84 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



b. Floral bracts largo, broad, concave, spathe- 

 like, enclosing the ovary or even the l lower. 

 Lip undivided. 



Leaves small, not more than 4 inches 1. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, 2 inches 1. ; 



spike longer than loaves ... 14. E. rigidum. 



Leaves linear-ligulate or linear-lanceo- 

 late. 

 Spike with few flowers. 

 Leaves linear, 3-4 inches 1. Flowers 



J inch 1 15. E. ramosum. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, f inch 1. 



Flowers inch 1 1G. E. strobilifcrinn. 



Flowers solitary 17. E. repens. 



Leaves large ; 6-8 inches 1 18. E. imbricatum. 



Lip 3-lobed 19. E. bifarium. 



II. Column free, or only connate below the middle with the lip (connate 

 about half-way in E. teretifolium) . 



1. Witb pseudobulb. 



a. Lip undivided. 



Flowers solitary 20. E. polybidbon. 



Flowers racemose or paniculate. 



Lip somewhat similar to sepals and petals 21. E. Ottonis. 



Lip long-clawed, broadly ovate 22. E. subaqiiilum. 



Lip very short-clawed, elliptical, acute, 



ventricose-concave 23. E. bletioides. 



b. Lip 3-lobed. 

 Lip quite free. 



Lateral lobes rounded, median lobe 



rounded and not larger 24. E. parvilobum. 



Lateral lobes narrow, middle lobe differing 

 in form, and much larger. 



Ovary rugose 25. E. monticolum. 



Ovary smooth 26. E. belvederensc . 



Lip attached to column about one-third of 



its length 27. E. angusti folium. 



2. Without pseudobulb. 

 Stem with one leaf. 



Flower-stalk longer than leaf, with one 



flower 28. E. brachyglossum. 



Leaf serrulate, spike of flowers shorter than 



leaf 29. E. serrulatum. 



Stem with a few semi-terete fleshy leaves. 

 Stem short with a few minute flowers 



clustered at apex 30. E. globosum. 



Stem long with one flower at apex 31. E. teretifolium. 



1. E. eiliare L. Syst. ed. 10, 1246 (1759); pseudobulbs 

 long, thicker above, of several joints, 2-leaved ; lip white, 3-lobed, 

 lateral lobes with long fringes, median lobe subulate-filiform ; 

 column connate with lip as far as apex. J acq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 

 224, t. 179, f. 89, Ed. pict. t. 209; Bot, Beg. t. 784; Lindl. 

 Fol. Orch. Epid. 29; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 615; Gogn. in Fl. 

 Bras. in. pt. 5, 70 ; Salisb. Ic. ined. vi. fol. 574. Helleborine 

 graminea &c. Plum. PL Amer. (Burm.) t. 179, /. 2, & Ic. ined. Hi. 

 t. 143. 



