BLETIA 111 



lobe, lateral lobes with a bluntly triangular apex above the 

 sinus and increasing in breadth towards the base, middle lobe 

 roundish. Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 622. B. verecunda, B. Br. 

 in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 206 (1813) ; Griseb. loc. tit. ; Salisb. 

 Ic. hied. vi. fol. 572, 573. B. acutipetala Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 

 3217 (1833). B. alta Hitchcock in Bep. Miss. Bot. Gard. iv. 132 

 (1893). Limodoruni purpureum Lam. Encycl. Metli. Hi. 515 

 (1789) ; Bedoute Liliacees i. 83. L. tuberosum Jacq. Coll. iv. 108 

 (1790), non L* L. altum Jacq. Ic. Bar. Hi. 17, t. 602 (1786-93), 

 non L.* L. verecundum Salisb. Prodr. 9 (1796). Cymbidium 

 verecundum Sw. in Nov. Act. TJpsal. vi. 75 (1799). (PI. 21, f. 1-7.) 



Dry stony banks, rocky land, on rocks in moist woods, 600-5000 ft. ; 

 in fl. and fr." Oct. -May; Houstoun\ Fairfield, 1059, Wullsclilaegel ! J. P. 9, 

 Morris ! Cinchona, 5000 ft. ! Fawcett ! G. Nichols ! Farm Hill, C. Nicholls ! 

 Hanover, Tomlinsonl Silver Hill, 3500 ft., Harris I Cuba, Bahamas, 

 Florida, Central America. 



Plant 1^-2J ft. high ; leaves 1^ ft. long. Corm 2 cm., globose. Leaves 

 30-50 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br., narrowly lanceolate, long-tapering at base and 

 apex, narrowing into a basal sheath. Flowers, perianth ^- in. 1. Bracts, 

 sterile 1-1*3 cm. 1., ovate, blunt, adpressed, sheathing at the base; 

 floral 4-5 mm. 1., broadly ovate, acuminate, somewhat clasping. Pedicels 

 (including ovary) 1-1 - 5 cm., of fruit about half as long. Sepals 15-18 

 mm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. ; median ovate-lanceolate, acute ; lateral ovate, acute, 

 slightly gibbous. Petals broader and slightly shorter than the sepals. Lip 

 shorter than the petals, veins numerous and branching, middle lobe 

 emarginate, crenate, curled. Column winged. Capsule 2*7 cm. 1., cylin- 

 drical, erect. 



2. B. florida B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 206 (1813) ; 

 flowers dark purple, sometimes rosy with white lip * lip with five 

 crests, of which only three generally stretch far into the middle 

 lobe, lateral lobes rounded above, narrowing gradually to the 

 base, middle lobe generally cuneate in form. Griseb. op. cit. 621. 

 B. Shepherdii Hook, in Bot. Mag. 3319 (1834); Griseb. loc. cit. 

 B. verecunda DC. loc. cit. non B. Br. Limodorum fioridum 

 Salisb. Prodr. 9 (1796) & Ic. ined. vi. fol. 572. L. altum Sims in 

 Bot. Mag. t, 930 (1806). (PI. 21, f. 8-11.) 



Dry stony banks 1000-5000 ft. ; in fl. and fr. Oct.-May ; Sloane Herb, 

 iv. 117 a ! St. Anns Bay, Priori J.P. 2145, Morris ! Lanel Bryans Hill, 

 Sullivan \ Silver Hill, 3500 ft.; Wallenford, 2500 ft.; Constant Spring; 

 Green Valley ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7622, 7653, 7682. Cuba. 



Plant 2-3J ft. with leaves 1J to 2 ft. long. Corm l - 5-2*5 cm., ovate- 

 globose. Leaves 20-50 cm. 1., 2-9 cm. br., narrowly lanceolate to broadly 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate, narrowing into a basal sheath 

 which persists after the fall of the leaf, many-nerved. Floicers, perianth 

 less than an inch to 1^ in. long. Bracts, sterile 1-2*5 cm. 1., ovate, 

 blunt, adpressed, sheathing at the base; floral 3-10 mm. 1., ovate, 



* Limodorum tuberosum L. Sp. PI. 950 is Calopogon pulchellus H. Br. 

 L. altum L. Syst. ed. 12, ii. 594 is Eulophia alta. 



