Orchidaceae. 487 
238. Epidendrum polybulbon Sw. rhizomate elongato, ramoso, 
squamis numerosis membranaceis acutisque vestito; pseudobulbis 
distantibus, anguste ovoideis vel fusiformibus, 1—2 em. longis, apice 
diphyllis; foliis patulis, coriaceis, ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-ligulatis, 
apice obtusis et saepius leviter emarginatis, 2—6 em. longis; pedun- 
culo gracillimo, unifloro, vaginis 2—3 membranaceis majusculis acu- 
tisque vestito, foliis aequilongo; sepalis subeoriaceis, anguste lanceo- 
latis, acutis, 5—7-nervulosis, 13—17 mm. longis; petalis sepalis 
similibus sed paulo brevioribus et angustioribus, trinervulosis; labello 
petalis aequilongo, breviter unguiculato, limbo rotundato-subquadran- 
gulo, margine undulato-crispo, ad medium depresso; columna fere 
usque ad basin libera, 3—4 mm. longa, apice longe bicornuta. 
Epidendrum polybulbon Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 124, Flor. III 
p. 1491; Griseb. Flor. p. 615, Cat. p. 262; Sauwv. Fl. Oub. p. 228; 
Cogn. in Diet. Ice. Orch., Epid. t. 19. 
Bolbophyllum occidentale Spreng. Syst. Veget. III (1826) p. 732. 
Dinema polybulbon Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1831) p. 111, Orch. 
Wright. p. 6; Bot. Mag. t. 4067. 
Flores flavescentes vel fuscescentes, labello albo. Fl. I, I, XII; fr. XII. 
Hab. in Cuba orientali supra arbores prope Monteverde, 800 m. 
alt.: Wright n. 649, Eggers n. 5132; Jamaica in sylvis humidis supra 
arbores rarius in saxis gregaria repens vel in locis turfosis humidis, 
ad Catherine’s Peak, Silver Hill, Lancaster, prope Vinegar Hill, secus 
Mabess River: Swartz, Macfadyen, Purdie, March, Eggers n. 3542, 
O. Hansen n. 9, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7538, 7838, 8870, 
9796, 10098. — Mexico, Guatemala. 
239. Epidendrum fusiforme (Lindl.) Rehb.f. pseudobulbis longe 
stipitatis, fusiformibus, teretibus, carnosis, oligophyllis; foliis lineari- 
bus, apice emarginatis mucronatisque; floribus solitariis, nutantibus, 
ebracteatis; sepalis petalisque ligulatis, acutis; labello membranaceo, 
flabellato, apice dilatato triangulari retusiusculo. 
Epidendrum fusiforme Rehb.f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI (1862) 
2. 322, 
Isochilus fusiforme Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1831) p. 113. 
Flores albi, concolores. 
Hab. in Trinidad: Lockhart teste Lindl. 
240. Epidendrum bletioides Griseb. pseudobulbis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, apice diphyllis; foliis carnosis, lanceolato-oblongis, obtusis, 12 — 
15 em. longis; pedunculo communi simpliei vel ramoso, inferne vaginis 
remotis brevibus obtusisque vestito, superne laxifloro, 30—40 cm. 
longo; bracteis subulatis, pedicello multo brevioribus; sepalis petalisque 
