Örchidaceae. 533 
Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores prope Vinegar Hill, ad Wood- 
cutters Gap, in rupibus ad Catherine’s Peak, 1000—1650 m. alt.: Mac- 
fadyen, Morris n. 244, Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7577, 7807, 7867; 
Sto. Domingo: Commerson n. 541. — Costa-Rica, Brasilia. 
313. Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. caulibus simplieibus vel vix 
ramosis, superne valde compressis ancipitibusque, fere usque ad basin 
laxiuscule plurifoliatis, 5—20 em. longis, 2—5 mm. crassis; foliis 
coriaceis, elliptico-oblongis vel ligulato-oblongis, apice obtusis vel 
rotundatis et oblique emarginatis, 3—8 em. longis, 10— 25 mm. latis; 
pedunculo communi robusto, valde compresso et latiuscule alato-anci- 
pite, fere usque ad basin pauci— plurifloro, 5— 10 cm. longe; bracteis 
satis coriaceis, dolabriformibus, obtusis, conduplicatis, dorso alato- 
carinatis, 12—18 mm. longis; sepalis crassiuscule coriaceis, ovatis vel 
ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 5-nerviis, 5—7 mm. longis, 21/,—31/, mm. 
latis; petalis linearibus vel lineari-ligulatis, obtusis, 41/,—6 mm. longis, 
1—1!/, mm. latis; labello supero, crasse coriaceo, indiviso, late ovato- 
eordato, obtuso, margine integerrimo, 31/,—4 mm. longo, 3 mm. lato, 
disco longitudinaliter canaliculato basi minute bicalloso; columna 
erassa, 21/, —3 mm. longa. 
Epidendrum rigidum Jaecg. Enum. Pl. Carib. (1760) p. 29, Sel. 
Stirp. p. 222 1.134, et Piet. 1.204; Sw. Prodr. p.121, Flor. III p. 1507; 
Hook. Ile. Pl. IV t.314; A. Rich. in Sagra Cuba XI p. 241; Griseb. 
Veg. Karib. n.1303, Flor. p. 618, Cat. p. 263; Sauv. Fl. Oub. p. 228; 
Duss Fl. Antill. Frang. p. 591; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III.5 p.171; 
Urb. Fl. Portor. p. 177. 
Flores flavidi vel flavo-virides. Fl. I—IV, IX, XI, XU; fr. I, IT—V. 
Hab. in Cuba supra arbores prope Monteverde, prov. Sta. Clara 
distr. Cienfuögos: Poeppig, Otto n. 12, Rugel, Wright n. 1491, 3332, 
Eggers n. 4913, 5293, R. Combs n. 737; Ste. Thöröse prope Cuba: 
Gibollet n. 25; Jamaica in arboribus ad Ramble-Claremont, Belvidere, 
prope Cinchona, ad Port Antonio, 160— 1650 m. alt.: Swartz, Mac- 
fadyen, Purdie, March n. 1282, Wullschlaegel, D. Morris n. 2013, 
Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7246, 7623, 7754, Hitchcock; Haiti: 
Mackenzie, in arboribus ad Valliöre inter Dupety et Grosse-Roche 
alt. 600—700 m.: P. E. Christ n. 2136; Sto. Domingo, 325 — 
790 m. alt.: Schomburgk, Mayerhoff n. 232, Eggers n. 1634, 2071, 
2377, 2420, 2763, H. von Türckheim n. 2746; Portorico ad arbores, 
raro ad rupes in sylvis primaevis prope Barranquitas 830 m. alt., prope 
Adjuntas ad Santillo et in montibus Galsa et La Vega, prope Utuado 
ad Los Angeles et circa Cayüco, prope Lares ad Guajataca, prope 
Areceibo circa Jobo: Sintenis n. 4101, 4267, 4448, 6052, 6278, 6334, 
