92 01! s of JAMAICA 



Leaves leathery, ligulate-oblong or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, bracts 

 ample, broadly triangular, obtuse, keeled, keel decurrent, clasp- 

 ing, as long as ovary and enclosing it ; lip on the upper side of 

 the flower, leathery, a little longer than the sepals, undivided, 

 roundish-pvate, cordate, apex obtuse, disk with two calli at base; 

 column connate with lip to apex.' Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 222, 

 /. 134, Ed. pict. t. 204 ; Sw. Prodr. 121 & Fl. Ind Ore. 1507; 

 Rook. Ic. PI. t. 314 ; Lindl. Fol. Ore/,. Epid. 7<; ; Griseb. op. cit. 

 618 : Cogn. in Fl. Bras, iii.pt. 5, 171. 



On trees; in fl. Aug.-Nov., in fr. Nov.-Jan. ; Macfadyen ! St. Thomas 

 in Vale, Purdie\ New Oarmel, Wullschlaegel, 1086! March] St. Mary, 

 J.P. 2013, Syme ! Morris ! Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett ! Ramble, St. 

 Ann, Fawcett & Harris I Belvedere, Hanover; near Cinchona; Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 7246, 762;), 7751. Cuba, Florida, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Guade- 

 loupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, 

 Trinidad, Costa Rica, B. Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, B. Guiana, French 

 Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia. 



Plant 4-10 in. high. Stems somewhat stout, simple, covered by the 

 leaf-sheaths, 5-14 cm. 1. Leaves, blade 2-6*5 cm. 1., 1*2-2 cm. br. ; sheaths 

 1-2 cm. 1. Spike 3-11 cm. 1., longer than the leaves, simple, very com- 

 pressed, with two winged edges. Bracts 10-15 mm. 1. Flowers few or 

 several, green, perianth about \ in. 1. Sepals 6-7-nerved, leathery, oval, 

 apex with thickened margin, somewhat acute, 6 mm. 1., 3 mm. br., lateral 

 slightly oblique. Petals 3-nerved, linear, obtuse, as long as the sepals, 

 1 mm. br. Column short, thick, 3 mm. 1. ; clinandrium denticulate on 

 margin. Cay side ellipsoidal, with a short and thick beak, 16-20 mm. 1., 

 8-9 mm. br. 



15. E. ramosum Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 29 (1760) ; without 

 pseudobulbs ; spike with few flowers ; bracts ample, elliptical- 

 ovate, obtuse, sometimes acute, slightly keeled at apex, hooded, as 

 long as, or scarcely longer than the ovary and enclosing it ; leaves 

 leathery, linear-ligulate, apex obliquely emarginate ; lip on the 

 lower side of the flower, slightly shorter than the sepals, leathery, 

 with numerous nerves, undivided, ovate, cordate, acute, with two 

 calli at base of disk which unite above and form a rib running 

 to apex ; column connate with lip nearly to apex. Jacq. Sel. 

 Stirp. Amer. 221, t. 132, Ed, pict. t. 202; Sw. Prodr. 120 & Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 1505; Lindl. Fol. Orcli. Epid, 76 ; Griseb. op. cit. 618 ; 

 Cogn. in. Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 5, 172. (PI. 15, f. 12.) 



On trees and rocks ; in fl. Nov.-March ; mountains, Swartz ! Bancroft ! 

 Macfadyen ! St. Ann, McNab ! Portland Gap, Purclie ! Bethabara, Wull- 

 schlaegel, 1054 ! March ! mountains, J.P. 28 ; lowlands, 400-800 ft. J.P. 

 2012, Morris \ Mt. Moses, 2500 ft. J.P. 526, Syme ! Cinchona, Clutel 

 Newcastle, Hartl Belle Vue, Port Royal Mts., Miss B. Gossetl Cinchona, 

 5000 ft. ; Moody's Gap, 3000 ft. ; Clydesdale, 4500 ft. ; above Mabess 

 River, 3500 ft. ; Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 7535, 7799, 7881, 9897, 10,089. Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Mexico, 

 Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, B. Guiana, Surinam, 

 French Guiana, Brazil. 



Plant 1-3 ft. long. Stems to 1 m. 1., much branched. Leaves sheath- 



