398 ORCHIDACEAE 
53. HARRISELLA Fawcett & Rendle. Epiphytic herbs consisting chiefly 
of roots. Leaves minute scales or obsolete. Flowers borne in lax slender 
als narrower and rather longer than the lateral 
sepals. Lip sessile at the base of the column, 
with a globular spur. Capsule stipitate. — Four 
species, natives of tropical America. 
1. H. d ea qd f.) Fawcett & Rendle. 
Roots matted t 1 mm. thick: flower-stalk 
very slender, Ae ae Hes o and inconspicu- 
ous: peria anth yellowish-green: lateral sepals 
ovate, about 2.5 mm. long: blade of the lip Fi 
or rbicular when flattened m eapsule-body ova 
4.5-6 mm. long. [Harrisella Amesiana Gong. 
—Hammocks and pee che en. 
(W. I., Mez., C. A.)—Spr. —Often on ine trunk of conifers, Sabina and Taz- 
odium, 'as well as on various angiospermous 
54. CAMPYLOCENTRUM Benth. Epiphytie herbs consisting chiefly 
of roots. Leaves with thick blades or mere minute scales. Flowers borne in 
a stiff spike. Perianth minute or inconspicuous.. 
Lip partially adnate to the column-foot, usually 
saecate at the base. Capsule sessile.—A bout 20 
species, natives of tropical America. 
1. C. pd Aider f.) Rolfe. Roots 
several m k: flower-stalk in dod piss 
uous: per 
abo 
elliptie- lanceolate when flattened out: caps 
ellipsoid, a m. long.—Hammocks, SW 
Fla. —(W. d "i )—$pr. —Usually on dis Dopod trees. 
55. POLYRRHIZA Pftz. Epiphytie herbs with clusters of roots. Leaves 
scale-like or obsolete. Flowers solitary or few terminating the short scape. 
Perianth showy, often white. Lateral sepals 
urv 
Lip sessile, 3-lobed, the middle lobe again 3- 
lobed, the lateral lobes angular: spur elongate. 
Capsule linear-cylindrie.—Four species, wholly 
West Indian, except the following. 
1. P. Lindenii .(Lindl.) Cong. Stem 4-1 
long, scaly: perianth conspicuous: itera sepals 
li 1 at 
late spreading segments 5-10 em. RUE ; : ur 
15 ¢ o 
linea 5-8 em. lo ong, bed. [De EA E ula 
a Benth .]—CW He BUTTERFLY-ORCHID. 
PALM-POLLY.)—-On tree- ub. S pen. Fla.—(W. I.)—Spr.—Restricted out 
