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carinatae, 10 — 15 mm. longae. Pedicelli filiformes, erecti, cum ovario 
lineari 10—12 mm. longi. Bractsae adpressae, scariosae, pallidae, 5—7 mm, 
longae. Sepala erecta, satis concava, inferne paulo angustata, 71/, mm. 
longa, 21/, mm. lata, lateralia paulo obliqua. Petala membranacea, vix 
obliqua, subtiliter 3-nervulosa, inferne longe angustata, 71/, mm. longa, 
13/, mm. lata. Labellum erectum, leviter concavum, tenuiter trinervu- 
losum, basi abrupte constrietum, 7 mm. longum, 21/, mm. latum. Columna 
recta, 5 mm. longa, superne 2 mm. lata, clinandrio subtruncato, postice 
minute acuteque bidenticulato. Capsula nutans, oblongo-fusiformis, basi 
apiceque longiuscule angusteque attenuata, crassiuscule 3-costata, 2 cm. 
longa, 6 mm. crassa. 
Flores rosei. Fl. X; fr. VL 
Hab. in Guadeloupe supra arbores in sylvis Nez-Cassö: Duss 
n. 4170; Grenada supra arbores locis elevatis: Broadway n. 1097. 
231. Epidendrum miserrimum Rchb.f. caulibus dense fascicu- 
latis, simplieibus vel leviter ramosis, valde compressis aneipitibusque, 
usque ad basin laxe plurifoliatis, 2—6 cm. longis, !/—1 mm. crassis; 
foliis carnosulis, anguste linearibus, acutis, dorso carinatis, 10—17 mm. 
longis, ?2/,—1'!/; mm. latis; peduneulo communi subfiliformi, usque ad 
basin laxiuscule distiche 3—9-floro, 1—3 cm. longo; bracteis coria- 
ceis, cucullatis, triangularibus, acutis, dorso carinatis, 3—4 mm. longis; 
floribus sessilibus, segmentis erectis, membranaceis; sepalis triangulari- 
linearibus, obtusiuseulis, 21/,—3 mm. longis, 1 mm. latis; petalis fili- 
formibus, 2!1/,—3 mm. longis, !/; mm. latis; labello ambitu ovato- 
rhomboideo, 21/, mm. longo, 11), —2 mm. lato, leviter trilobato, lobis 
margine integerrimis, lateralibus semirotundatis, terminali producto, 
anguste triangulari, acuto, disco nudo; columna libera, crassa, ®/, mm. 
longa. 
Epidendrum miserrimum Rehb.f.! in Bonplandia LII (1855) p.220. 
Flores virescentes. Fl. I—IH, V, X; fr. L 
Hab. in Haiti: Picarda; Guadeloupe in arboribus locis humidis 
ad Camp-Jacob, Nez-Cass6: J. von Rohr, Duchassaing, Duss n. 3720, 
4161; Dominica in sylvis ad Laudat plerumque ad Citrum: Eggers 
n. 936, B. Othmer n. 76; Grenada supra arbores in sylvis obscurio- 
ribus ad mont. St. Georges: Broadway n. 1879. 
Sect. II. Eneyelium Lindl. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. II (1841) p. 81. — 
Spec. 232 — 273. 
A. Holochila Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. (1853) p. 3. — Spec. 232— 241. 
232. Epidendrum subaguilum Lindl. pseudobulbis dense aggre- 
gatis, anguste ovato-conieis, apice monophyllis, 2—21/, cm. longis; 
folio erecto, satis coriaceo, lineari, apice obtuso et oblique emarginato, 
10—18 em. longo, 4—6 mm. lato; pedunculo communi gracillimo, 
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