MALAXIS 43 



Syme ! Moody's Gap, 3000 ft. ; near Vinegar Hill, 4500 ft. ; near Christiana, 

 3000 ft. ; Harris ! Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett ! Fl. Jam. 7880, 10,471, 

 10,473. Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Eustatius, Martinique. 



Plant 8-12 in. high. Stem thickened at the base, pseudobulbous in 

 fruiting stage, with two sheaths at the base, upper sheath 2-3 cm. 1., the 

 outer smaller one often withering. Leaves distant, the lower larger, 

 6-10 cm. 1., 3-5 cm. br., ovate, ovate-elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, petiole 

 long-sheathing. Raceme 3-8 cm. 1. Flowers numerous, small ; pedicels 

 6-9 mm. Bracts 2-4 mm., lanceolate, setaceous, much shorter than the 

 pedicels. Sepals about 3 mm. 1., and half as broad; median ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute ; lateral shortly connate at base, lanceolate, obtuse, with 

 revolute margins. Petals 2 mm. 1., *5 mm. br., linear, shorter. Lip 

 3*5-4 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. Capsule (unripe) 8 mm. 1., ellipsoidal, slightly 

 tapering to base. 



3. M. integra comb. nov. ; leaves two ; raceme lax ; lip ovate, 

 entire, obtuse, auricles roundish-elliptical. Microstylis integra 

 Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 7 (1909); Cogn. in Symb. 

 Ant. vi. 370. (PI. 6, f. 11-17.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On rocky shady banks ; in fl. and fr. Nov. ; Guava Ridge Road, 2500 ft. ; 

 Mount Hybla, 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7735, 7740, 7741. 



Plant 6 to 12 in. high. Stem thickened at the base, 2-leaved below, 

 with a sheath at the base; sheath 1*5 cm. 1. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or 

 abruptly acute, petiole long-sheathing; lower leaf generally 3-5 cm. 1., 

 2-2 '5 cm. br. Raceme 3-8 cm. Floicers very small, stalked; pedicels 

 4-5 mm. Bracts 2 mm., linear-lanceolate, much shorter than the pedicels. 

 Sepals 2 2 mm. 1., 1 5 mm. br., obtuse with revolute margins, median ovate, 

 lateral broadly elliptical. Petals linear, scarcely as long as the sepals. 

 Lip 2*5 mm. 1., 2 mm. br. Capsule 6 mm. 1., ellipsoidal, slightly narrowed 

 at the base. 



4. M. Grisebaehiana comb. nov. ; leaf solitary ; raceme oblong, 

 with flowers crowded towards the apex ; lip somew T hat quadrate, 

 3-lobed above, median lobe very short, tooth-like ; auricles 

 roundish-elliptical. Microstylis Grisebaehiana Fawc. & Bendle 

 in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 7 (1909) ; Cogn. in Symb. Ant. vi. 372. (PL 6, 

 f. 18-23.) Types in Herb. Mus. Brit. & Jam. Herb. 



On damp clayev shady banks; in fl. and fr. Oct.-Dec. ; Cinchona, 

 4920-5000 ft. ; Morse's Gap, 4800 ft. ; Harris ! J.P. 230 (in part), Morris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 7530, 7743, 7744, 9790, 9792. 



Plant 4-10 in. high. Stem 1*5-3 cm., swollen underground into a 

 small spherical corm, 1-2 cm. br., with one leaf affixed below the middle 

 or near the base, with one or two sheaths at the base. Leaf 2-5-5 cm. 1., 

 1*5-3 cm. br., elliptical to ovate-elliptical, obtuse, subcordate, with 

 sheathing petiole. Raceme 3-4 cm., oblong, with flowers crowded towards 

 the apex. Floicers yellowish-green, very small, stalked. Bracts triangular, 

 acuminate, much shorter than the pedicels. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 with revolute margins, median about 2 mm. 1., "6 mm. br., lateral slightly 

 shorter. Petals 1*5 mm. 1., linear shorter than the sepals. Lip 2 - 25 mm. 

 1., 1'75 mm. br., lateral lobes -6 mm. 1., median -25 mm. 1., auricles 

 5 mm. 1. 



Near M. unifolia Michx., but distinguished by the auriculate, not 

 cordate, lip, and the position of the leaf nearer the base of the stem. 



