88 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



with two leaves at the apex, 5 dm. 1., 4 LOmm.hr. / ovalorelliptical- 



ohlong, Leathery, obtuse, many-nerved, at the base clasping and Long* 

 Bheathing, blade about li cm. 1., I 5 om. in-., sheaths compressed, 

 Blightly keeled. Panicle, rachis scarcely protruded and covered by 

 Bheaths. Bracts sheathing at tin- base, ovate-oblong, acute or Bomewhat 

 acuminate, 7 8 mm. 1. Flotoer cream-coloured. Sepals narrowly oblan- 

 oeolate, acuminate, many-nerved, 2 1*8 cm. 1. Petals as Long aa the 



sepal-, lincai', long-acuminate. Lip a littlo shorter than the sepals; 

 disk with two narrow parallel lamella 1 at the base. Colin)!)! 2 cm. 1., 

 above very dilated; olinandrium with three posterior ovate acuminate 

 lobes, and three anterior, the middle acuminate, and the lateral obtuse; 

 anther purplish. 



7. E. difforme Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 29 (1760); without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts much shorter than flowers ; flowers 

 umbellate, perianth about }, in. 1. ; lip kidney-shaped, emarginate, 

 margin undulate, with two calli on disk at base; column connate 

 with lip to apex. Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 223, t. 136, Ed. pict. 

 t. 206 ; Cogn. in Fl. Bras. in. pt. 5, 139. E. umbellatum Sio. 

 Prodr. 121 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ, 1501; Bot. Mag. t. 2030; 

 LindL Fol. Orch. Epld. 79 ; Grlseb. op. cit. 618. (PL 15, f. 3.) 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees; in fl. Aug.-April; mountains, Swartz\ Purdiel Nazareth, 

 Wullschlaegel, 1395 ! Prior ! Eggers ; J.P. 18, 1516, Morris ! lowlands, 

 J. P. 524, Syme ! Cedar Hurst, Faiccett ! Cinchona, Isaacs ! Harris ! Keith 

 Hill, 2200 ft., Thompson ! Clydesdale, 4000 ft. ; Lancaster 3000 ft. ; 

 Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft. ; Silver Hill, 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Mahoganv 

 Vale Kidge, Miss B. Gossetl Fl. Jam. 7629, 7651, 7865, 9022, 10,455, 

 10,498. Cuba, Florida, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, 

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

 Trinidad, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, B. Guiana, Surinam, 

 Brazil. 



Plant 2-10 in. high. Stems 4-20 cm. 1., few or several, clustered, 

 covered with leaf-sheaths. Leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong or ligulate, 

 obtuse, obliquely retuse, clasping at base, blade 2* 5-7* 5 cm. 1., 1-2-5 cm. 

 br. Bracts linear, 7-12 mm. 1. Flowers pale green or whitish. Pedicels 

 1-2-5 cm. 1. Ovary 1-2*5 cm. 1. ScjJals with seven incomplete nerves 

 prominent on inside, elliptical, median apex thickened, subacute, 

 15 mm. 1., about 5- 5 mm. br. ; lateral somewhat oblique, apex keeled at 

 back, keel forming an acute point, 15-16 mm. 1., 6 mm. br. Petals 

 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate, 14 mm. 1., 2-5mm.br. Lip with numerous 

 nerves, 13-14 mm. 1., about 18 mm. br. Column short, about 1 cm. 1. (to 

 apex of clinandrium), thicker above ; clinandriurn with denticulate margin. 

 Capsule ellipsoidal, shortly and thickly beaked, 2*5 cm. 1., 1*5 cm. br. 



8. E. jamaieense Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. 82 (1853); without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts shorter than flowers ; flowers in a raceme, 

 perianth in. 1. ; lip undivided, roundish or broader than long, 

 undulate, subentire, inconspicuously mucronate, two calli on disk 

 at base ; column connate with lip to apex. Griseb. op. cit. 618. 



On trees ; in fl. Sept. ; Manchester, Dunrobin Castle, Purdie 1 Cedar 

 Hurst, Rose Hill, J.P. 481, Syme ! near Cedar Hurst, 2409, Morris ! near 

 Bath, Harris ! 



