392 ORCHIDACEAE 
blade 15-17 mm. long, the lateral lobes oblong-lanceolate, the middle lobe orbicu- 
lar or reniform-orbieular: capsule-body 25-30 mm. lon zd LECA tampense 
Lindl]—Hammocks, pen. Fla. and (lio Ke Mar E 
40. EPICLADIUM Small. Epiphytic herbs with short flattened pseudo- 
bulbs which bear several short erect leaves and a relatively a mostly simple 
flowering stem which is subtended by a long foliaceous spat Flowers erect 
or ascending, subtended by minute bracts. Perianth small, bat asi y. Lateral 
he 
the blade usually rhombic. Column partly 
adnate to the lip. Capsule nodding, 
winged.—One species. 
1. E. Boothianum (Lindl.) Small. Plant 
1-2 dm. tal, with flattened subor- 
bicular pseudobulbs: leaf-blades spatu- 
ate, 6-12 cm. long: flower-stem simple: 
lateral sepals 11-13 mm. long, elliptic 
or slightly broadened upward: petals 
broadly spatulate, brown- spotted po 
the sepals: lip yellow or ma 
blade rhombic, 4-6 mm. long, the pou lateral lobes spreading; capsule-body 
5-30 mm. long. D ndrum Boothianum Lindl.]—Hammocks, S pen. Fla. 
and the Keys.—(W. I 
1. ANACHEILIUM Hoffmg. Epiphytic herbs with elongate flattened 
ive which bear several elongate erect leaves and a simple flowering 
pex. Flowers nodding, subtended by often lanceolate bracts. 
E be wsuslly E Latera sepals narrow and elongate, usually attenu- 
ate, resembling t Pet- 
als us ually slightly pomi pum the 
cave and cl —' like, entire. Column 
partly adnate to the lip. — droop- 
ing, wing-angled.—One spec 
1. A. cochleatum (L.) Hoffmg. Plant 
2-5 dm. fre ri phum linear or 
nearly so, 1.5 flower-stem 
simple: m sce 25-80 s long. 
p e and nuate: lip 
rown urplish ; blade pce -reni- 
form, 16-80 mm. on ng, E eed 
-30 lon 
ng. B 
[Epidendrum | cochleatum L.]—(Or LAMSHELL- koe )—Hammocks, pen. Fla. 
and the Keys.—(W. I.)—Fall-spr. or all yea —In the Florida plant the 
eolumn bears three anthers instead of dd as found in the West Indian plant. 
It has been named A. cochleatum triandr 
42. HOR Lindl.  Epiphytie herbs with creeping stems. Leaves 
spreading, the blades relatively narrow. Flowers in terminal clusters which 
are subtended by an involucre of leaf-like bracts. Perianth inconspicuous. 
