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In damp soil in woods ; in fl. and fr. Nov.-April ; INIt. Diabolo, Sloane 

 Herb. iv. 116 ! Hector's River, Manchester, Purdie ! Fairfield, Wullschlaegel, 

 1072! Mt. Moses, 2500 ft. J. P. 2034, Symel John Crow Peak, Moore \ 

 Mt. Diabolo, Fawcett & Harris ! near Mabess River, 3000 ft. ; Moody's 

 Gap, 3000 ft. ; near Woodcutter's Gap, 4000 ft. ; Morse's Gap. 5000 ft. ; 

 near Hardware Gap, 4200 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7175, 7573, 7837, 7875, 

 7886, 9794, 10,101, 10,129. Cuba, Porto Rico, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, 

 Guadaloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad. 



Plant, erect portion 1 to 2 ft. high. Stem, erect portion 3-6 dm. 1. 

 Leaves, blade 6-12 cm. 1., 3-5-5 cm. br. Sheaths tubular below, free part 

 triangular, shortly acuminate, 3-nerved, glabrous, 2*5-1 cm. 1. Spike 

 hairy, with numerous flowers, cylindrical, 5-17 cm. 1. Bracts triangular, 

 acuminate, hairy, 1-nerved, concave, lower 1 cm. 1. ; becoming smaller 

 upwards. Flowers white (including spur), about \ in. 1. Ovary tapering 

 downwards, shortly stalked, very hairy, (with stalk) 6 -5-8 mm. 1. Sepals 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-nerved, hairy; lateral slightly 

 oblique, 6-7*5 mm. 1., 1*6-1 '9 mm. br. ; median 6-7 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. 

 Petals oblanceolate-linear, obtuse or acute, slightly oblique, rounded at 

 base, 1-nerved, as long as the median sepal, maximum breadth 1*5 mm. 

 Lip about 5*5 mm. 1., 2 mm. br. Spur ellipsoidal, not as long as ovary, 

 3*5-5 mm. 1., 1*6-2 mm. br. Column (including rostelium) about 4*5 

 mm. 1. Capsule ellipsoidal, with 6 shallow keels, 8 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. 



2. E. hirtella comb. nov. ; stem somewhat sparsely pilose, with 

 several leaves crowded at the base ; leaves glabrous, ovate to 

 lanceolate, tapering into the stalk, the leaves near the middle 

 the largest, those above and below smaller ; lip oblong, with an 

 apical lunate lobe, apex mucronate. -Physurus hirtellus Lindl. 

 op. cit. 501 (1840); Griseb. op. cit. 642; Cogn. in Symb. Ant. 

 vi. 347. Satyrium hirtellum Sic. Prodr. 118 (1788). Orchis 

 hirtella Sw. in Vet. Handl. Stochli. xxi. 207 (1800) & Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. Hi. 1394 (1805). (PL 3, f. 16-19.) 



In damp places in woodland ; in fl. and fr. April ; Maefadyen ! March ! 

 Mt. Moses, 2500 ft., J.P. 2107, Symel near Mabess River, 3000 ft., 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8110 (fide Cogn.) 9010. Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Eustatius, 

 Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 Trinidad. 



Plant 9-12 in. high. Stem 2-2*5 dm. 1. Leaves 5-6 cm. 1., 1*5-2*5 

 mm. br. Sheaths 2-3, tubular below, free part oblong, acute, 1-2 cm. 1., 

 glabrous. Spike hairy, many-flowered, less than 4 cm. 1., elongating in 

 fruit to 15 cm. Flowers white, shortly stalked, erect-spreading, (including 

 spur) about ^ in. 1. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6*5 mm. 1. Ovary 

 somewhat clavate, hairy, including stalk 6 mm. 1. Sepals 1-nerved, ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, sparsely hairy, green tipped with white, 3*5 mm. 1. ; lateral 

 1 mm. br., median broader. Petals linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, 1-nerved, 

 3 mm. 1., about *75 mm. br. Lip about 3 mm. 1. Spur oblong, 1*5 mm. 1. 

 Capsule oblong, tapering to base, 6-keeled, sparsely hairy, 8 mm. 1., 

 2*5-3 mm. br. 



3. E. jamaieensis comb. nov. ; stem glabrous, leafy nearly to 

 apex ; leaves lanceolate, acute, stalked, highest leaf quite small, 

 succeeded by one or two scarious bract-like sheaths ; lip 3-nerved, 

 constricted below the middle, upper portion broadly roundish in 

 outline, 3-lobed, lateral lobes somewhat semicircular, middle lobe 



