VI ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



Bolfi in Hook. L-. PI. t. 2686 ; Cogn. op. cit. 305 ; Ames Orch. i. 

 51, t. 1 1 .v to. 216. II. bricuspis .i. Rich. FL Cub. Hi. 249 (1853). 



In wet places; St. Ann, McNab\ Worthy Park, Priori Cuba, Porto 

 Rico, Florida, Georgia, Carolina. Alabama, Louisiana, Guatemala, Nica- 

 ragua, B. Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil. 



Plant A '2k ft. high. Stem without tubers, 1*5-7*5 dm. Leaves 

 1-8 dm. I., '7-2 om. br. "Raceme 5-20 cm. 1., dense, many-fid. Bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, lowest longer than flower, upper shorter 

 than ovary, to 1*5 cm. 1. Pedicels 4 6 nun. 1. Flowers erect, yellowish- 

 green. Sepals, median broadly ovate, apiculate, 5 mm. 1. ; lateral ovate, 

 apiculate, nearly 6 mm. 1. Petals 4 mm. 1., posterior segment falcate, 

 lanceolate, acute ; anterior segment linear-filiform, acute, about as long as 

 the posterior. Lip 4-5 mm. 1., lobes sub-equal, linear-filiform, median 

 broader than lateral. Spur incurved, linear, 9 mm. 1. Stigmatic pro- 

 cesses oblong, thickish ; anther-canals short, directed forwards. Capsule 

 10 mm. 1. 



4. H. distans Griseb. Cat. Cub. 270 (1866) ; steam leafy at 

 base only ; leaves reticulate-many-nerved, broadly oblong or 

 lanceolate, acute. Cogn. op. cit. 300 ; Ames op. cit. 202. 



On damp shady banks; in fl. Dec; Moody's Gap, 3000 ft., Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 7768. Cuba, Porto Rico, Florida. 



Plant 8-16 in. high. Stem 2-4 dm. Leaves 8-16 cm. 1., 2-5-5 cm. br. 

 Baceme laxly 6-10-fld., 6-12 cm. 1. Bracts foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, 2-1 '5 cm. 1. Flowers greenish. Sepals 3-nerved, median 

 ovate-oblong, somewhat obtuse, 5-6 mm. 1. ; lateral deflexed, oblong, 

 acute, about 8 mm. 1. Petals, segments somewhat equal ; posterior linear- 

 ligulate, abruptly acute, suberect, as long as the median sepal ; anterior 

 somewhat longer, filiform. Lip, middle lobe about equal to the lateral 

 sepals, narrowly linear ; lateral lobes generally longer, filiform, spreading. 

 Spur incurved, filiform, gradually becoming spindle-shaped, somew T hat 

 acute, 1*3-1*6 cm. 1. Stigmatic processes extended, thickened, altogether 

 free from the lip ; anther-canals shorter, ascending. 



Var. jamaieensis Cogn. loc. cit. (1909); plant smaller than 

 the typical species ; leaves roundish-oval to oblong-lanceolate. 

 Habenaria jamaieensis Fawc. & Hendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 126 

 (1909) ; Ames op. cit, iv. 204, t. 67. (PL 1, f. 2, 3.) 



On rocky or clayey, shady banks ; in fl. Dec. -March ; below Guava 

 Ridge, J. P. 483, Morris ! Mt. Hybla, 4000 ft. ; Clydesdale, 4000-4500 ft. ; 

 near Cinchona, 4500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7851, 7854, 10,499. Hispaniola. 



Plant ^-1 ft. high. Stem 1-2 dm. Leaves 3-9 cm. 1., 1 -5-4-5 cm. br. 

 Baceme laxly 4-12-fld., 4-15 cm. 1. Bracts membranous, ovate-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, acute or acuminate; sterile 2-4, more or less distant, 5-2 

 cm. 1. ; floral about as long as the stalked ovary, 2* 5-1* 5 cm. 1. Pedicels 

 about 5 mm. 1. Sepals 3-nerved, median ovate-suborbicular, very 

 obtuse, 6-7 mm. 1., 4*5-6 mm. br. ; lateral half-ovate, subfalcate, obtuse, 

 apiculate, 6 - 5-9 mm. 1., 3 -5-4 mm. br. Petals, segments equal or unequal ; 

 posterior oblong-lanceolate, falcate, acute, connivent, 5-5-7 mm. 1., 

 1*5-2 mm. br. ; anterior segment a little to many times shorter than the 

 posterior, 1*5-4 mm. 1. Lip, middle lobe linear-ligulate, 6*5-10 mm. 1., 

 about 1 mm. br. ; lateral lobes filiform, erect, much longer than the 

 petals, 9-12 mm. 1. Spur 1*3-1*6 cm. 1. Stigmatic processes short, 

 truncate-roundish ; anther-canals about as long ; somewhat curved ; 

 staminodes shortly triangular. 



