobe: Praes id 
15-20 mm. long. iden 
seum Ait.]— (GREEN- Un OR il Ha m 
mocks and river ped mostly on live-oaks 
and magnolias, or rarely on rocks, Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to La. AN ae tie 
2. (Jaeq. i Britton. Plant 1.5 dm 
tall: de M mainly elliptie to elliptic- 
—18 em. lon 
E perianth greenish or purple-green: lat- 
ral dise Cue obligue o a ely 
trune s apex, 6-7 mm. long: petals spatulate, often broadly so, 5.5-6.5 
c ^i eh ostly green; bl "a 5-6 mm. long, with 2 broad rounded lateral 
bes and a middle notched lobe: capsule- -a 13-15 mm. one [Epidendrum 
anceps Jaeq.]—Hammocks, S pen. Fla.—(W. I.)—AMW y 
3. A. difformis (J pe p Plant 1—3.5 dm. tall: i. porn d or 
nearly so, 4—8 em anth green: lateral sepals m oblique, 
sometimes broadly he. ies , 12-15 mm. E blag e i 8 mm. 
ong, iform t bieular-reniform, with broad rounded lateral lobes and 
] nd a 
short notched middle lobe: capsule-body 13-16 mm. long.. [Epidendrum 
difforme Jacq. E. umbellatum Sw.]—Hammoeks, S pen. Fla.—(W. I., Mez., 
C. A., S. A.)—Sum.—fall 
A. nocturna (L.) Britton. Plant 3-11 dm. tall: leaf-blades elliptie to 
broadly ee 8-16 2 . long: per id showy: lateral sepals linear-attenuate, 
40—60 mm. long, green: petals than the sepals: lip white; blade with 
2 ovate or elliptic- bore ateral [rn di reeted forward and a linear-setaceous 
nd lobe 35-50 mm. long: eapsule-body 3—5 em. Sous [Epidendrum noc- 
m L.]—Ham mocks, S pen. Fla. and the Keys.—(W. I. Mex., C. A., 
id. )—Sum.—fall —The flowers are fragrant, especially at night. 
39. ENCYCLIA Hook. Epiphytic herbs with terete pseudobulbs which 
bear several erect or arching elongate leaves and a scaly elongate branched 
flowering stem at the apex. Flowers nodding, 
subtended by ete bracts. Perianth often 
conspicuous. eral a pe broad, 
usually about as iie he 
Petals usually of a uada Sag E 
o 
lateral ones. Column slightly adnate to the 
lip. Capsule drooping, ribbed.—About 75 
species, of tropical and subtropical America. 
. tampensis (Lindl.) Small. Plant 1.5- 
, 8-2 
ically br Bo Mem sepa 17 20 m 
long, slightly broadened upward, green, tinged wi h brown: petals spatulate, 
deeper brown-shaded than the sepala: lip white, Au 3 putpie or magenta spots; 
