EPIDENDRUM 91 



Bot. Mag. t. 2844 ; Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. 65 ; Griseb. op. cit. 617 ; 

 Salisb. Ic. ined. vi. fol. 574. (PI. 15, f. 10.) 



On trees and rocks; in fl. March-Nov. ; Bancroft \ Moneagne, 

 Priori Marchl J.P. 19, 2401, Morris I Syme\ Trelawney, Griffith ! Bath, 

 G. Nichols ! Iron fliver, 1500 ft. ; Cascade, 3000 ft. ; Holly Mount, 

 Mt. Diabolo, 2800 ft.; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9021, 10,428. Cuba, Florida, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Antigua, 

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

 Grenada, Trinidad, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, 

 B. Guiana, Surinam, Brazil. 



Plant 1^ to 3 ft. bigb. Stem to 8 dm. 1., compressed. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptical or sometimes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes subacute, 

 sessile, sbeatbing at base; limb 7-17 cm. 1., 2*5-4-5 cm. br. Peduncle 

 2-5 dm. 1. ; sheaths compressed, keeled, oblong-triangular above, imbri- 

 cating, 2-6 cm. 1.; raceme short, dense, sometimes branching, 1*5 some- 

 times to 7 cm. I. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3-6 mm. 1. Flowers 

 fleshy, light-brown, greenish-brown, or tawny yellow. Ovary slender, with 

 pedicel about 1 cm. 1. Sepals obovate-elliptical, somewhat acute, light 

 brown, lateral slightly broader, 6-8 mm. 1., 3-4 mm. br. ; when dry, with 

 3-5 prominent nerves. Petals spathulate-linear, light brown, 1-nerved 

 when dry, 5 "5-6 '5 mm. 1., 1-15 mm. br. Lip greenish-brown, with 

 numerous veins when dry; limb 5-6*5 mm. 1., 6-9 mm. br. Column 

 4 mm. 1., greenish brown. 



13. E. rivulare Lindl. Ann. d Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, i. 330 

 (1858) ; without pseudobulbs ; stems long, slender ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate ; base of peduncle clothed with closely-sheathing, sub- 

 foliaceous sterile bracts ; flowers few above, long-stalked, lax, 

 somewhat corymbose ; floral bracts much shorter than the 

 flowers ; lip 3-lobecl, lateral lobes large, fringed ; median lobe 

 linear, 3-toothed at dilated apex ; disk with two calli at base ; 

 column connate with lip to apex. Griseb. op. cit. 616. (PI. 15, 

 f. 7.) 



On trees; in fl. Aug.-March ; Dolphin Head, Purdiel Green River, 

 J.P. 485, Morris ! near Browns Town, Miss T. M. Barrett ! Christiana, 

 TomlinsonX St. Ann, Stewart \ between Cinchona and Old England; 

 Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo; Harrisl Fl. Jam. 10,421, 10,429, 10,449. 

 Cuba, Hispaniola. 



Plant 1^-2 ft. and over. Stem to 6 dm. and over, covered by the 

 leaf-sheat.bs. Leaves 6-12 cm. 1., 8-11 mm. br. Peduncle 7-12 cm. 1., 

 sterile bracts in two rows, compressed, tapering upwards, keeled above, 

 imbricating, to 5 cm. 1. Raceme short, rarely branching, 2-3 cm. 1. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acute, 10-4 mm. 1. Flowers yellowish-green speckled 

 with red, lip white or light yellow, column tipped with red, perianth 

 nearly in. 1. Ovary slender, 12-13 mm. 1. Pedicel about 15 mm. 1. 

 Sepals with 7-nerves prominent on outside, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 1*6-1 '6 cm. 1., 3*5 mm. br. Petals 1-nerved, linear, as long as sepals. 

 Lip about 1 cm. 1. above attachment to column. Column thicker above, 

 7-8 mm. 1. ; clinandriurn with two shallow lobes at each side. Capsule 

 ellipsoidal, tapering to base, and forming a beak at apex, about 3 cm. 1., 

 1 cm. br. 



14. E. rigidum Jacq. Enum. PI. Oarib. 29 (1760); without 

 pseudobulbs ; stems erect from a creeping rhizome, compressed ; 



