Orchidaceae. 537 
Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores ad Blue Mountains, Cedar 
Hurst, Clydesdale, Wallenford, 650— 1650 m. alt., inter lichenes in 
saxis ad Catherine’s Peak 1000 m. alt.: Swartz, Macfadyen n.4, March 
n. 1275, Eggers n. 3543, Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n.7558, 7753, 8124. 
H. Nana Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pi. III (1883) p. 531. — 
Spec. 317 — 318. 
317. Epidendrum repens Cogn. caulibus repentibus, paulo com- 
pressis, irregulariter ramosis, densiuscule multifoliatis, 3—6 dm. longis 
vel longioribus, 1—1/, mm. crassis; foliis rigidiusculis, lineari-ligu- 
latis, apice rotundatis et oblique emarginatis, basi rotundato-subcor- 
datis, 14—24 mm. longis, 4—5 mm. latis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, 
basi 2—3-bracteatis; bracteis ceueullatis, late triangulari-ovatis, ob- 
tusis, amplexicaulibus, 5—6 mm. longis; sepalis coriaceis, ligulato- 
lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, 7— 9-nervulosis, 7—8 mm. longis, 
2 mm. latis; petalis anguste linearibus, acutissimis, 7—8 mm. longis, 
?/,—3/, mm. latis, fuscescentibus; labello indiviso, ovato-cordato, acuto, 
margine integerrimo, 4 mm. longo, 3—3!/, mm. lato, disco bicostato; 
columna crassa, 21/, mm. longa. 
Epidendrum repens Cogn. in Fedde Repert. VII (1909) p.122. 
Hab. in Jamaica inter muscos in arboribus repens ad Catherine’s 
Peak, inter Newhaven et Vinegar Hill, in rupibus ad Woodeutters Gap, 
1300 — 1650 m. alt: Eggers n. 3679, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. 
n. 7561, 10086; Haiti ad truncum arboris prope Furey: Picarda n. 289; 
Sto. Domingo ad Constanza 1200 m. alt.: von Türckheim n. 3001. 
318. Epidendrum discolor (Lindl.) Benth. caulibus aggregatis, 
prostratis, simplieibus, teretiusculis, dense multifoliatis, 3—7 em. longis, 
2—3 mm. crassis; foliis erasse carnosis, ovato-oblongis, apice sub- 
rotundatis emarginatis, basi amplexicaulibus, 15—20 mm. longis, 
6—8 nm. latis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, terminalibus, inter folia 
immersis; sepalis carnosulis, lineari-oblongis, acutis, 3-nervulosis, 
S—9 mm. longis, 3—3!/, mm. latis, dorsali extus alato-carinato; petalis 
ligulato-oblongis, acutis, 8—9 mm. longis, 1?/,-—2 mm. latis; labello 
indiviso, late ovato-cordato, apice abrupte acuto et minute apiculato, 
margine minutissime erenulato, 4—5 mm. longo, 5— 6 mm. lato, disco 
basi minutissime bicalloso; columna crassa, 4—5 mm. longa. 
Epidendrum discolor Benth. ex Kew Hand- List Orch. (1896) 
p. 105 (non Rich. et Gal.); Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III.5 p. 177. 
Nanodes discolor Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XVIII (1832) t. 1541; 
Griseb.! Flor. p. 624. 
Flores obscure purpurei violacei vel interdum virescentes. 
