OCTADESMIA 79 



3-lobed, lateral lobes slightly prominent. Column somewhat 

 long, slightly incurved, cod cave anteriorly, with a short foot ; 

 clinandrium obscurely 3-lobed. Anther terminal, opercular, 

 incumbent, semi-globose, with two cells which are divided 

 again. Pollinia 8, four in each cell, connected at the apices by 

 a small amount of viscid substance. Capsule oblong or elongate, 

 spindle-shaped, contracted into a short beak. 

 Species 2, natives of West Indies and Brazil. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high 1. 0. montana. 



Plant reaching to 6 ft. high 2. 0. elata. 



1. 0. montana Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 311 (1881) 

 & in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. Hi. 525 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 lip about as broad as long. Cogn. in Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 5, 19 & in 

 Symb. Ant. iv. 172. Epidendrum montanum Sw. Prodr. 121 

 (1788). Cymbidium montanum Sio. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 72 

 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1469. Octomeria serratifolia Hook, in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2823 (1828). Bletia montana Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 Bot. vi. 445 (1862). Tetramicra montana Griseb. FL Brit. W. 

 Ind. 622 (1864). (PL 17, f. 13-16.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees and rocky banks ; in fl. Nov. -March ; Blue Mts., Swartz ! 

 Wiles ! Macfadyenl Wilson ! Jenmanl Blue Mts., 5000-5500 ft., J.P. 27, 

 Moi-ris ! near Gordon Town, Watt ! Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., Faivcett ! Harris ! 

 Ridge from Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; Hardware Gap, 

 4000 ft. ; below Sir John's Peak, 6000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7550, 10,090, 

 10,128, 10,436. Hispaniola, Porto Pico. 



Plant 15-24 in. high. Stem 2-6 dm. 1., covered below with sheaths, 

 leafy above. Sheaths striate and with brown spots and minute warts, 

 2*5-3 cm. 1., free portion short. Leaves 4-11 cm. 1., 7-20 mm. br. Panicle 

 (sometimes a raceme) 4-20 cm. 1. Bracts minutely spotted and warty, 

 free portion triangular, acute or acuminate; sterile 1-1*7 cm. 1.; floral 

 * 5-1 cm. 1. Ovary and pedicel each 4 * 5 mm. 1. Flowers creamy-white, with 

 a delicate scent of violtts, perianth over \ in. 1. Sepals 5-nerved, oblong- 

 lanceolate, median 1-4-1*8 cm. 1., 4*5 mm. br.,apex obtuse ; lateral rather 

 shorter, apex thickened and shortly apiculate. Petals 3-nerved, linear- 

 oblong, tapering to apiculate apex, 1*2-1*5 cm. 1., 2*5-3*5 mm. br. Lip 

 very shortly clawed, 5-nerved with numerous lateral nerves branching off, 

 roundish in outline, disk 2-lamellate below, with minute warty calii along 

 the three nerves of the terminal lobe, lamellae 2-]obed ; lateral lobes short, 

 obtuse ; terminal lobe much larger, minutely crenulate, apiculate, 9-10 

 mm. 1., and about as broad. Column narrowly 2-winged, 6-6*5 mm. 1. 

 Capsule ellipsoidal, 2*5 cm. 1. 



2. 0. elata Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. Hi. 525 (1883) ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate ; lip longer than broad. Type in Herb. Kew. 



On trees, in rocky soil, and in peatv mould in forest ; in fl. March ; 

 Mt. Moses, 3500-4000 ft., Syme ! Harris ! 



Plant robust, erect, upright, reaching to 6 ft. high. Stem 15 or 16 drn. 1., 

 below bearing the fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths, leafy above. 

 Leaves, passing above into spathaceous bracts, blade 8-11 cm. 1., 2-3 cm. 

 br. Panicle 2 dm. 1. Bracts, sterile 4-2 cm. 1., floral about 1 cm. 1. 

 Ovary (fertilised) and pedicel, each generally about 1 cm. 1. Flowers, 

 perianth over \ in. 1. Sepals 7-nerved, narrowly oblong, slightly apiculate ; 



