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ovato-oblongo vel ovato-subrotundato, apice rotundato et minute tri- 
dentato, 15—30 mm. longo; bractea tenuiter scariosa, acuta, carinata, 
dorso lacera; floribus solitariis, subsessilibus; sepalis carnosulis, ob- 
longo-subspathulatis, trinerviis, extus longe pilosis, 4 mm. longis, 
1?/, mm. latis, dorsali apice rotundato et minute apiculato, lateralibus 
‚acutis et longiore apiculatis, usque ad medium connatis; petalis ungui- 
eulato-spathulatis, apice rotundatis, superne subtiliter serrulatis, uni- 
nervulosis, 2 mm. longis; labello tenuiter membranaceo, longiuscule 
angusteque unguiculato, late oblongo-pandurato, apice late rotundato, 
trinervuloso, superne longe hirtello, 2!/, mm. longo, 1'/, mm. lato, 
disco inferne alte bilamellato; columna 2 mm. longa, apice cucullata 
crispa. 
Pleurothallis testaefolia Lindl.! in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 
ser. I (1858) p. 326, Orch. Wright. p. 4, Fol. Orch., Pleuroth. p. 43; 
Griseb. Flor. p. 609, Cat. p. 259; Sau. Fl. Cub. p. 226. 
Epidendrum testaefolium Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 122. 
Oymbidium testaefolium Sw.!. Flor. III (1806) p. 1461. 
Folia intense viridia et maculis atrofuscis notata; flores atropurpurei. 
2 1,.1X, 2 
Hab. in Cuba supra arbores prope Monteverde, ad Monte de la 
Clarita alt. 800 m.: Wright n. 648, 1496, Eggers n. 5194; Jamaica 
in rupibus muscosis truneisque arborum, ad Mabess River alt. 1300 m., 
ad Lancaster alt. 700 m.: Swartz, Purdie, Wilson, Wullschlaegel n. 1082, 
March, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7548, 7551, 7787; Martinique 
in arboribus ad Morne Rouge, Fonds St. Denis: Hahn n. 532, Duss 
n. 381; St. Lucia: Duss n. 220. — Venezuela: Fendler n. 1459. 
B. Caespitosae Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III. 4 (1896) p. 509. — Spec. 143. 
143. Pleurothallis tribuloides (Sw.) Lindl. dense caespitosa; 
caulibus gracilibus, vaginis 2—3 scariosis laxis acutisque vestitis, 
3—8 mm. longis; folio coriaceo, oblongo-spathulato, apice abrupte 
acuto vel obtuso et minute emarginato, basi cuneato et in petiolum 
longe angustato, 2— 4!/, em. longo, 4—8 mm. lato; pedunculis soli- 
tariis vel paucis fasciculatis, unifloris, 2—5 mm. longis, vaginis 
Scariosis inclusis; ovario setulis papillosis longiusculis densissime hir- 
suto; sepalis earnosulis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, trinervulosis, extus 
tenuiter papillosis, dorsali conduplicato, carinato, 6 mm. longo, 2 mm. 
lato, lateralibus in valvam 5 mm. longam et 3 mm. latam fere usque ad 
apicem connatis; petalis carnosulis, oblongis, acutis, obscure trinervu- 
losis, 21/, mm. longis, 1'/; mm. latis; labello lineari-oblongo, obtuso, 
concavo, apice pilosulo, 2 mm. longo; columna 2 mm. longa; capsula 
globosa, dense echinata. 
