ORCHIDACEAE 395 
than the lateral sepals. Lip fully as wide as long, crestless, 3-lobed, the lateral 
lobes spreading. Capsule erect.— Only the fol- 
lowi Pe 
wing species 
1. T. ecristatus (Fernald) Small. Leaf- blades 
. lon 
linear to narrowly linear-elliptie, dm 
flower-stalk virgate, 4—21 dm. tall: Jaieral sepa 
elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 9— ong: 
petals usually nee -lanceolate, 7-8 1 mm. de 
lip 7-8 mm , the d à lobe pus pud 
than the hos lobes: c apsul t2c 
long. [Cyrt opodium Wobdfordii- uin FL) 
C. ecristatum Fer soar aaa and scrub, 
pen. Fla.—(W. I. = —Sum 
48. PLATYPUS Small & Nash. Cauleseent herbs with corms. Leaves 
several from the top of oad corm, persisting until the lateral flower-stalk arises. 
Flowers in a terminal raceme with small bracts. Perianth mainly brown and 
purple. Lateral sepals bns dilated upward, 
broader than the median one, decurrent to the 
base of the forked column-foot. Petals shorter 
than the lateral sepals, less decurrent. Lip con- 
cave at the base, papillose-crested, shallowly 
| oping apsule 
mostly drooping.—One sp 
1. P. altus (L.) Small. Leaf-blades narrowly 
linear-elliptie to almost linear, 2-8 dm. long: 
e —19 boo Mem T Tiptie 
r nearly s 14-16 ong: cod 
than the lateral nhe "lip 16-18 m eir 
middle lobe 8-10 mm. wide, Papillon. crested: 
. lon 
diia -ellipsoid, 3-4 em. long. [P. papilliferu 
Small & Nash ]—Moist sand e rich soil, Do qns E ^ Everglades and Big 
econ BE Fla.—(W. I., C. A., S. A —Fa 
49. MACRADENIA R. Br. Epiphytie caulescent herbs, with pseudo- 
bulbs. Leaves terminating the pseudobulb from the base of which arises the 
w 
mainly yellowish or salmon-colored. edian 
sepal boat-shaped. Lateral sepals slightly in- 
equilateral. Petals nearly like the lateral sepals, 
slightly smaller. Lip sessile, with 2 broad basal 
lobes and 1 narrow middle lobe.—Five species, 
of tropieal Ameriea. MILLE 
1. M. lutescens R. Br. Pseudob 
Me pid ous n linear to Alipte linear f^ 
Ps Ene: flower-stalk mostly sorter Ld Wr 
han o lea D ind pur np 
dro UY 
a piis voltiptic. -lanceolate, 8—9. 
lip 8-10 mm. long, the lateral "obes us gi N body terminated with 
