EPIDENDRUM 87 



1. ; clinandrium with three lobes, lateral lobes obtuse, retuse or slightly 

 2-lobed, median lobe denticulate. Capsule ellipsoidal, with three broad 

 wings, recurved, 3 5-4" 5 cm. 1. 



5. E. noeturnum Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 29 (1760) ; without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts very much shorter than flowers ; flowers 

 solitary, perianth If in. 1. ; ovary about 5 cm. 1. ; lip deeply 

 3-lobed, lateral lobes semi-ovate, obtuse, entire, about 2 cm. 1., 

 5-7 mm. br., the median lobe about 2*5 cm. 1., 1 mm. br., 

 resembling petals ; column connate with lip nearly to apex. 

 Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 225, t. 139, Ed. pict t. 210; Sw. 

 Obs. Bot. 327 ; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 105 & Fol, Orch. Epid. 

 81; Booh, in Bot. Mag. t. 3298; Griseb. op. tit. 619 ; Cogn. in 

 Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 5, 134, t. 37 ; Ames Orch. S. Fla. 16, /. 7. 

 (PI. 15, f. 2.) 



On trees, stones and rocky land ; in fl. Aug.-Nov., in fr. Sept.-Dec. ; Mac- 

 faclyen ! Moneague, Prior ! March ! J.P. 3, Morris ! Moody's Gap, J. P. 2005, 

 Syme ! St. Ann and Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett ! Cedar Valley, Moore ! 

 Lancaster, 2500 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7565. Cuba, Bahamas, Florida, 

 Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, 

 Grenada, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, 

 B. Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, Peru. 



Plant 14-15 in. high. Rhizome short, with numerous stout roots. 

 Stems 10-40 cm. 1., 4-5 mm. br., several, erect, long, stout, covered with 

 the leaf-sheaths, the blades of which are fallen below, compressed and 

 leafy above. Leaves 7-12 cm. 1., generally from 2-3 cm. br., in two ranks, 

 leathery, linear-oblong to oblong, apex rounded or slightly emarginate, at 

 the base clasping and sheathing; sheaths slightly keeled. Bracts 

 3-7 mm. 1., broadly ovate, acute, at base clasping. Flowers greenish- 

 white or cream-coloured, sessile, five or six or more, iu a terminal panicle, 

 the rachis of which is scarcely developed, and generally remains enclosed 

 by the leaf-sheaths, only one or two flowers generally appearing at a time. 

 Ovary about 5 cm. 1., as long as, or longer than, perianth. Sepals 4-4-5 

 cm. 1., greenish-white or cream-coloured, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 many-nerved, lateral 5 mm. br., slightly oblique, median slightly narrower. 

 Petals as long as the sepals, 1-1-5 mm. br., whitish or cream-coloured, 

 linear, long-acuminate. Lip as long as, or a little shorter than, the 

 petals; disk with two long broad parallel lamellae. Column 15-18 mm. 1., 

 much dilated above, clinandrium dentate. Capsule 6 cm. 1., about 1*5 cm. 

 br., oblong, spindle-shaped, much attenuated above and at the base. 



6. E. angustilobum Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 124 

 (1909); without pseudobulbs; bracts very much shorter than 

 flowers ; flowers solitary, large, perianth 1| in. 1. ; ovary very 

 long, 12 - 5 cm. 1. ; lip deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes linear, 

 acuminate, 7 mm. 1., barely 1 mm. br., the median lobes three 

 times as long, linear, long-acuminate, 2'2 cm. 1., 1 mm. br. ; 

 column auricled, connate above the middle with the lip, about 

 three-quarters of its length. (PI. 15, f. 1.) 



In fl. Oct. ; Rose Hill, 4000 ft., Harrisl Fl. Jam. 10,4S5. 

 Plant over 2 ft. high. Stem high, erect, stout, terete at the base, bare 

 above the base, compressed above, covered with the sheaths of the leaves, 



