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rocks on high hills, here and there. St. Thomas (Liliendal, Bonne Reso- 

 lution). 



964. Epidendrum subaequale, Eggers, n. sp. 



Fl. Feb.-March. Tubers cylindrical, small, several-leaved. Leaves 

 2-5, linear, channelled, pointed, much shorter than the scape; sterile 

 bracts short, distant, pointed, floral ones smaller; flowers in a simple 

 raceme, 3-4. Perigonial divisions lanceolate, pointed, nearly conform. 

 Lip slightly adnate to the column, 3-lobed; lobes rounded, the two lat- 

 eral ones a little shorter than the middle one. Column auricled below 

 the anther; auricles small, purple. Ovary linear, striate, " long. Al- 

 lied to E. aciculare, Batem., but leaves several, much shorter than the 

 scape, and lip broadly 3-lobed. Leaves 5"-6" long, 2'" broad ; scape 

 20 // -24 // high, straight. Peduncles \" long ; perigonial divisions green- 

 ish, with brown spots, \" long; lip purple, with darker stripes and a 

 yellow crest in the middle, \" long. The whole plant of a sometimes 

 darker, sometimes lighter hue, flowers even sometimes quite white. On 

 rocks and the roots of trees in dry thickets, here and there. St. Thomas 

 (Cowell's Hill, Solberg). 



965. E. bifidum, Aubl. 



Fl. May-Dec. On trees and rocks, not uncommon. All islands. 



966. E. ciliare, L. 



Fl. June-Feb. Flowers fragrant. Gregarious on rocks and old tree- 

 trunks, common. All islands. 



967. E. cochleatum, L. (Bot. Mag. t. 151, bad). 



Fl. April-May. On trees in forests, rare. St. Croix (Mount Eagle, 

 1150'; Jacob's Peak, 950'). 



968. E. patens, Sw. 



Fl. July-Aug. Leaves distichous ; scape compressed, l'-2' high. On 

 rocks in leaf-mould, rare, on high hills. St. Thomas (Signal Hill, 1500'). 



969. Brassavola cucullata, R. Br. 



Fl. June-Octb. Gregarious on rocks, rare. St. Thomas (John Bruce 

 Bay). 



970. Polystachya luteola, Hook. 



Fl. March-Kov. Flowers often cleistogamous and normal on the 

 same branch and at the same time. Both forms yielding good seeds. 

 On rocks and old tree-trunks, not uncommon on hills. St. Thomas 

 (Signal Hill, 1200'-1500'). 



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