Orchidaceae. 671 
471. Diehaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. caulibus pendulis, valde 
compressis ancipitibusque, 3—5 dm. longis; foliis densis saepius rigi- 
diuseulis, patentissimis vel patenti-reflexis, persistentibus, oblongis vel 
elliptico-oblongis, apice rotundatis vel subrotundatis et minute apicu- 
latis, margine integerrimis nudisque, limbis 11/,—2 cm. longis, 6—8 mm. 
latis; peduneulo subfiliformi, inferne nudo, apice 2-bracteato, 10 — 
25 mm. longo; bracteis cucullatis, latissime ovatis, 11/,—2'/, mm. 
longis; sepalis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 7 mm. longis, dorsali 21/,—3 mm. 
lato, lateralibus 2 mm. latis; petalis lineari-ligulatis, acuminatis, 51/,— 
6 mm. longis, 11/,—1°/, mm. latis; labello erecto, sessili, obovato- 
rhomboideo, basi anguste cuneato, apice late rotundato et minute api- 
culato, 5 mm. longo, ad angulos laterales angustissime abrupteque 
acuminatos 7 mm. lato; columna crassiuscula, 3 mm. longa; capsula 
obovoideo-oblonga, longiuscule denseque muricata, 12—18 mm. longa, 
6— 9 mm. crassa. 
Dichaea murieata Lindl.! Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1833) p. 209, 
Orch. Wright. p. 9; Griseb. Flor. p. 624, Cat. p. 264; Sauv. Fl. Cub. 
p.229,; Urb. Fl. Portor. p.183; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III.6 ».487. 
Oymbidium muricatum Sw. in Act. Ups. VI (1799) p.71, Flor. 
III p. 1454. 
Dichaea latifolia Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1833) p. 208 (non 
Barb. Rodr.). ö 
Dichaea muricata var. latifolia Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 624. 
Dichaea echinocarpa Duss! Fl. Antill. Frang. (1897) p. 596 part. 
(non Lindl.). 
Flores flavescentes. Fl. VI, VIII, XI; fr. IV, XI. 
Hab. in Cuba supra arbores et in rupibus prope Monteverde, 
in monte Nimanima, ad La Clareta, Pinar de Santa Anna alt. 800 m.: 
Wright n. 1496, Eggers n.5003; Jamaica in truneis muscosis arborum 
ad Catherine’s Peak, Mabess River, alt. 1300—1500 m.: Swartz, Purdie, 
Wilson n. 162, Wullschlaegel n. 1212, Eggers n. 5003, W. Harris in 
Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7649; Portorieco ad Los Ranchones in Sierra de 
Naguabo, in arboribus vetustis in sylvis primaevis montis Cienega ad 
La Lucia prope Adjuntas, in scopulosis calcareis ad Cayüco prope 
Utuado, ad San Patricio juxta flumen prope Jayuya, in Sierra de 
Luquillo alt. 550 m.: Blauner n. 221, Sintenis n. 4217, 4310 part., 
4576 part., 5345, 6601; Guadeloupe ad Matouba: L’Herminier, 
Duchassaing, Duss n.3354; Dominica in sylvis umbrosis locis humidis 
prope Laudat, Morne Gomba: Imray n. 139 et 240, Eggers n. 25, 
Nichols n. 131 et 239, B. Othmer n.47; Martinique in sylvis humidis 
ad arbores et in rupibus: Belanger n. 125, Hahn n. 93, Duss n. 2068 part.; 
St. Vincent: Guilding, H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 1011; Grenada in. 
