BRASSAVOLA 105 



t. 1465 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 621 ; Bolfe in Orel. Bev. x. 65. 

 B. grancliflora Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxv. Misc. 16 (1839). B. venosa 

 Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxvi. t, 39 (1840) ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4021. 

 Epidendron curassavicum &c. Herm. Parad. 207 (errore 187). 

 Viscum arboreum &c. Pluk. Aim. 390, /. 117,/. 6. Epidendrum 

 nodosum L. Sp. PL 953 (1753) (excl. reference to Sloane & 

 var. /?.); Jacq. Set. Stirp. Amer. 226,*. 140, Ed. pict. 109, t. 213. 



On rocks and trees; inn. Aug., Sept.; Wrightl Dickson\ March ! 

 Cedar Valley, Moore ! Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Peru. 



Plant 8-13 in. high. Stem 6-7 cm. 1., with two long joints, each 

 covered with a sheath. Sheaths increasing in size from base (4 cm. 1.), the 

 topmost triangular, acute, 3 -5-5 5 cm. 1. Leaf 14-22 cm. 1., 8-18 mm. br. 

 Peduncle with three sterile joints below, followed by the few-flowered 

 raceme, 10-27 cm. 1. Bracts, sterile sheathing, 7-10 mm. 1. ; floral 

 triangular, acute, 4-7 mm. 1. Ovary with pedicel 3 '5-4 -5 cm. 1. Flowers 

 large, spreading, perianth 2-3 in. 1. Sepals and petals pale green. Lip 

 white. Column about 9 mm. 1. Capsule about 5 cm. 1. 



2. B. eordata Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1914, t. 1913 (1836) ; 

 flowers many ; sepals as long as ovary with pedicel, 3 * 5-4 ' 5 cm. 1. ; 

 blade of lip subcordate-roundish, 1 8-2 cm. 1., claw 12-16 mm. 1. 

 Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3782 ; Griseb. op. cit. 620. B. nodosa 

 Hook, in Bot, Mag. t. 3229 (1833). B. subulifolia Bolfe in Orch. 

 Bev. x. 66 (1902) ; Griseb. he. cit. (in part). Viscum delphinii 

 &c. Sloane Cat. 120 & Hist. i. 251, t. 121, /. 3. (PI. 19, f. 7-11.) 



On trees ; in fl. June, Sept., Jan. ; Spanish Town, Sloane Herb. iv. 120! 

 Wright ! Bancroft ! Macfadyen ! St. Thomas in Vale, McNab ! St. John, 

 Purdie ! Parke ! White Iliver, Cowan ! Fairfield, Wullschlaegel, 1065 ! 

 lowlands, J.P. 2398, Syme ! Mandeville, Lady Blake ! Lacovia, Tomlinson ! 

 Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft.; Halls Delight, 900 ft.; near Troy, 2000 ft., 

 1600 ft. ; Harris ! Walderston, Mrs. Longstaff ! near Mandeville, Harris & 

 Britton ! Fl. Jam. 7661, 10,412, 10,448, 10,450, 10,451, 10,626. 



B. subulifolia Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 114 was described from a plant 

 from Nevis. Lindley says " species distinctissima." We have not seen a 

 specimen. 



Plant 8-21 in. high. Stem 12-18 cm. 1., with three or four long joints, 

 each covered with a sheath. Sheaths increasing in size from base (2 cm. 1.), 

 the topmost becoming spathaceous, free portion oblong, tapering to an 

 acute apex, or oblong-lanceolate, 5 -5-8 cm. 1. Leaf 20-35 cm. 1., 

 7-12 mm. br. Peduncle one or two sterile joints below, followed by the 

 many-flowered raceme, somewhat crowded above, 8-20 cm. 1. Bracts 

 sterile, sheathing, free portion triangular, acute, 7-10 mm. 1. ; floral 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 6-9 mm. 1. Ovary with pedicel 3 5-4 5 cm. 1. 

 Flowers of medium size, spreading, perianth 1^-lf in. 1. Sepals and petals 

 pale green or greenish-yellow. Lip white, w r ith a long involute serrate 

 claw. Column about 7 mm. 1., thicker upwards. Capsule 3 - 2 cm. 1., 

 1'6 cm. br. 



36, TETRAMICRA Lindl. 



Terrestrial herbs. Stems leafy, scarcely thickened, no pseudo- 

 bulbs. Leaves from the rhizome within overlapping sheaths at 

 the base of the scape, 1-3, linear, fleshy, semiterete, short and 



