140 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



small, persistent. Sepals free, subequal, erect, connivent. Petals 

 as long as the sepals, l>ut narrower. Lip as long as the sepals, 

 sessile at base of column, produced at the base into a more Or 

 less clavate spur, ofteo recurved; the Made somewhal quadrate 

 below, with convolute margins, produced upwards into a tri- 

 angular lobe. Column very short, without a foot ; anther 

 terminal, opercular, incumbent, convex, 2-celled ; pollinia 2, 

 globose, waxy, with filiform stalks. Capsule small, narrowly 

 oblong, dehiscing in the middle by three valves. 



Species 30 in number, natives of tropical America from Brazil 

 to the West Indies and Mexico. 



Leafy plants. 



Leaves deeply 2-lobed at apex. Capsule 

 smooth. 



Lip 4*5 mm. 1., terminal lobe about 



half length of lip 1. C '. Barrcttice. 



Lip about 3 mm. b, terminal lobe 



less than half length of lip 2. C. jamaicense. 



Leaves entire or only slightly lobed at 



apex. Capsule ribbed 3. C. minus. 



Leafless and stemless plants. 



Bracts large, hooded, serrate 4. C. pachyrrhi.iuni. 



Bracts small, entire 5. C. Sullivanii. 



1. C. Barrettise Fence. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 127 (1909) ; 

 leaves deeply 2-lobed at apex ; spikes opposite to, and much 

 shorter than, the leaves, solitary or sometimes geminate, densely 

 flowered, 1-2*7 cm. 1. ; lip 4*5 mm. 1., 5-nerved above, 7 -nerved 

 at base, obsoletely 3-lobed, as long as the sepals, 2 mm. br., 

 middle lobe linear-lanceolate, acute ; lateral lobes bluntly rounded, 

 not developed anteriorly, middle lobe about half length of the 

 lip, 2 mm. 1., nearly 1 mm. br. at base ; spur linear, narrowly 

 clavate, slightly constricted at the origin, 2 mm. 1., nearly 1 mm. 

 br., much shorter than the sepals, straight or slightly curved in 

 flower, spreading in fruit; capsule smooth. (PI. 31, f. 9-15.) 



On trees; in n. Oct.-Jan. ; 27, Purdie ! New Part, St. Mary, Wilson I 

 Iron Biver, Water Valley, St. Mary, J. P. 2325, Syme ! near Browns Town, 

 Miss T. M. Barrett ! August Town, Moore ! Charlemont, near Ewarton, 

 1000 ft. ; near Gordon Town ; Green Vale, 2000 ft. ; near Browns Town, 

 1200 ft. ; Harris ! Albany, St. George, Watt ! Fl. Jam. 6580, 7172, 7801, 

 10,405, 10,406. 



Plant 2-9 in. high. Boots somewhat slender, long, flexuose, canescent, 

 simple, 1-3 dm. b, 1-2 mm. br. Stem somewhat stout, slightly compressed, 

 emitting roots, simple, covered by the leaf-sheaths, becoming bare below, 

 5-26 cm. b, 2-3 mm. br. Leaves, blade rather large, somewhat leathery, 

 oblong to ligulate, tapering to the base, at the apex very obliquely 2-lobed, 

 lobes rounded at the apex, in two ranks, numerous, caducous at the base of 

 the stem, 3-7 cm. b, 8-15 mm. br., middle nerve prominent below, canali- 

 culate above, lateral nerves numerous ; sheaths closely adpressed, with 

 numerous ribs, 6-15 mm. 1. Bracts triangular, acute, 1 mm. 1. . Flowers 

 sessile. Sepals ligulate, apex subacute, slightly apiculate, concave, 

 3-nerved, 4-5 mm. b, a little over 1 mm. br. ; lateral, at the base slightly 



