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sparsely puberulous, cylindrical. Sepals green or brownish-green, puberu- 

 lous, dotted, 1 -nerved, sligbtly gibbous at base ; lateral linear-oblong, 

 dilated and oblique at base, slightly falcate, tapering to a somewhat obtuse 

 apes, 5-7 mm. 1., -75-1-3 mm. br., expanding to 15-1 -8 at base; median 

 oblong, tapering to a somewhat obtuse apex, 4 - 75-6 mm. 1., 1-3-1 "5 mm. 

 br. Petals brownish-green or green with pinkish tips, dotted, 1-nerved, 

 oblanceolate with rounded apex, shorter than median sepal, 4-5 5 mm. 1., 

 6-*75 mm. br. Lip 5-63 mm. 1., 1-6-2-5 mm. br. below; neck about 

 1 mm. 1. and 1 mm. br. Column pubescent on the upper half anteriorly, 

 to base of anther 1-1-4 mm. 1., to apex of rostellum 3 '2-3 '6 mm. 1. 

 Anther ovate-elliptical, subsessile. Capsule 8-9 mm. 1., 4 mm. br. 



3. S. Faweettii Cogn. in Fedde Repert. vii. 123 (1909) ; leaves 

 conspicuously 3-nerved with ascending connecting branches, ovate, 

 sometimes subcordate, obtuse to subacute, long-stalked, glabrous, 

 stalks long, flattish-concave, sheathing at the base ; lip 3-nerved, 

 lateral nerves with 1 or 2 branches, oblong, suddenly contracting 

 near apex and with somew r hat square corners there, pilose inside 

 about the middle of oblong part, apical lobe rounded-kidney- 

 shaped, with small crenulations on margin, striped with green. 

 Sauroglossum tenue Lindl. in Ann. & Mag. Nat. H'st. (1858) 

 334 ; Griseb. op. tit. 642. (PI. 3, f. 6-9.) 



In shade, in leaf-mould in woods and amongst mosses on rocky banks ; 

 in fl. and fr. April ; Pedro, St. Ann, Purdie ! near Mabess River, 3500 ft. ; 

 Cascade, 3000 ft., 2500 ft. ; between Cinchona and Morse's Gap, 4900 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7877, 7879, 10,493. Cuba, Porto Rico. 



Plant 2^-8^ in. high, leafy in the lower portion, with few sheaths, and 

 tuberous roots. Scape erect, somewhat weak, pubescent above, glabrous 

 below, 4-16 cm. 1. Leaves, blade 1-5-3-5 cm. ]., 1-2 cm. br. ; stalks 1-5-4 

 cm. 1. Sterile sheathing bracts generally 3 (2-4), loose, free part lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 2-2*5 cm. 1. Spike erect, short, pubescent, 1-3 cm. 1. Flowers 

 sessile, erect or spreading, perianth about | in. 1., greenish-white. Bracts 

 oblong-subulate, 1-nerved, glabrous, dotted, as long as, or a little longer 

 than the ovary, the lower 1*2 cm. 1., nearly 3 mm. br. Ovary linear- 

 oblong, slightly pubescent towards the apex, 7 mm. 1. Sepals pubescent 

 at the base, greenish-white ; lateral linear, spathulate, with one nerve 

 which is slightly prominent on the outside, oblique and somewhat gibbous 

 at the base, free, dotted, about 8 mm. 1., about 1 mm. br., 1-4 mm. near 

 apex; median oblong, with obtuse apex, 1-nerved, dotted, about 8 mm. 1., 

 1-6 mm. br. Petals linear-spathulate, dilated at base, acute, with margin 

 slightly denticulate near apex, somewhat shorter than median sepal, 

 striped with brown, nearly 8 mm. 1., -5 mm. br., *75 mm. br. near apex. 

 Lip about 9 mm. 1., 2 mm. br., apical lobe nearly 4 mm. br. Column long, 

 about 4 mm. 1. to junction of anther, about 6 mm. to apex of rostellum ; 

 rostellum with 2 acuminate membranous lobes. Anther subsessile. 

 Capsule about 1 cm. 1. 



7. ERYTHRODES Blume. 



Terrestrial leaf) T herbs. Roots thickish, clustered at base of 

 stem and from the nodes in the lower part of the stem. Stem 

 ascending or erect, simple, sometimes prostrate and rooting in 

 the lower portion, often pubescent above. Leaves stalked, ovate 



