EPIDENDRUM 93 



ing at the base, 2-9 cm. 1., 3-13 mm. br. Spike terminal on the branches, 

 shorter than the leaves, or as long, laxly few- or several-flowered, 2-3 cm. 1. 

 Bracts becoming scarious and white, 9-11 mm. 1. Ovary with a cavity 

 above, within its walls, below the lip. Flowers greenish, perianth about 

 \ in. 1. Sepals 5-9-nerved, lateral ovate-oblong, slightly oblique at base, 

 keeled outside near apex, point of keel 3-denticulate, acute, 8 mm. 1., 

 2 '75 mm. br. ; median oblong, slightly keeled outside at apex, keel ending 

 in a small tooth, 8 mm. 1., 2 - 25 mm.br. Petals 5-nerved, linear, some- 

 what acute or obtuse, shorter than the sepals, 7-8 mm. 1., 1 mm. br. Lip 

 3*5 mm. br. Column 2-2- 5 mm. 1., short, thick, thicker upwards; 

 clinandrium, lateral lobes very broadly ovate, median lobe very short, 

 2-denticulate. Capsule ellipsoidal-ovoid, with a short, thick beak, 10-12 

 mm. 1., 6-8 mm. br. 



16. E. strobiliferum Beicltb. f. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 

 333 (1859) ; without pseudobulbs ; spike with few flowers ; bracts 

 ample, somewhat leathery, scarious, strongly nerved, plicate- 

 hooded, broadly ovate, obtuse, keeled, clasping, nearly as long as 

 the flowers, somewhat densely imbricate in two ranks ; leaves in 

 two ranks, fleshy-leathery, small, shortly ligulate-oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, at the apex obtuse, or subtruncate or sometimes 

 obliquely emarginate, at the base half-clasping and shortly 

 sheathing ; lip on the upper side of the flower, leathery, about as 

 long as the sepals, undivided, broadly ovate-cordate, acute, sub- 

 acuminate, disc with several, somewhat prominent nerves ; column 

 connate with lip nearly to apex. Griseb. op. cit. 618 ; Cogn. op. 

 cit, 174, t. 25, f. 2 ; Ames Orch. i. 37, t. 10. 



On trees ; in fl. towards end of year, in fr. Jan. ; Swartz ! Masson ! 

 New Carmel, Wullschlaegel, 1085 ! Wag Water and Ginger Rivers, J.P. 

 2014 (in part), Syme ! Belvedere, Hanover; Ramble, St. Ann; Fawcettl 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7245a, 7519, 7543. Florida, Cuba, St. Gruz, Saba, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Venezuela, B. 

 Guiana, French Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Brazil. 



Plant 1-6 in. high. Stems clustered, branching, generally leafy to the 

 base, 3-15 cm. 1. Leaves, blade 1*5-2 cm. 1., 4-6 mm. br. ; sheaths 

 5-9 mm. 1. Spike very short, 5-8 mm. 1., shorter than the leaves, with 

 3-6 flowers. Bracts 5-6 mm. 1. Ovary with a cavity below the lip. 

 Flowers, perianth about \ in. 1. Sepals with seven or eight prominent 

 nerves, lateral oblong-lanceolate, acute, about 4 mm. 1., 1*75 mm. br. ; 

 median oblong, tapering slightly to a somewhat blunt point, as long as 

 the lateral, 1*25 mm. br. Petals with three to five prominent nerves, 

 linear, a little shorter than the sepals, '5 mm. br. Column 1-5 mm. 1., 

 short, thick, thicker about the middle ; clinandrium with two teeth on 

 each side, one long and one short, and two short teeth behind. Capsule 

 ellipsoidal, with short thick beak, 8-9 mm. 1., 5-6 mm. br. 



17. E. repens Cogn. in Fedde Bepert. vii. 122 (1909) ; without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts two or three, with a solitary flower, ample, 

 triangular-ovate to roundish, obtuse, slightly keeled, overlapping, 

 clasping, as long as or longer than ovary and enclosing it ; 

 leaves somewhat rigid, small, narrowly ligulate-oblong, apex 

 rounded and obliquely and slightly emarginate, at the base 

 roundish-subcordate and shortly sheathing ; lip erect on the 



