14 ORCHIDS OF JAMAIC \ 



jecting points, 3*5 mm. 1., about I mm. br. spur tapering 

 towards apex. Ames op. cit. iv. 276. Type in Serb. Kew. 

 (PI. 2, f. 4-7.) 



Growing with //. alata Hook, in marshy soil, iicar Mandeville, 

 Purdie ! 



Plant 12 in. high, glabrous. Stou erect, leafy, covered by leaf-slieat hs, 

 about 2 dm. 1., 3 nun. br. Leaves lanceolate, thin, It-nerved, acute, 

 passing into the bracts above, blade to 8*5 cm. 1., to 2 cm. br. Raceme 

 Bomewhal laxly many-lid, about 10 cm. 1. Bracts, lower L*8 cm. 1. 

 Pedicel about :' mm. 1. Ovary about 1 cm. 1. Flowers green, erect. 

 Sepals median, without nerves, suborbicular, very obtuse, apiculate, about 

 3*5 mm. 1. and br. Petals reticulate-2-nerved, with a projecting lobe on 

 the anterior side near the base, 3-5 mm. 1., about 1 mm. br. Lip linear- 

 ligulate, with a small projecting lobe just above the narrow base, margin 

 revolute, simple, about 5*5 mm. 1., about 1-2 mm. br. Spur slender, 

 compressed, nearly as long as ovary, about 1 cm. 1. Stigmatic processes 

 very short, capitate, glandular; anther-canals ascending, about twice as 

 long as processes. 



Differs from H. alata Hook, in the texture and venation of the leaves ; 

 in the flowers being about half the size ; in the form of the sepals and 

 petals, and the relatively longer lip. Differs from the Brazilian species, 

 H. quadrata Lindl., in form of petals, length of spur, which is 1*5 cm. 1. 

 in H. quadrata, and in other details. 



8. H. troyana Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. 264 ; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, subacuminate, like the leaves at base of raceme, 

 lowest longer than flower, upper shorter than ovary ; lateral 

 sepals reticulate-nerved, falcately oblong-ovate, obtuse, the nerve 

 on the lower face projecting as an apiculus just below the apex, 

 7 mm. 1., 3*5 mm. br. ; petals oblong, retuse, oblique at base and 

 rather broader there than at the apex ; spur increasing in size 

 upwards from a slender base. Ames op. cit. iv. 260. (PI. 2, 

 f. 8-12.) 



In damp shady forest; in n\, Nov.; near Troy, 2500 ft., Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 10,432. 



Plant somewhat robust, 2 ft. high. Stem leafy, 3 dm. 1. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, reticulate-ll-15-nerved, passing into bracts above, about 

 10 cm. 1., about 2-5 cm. br. Raceme densely-fld., 30 cm. 1. Bracts 

 3* 5-1* 2 cm. 1., 1*3- '6 cm. br. Pedicels short. Sepals reticulate-nerved, 

 median ovate-suborbicular, very obtuse, 6 mm. 1., 5 mm. br. ; lateral 

 spreading, 7 mm. 1., 3*5 mm. br. Petals with an obsolete lobe near base 

 anteriorly, 5 mm. 1., 2*3 mm. br. Lip linear-ligulate, angled at the base, 

 7*5-8 mm. 1., 1*5-1 "75 mm. br. near apex, 1*5-2 mm. br. near base. 

 Spur pendulous, slightly curved, shorter than the stalked ovary, 9 mm. 1. 

 Stigmatic processes short, compressed ; anther-canals about as long, slightly 

 projecting" upwards. 



Since the publication of H. troyana, we have had the opportunity, 

 through the courtesy of Prof. I. Urban, of comparing flowers from the 

 type specimen of H. eustachya Reichb. f. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. iii. 

 274 (1885) from Porto Rico (Sintenis, no. 511b) ; this differs from H. troyana 

 in being smaller, with thinner, non-clavate spur, and much smaller lip. 

 When describing H. troyana we compared it with H. Sanbornii Ames, 

 which we suggested might prove identical with H. eustachya. Mr. Oakes 

 Ames now (op. cit. 257) refers H. Sanbornii to H. eustachya, and considers 

 H. troyana as probably the same species. 



