14-1- ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



1. D. funalis Fawc. Fl. PI. Jam. 40 (1893) lip very large, 

 broad, with two rounded Lobes, united by a shorl claw to the 

 wide mouth of the Bpur, reticulate-9-veined, to apes of lateral 

 lobe 1*7 em. 1., 2*2 cm. br. j spur filiform, tapering tow aids 



apex, nearly three times as long as the sepals, about 5*5 cm. 1. 

 Epidendrum t'unale Sic. Pnxlr. 1 2G (1788). Limodorum 

 funale Sir. in Nov. Art. Upsal. ri. 79 (1799) & Fl. On: I,l. Hi. 

 L521. CEceoclades funalis Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 237 (1833). 

 Angr?ecum funale Lindl. in Hot. Reg. xxvi. undi , t. 68 (1840) ; 

 HooJc. in Bot. Mag. t. 4295. Aeranthus funalis Meichb. /'. in 

 Will p. Ann. vi. 902 (1861). Aeranthes funalis Griseb. Fl. Br. 

 W. Ind. 625 (1864). Polyrrhiza funalis Pfitz. in Engl & Prantl 

 Nat. Pflanzenf ii. ]>t. 6, 209 & 215 (1889). (PI. 32*.) Type in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees ; in fl. Nov.-March ; Swartz ! Wag Water River, J.P. 2330, 

 Syme ! near Browns Town, Miss T. M. Barrett ! H. Levy ! near Christiana, 

 Mrs. Seivelll Blue Mts., Moore ! near Gordon Town; Hope Mines; Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5655, 7763, 9005. 



Plant 5 or 6 in. high. Roots to 3 dm. or more 1., slender, compressed, 

 flexuose, canescent, simple, occasionally branched, repeatedly forming 

 new growths from the tips of the old roots. Stem very much reduced, 

 extending occasionally to scarcely 2 cm., covered with brown sheathing 

 scales, leafless, bearing long slender woody stolons. Scape simple, few- 

 flowered, 5-10 cm. 1. Bracts sheathing, wide at mouth, acute or acuminate, 

 brown, 4-5 mm. 1. Pedicel (of fruit) 1 to nearly 2 cm. 1. Sepals elliptical, 

 obtuse, reticulate-7-veined ; median spreading, about 2 cm. 1., 7 mm. br. ; 

 lateral deflexed, about 2*2 cm. 1., 6 mm. br. Petals oblong-elliptical, 

 subacute, reticulate-7-veined, spreading, about 2 cm. 1., 5-6 mm. br. 

 Column short, with two broad wings produced anteriorly. Anther sub- 

 hemispherical, cells not divided, but indicated by an almost obsolete wall 

 and by a longitudinal depression outside ; pollinia on a ribbon-like process 

 of the flat stalk. Capsule elongated, cylindrical, 6-angled, 7 cm. 1., about 

 5 cm. br. 



2. D. Barrettise Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 266 

 (1909) ; lip undivided, saccate, above broadly ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, extending about as far as lateral sepals ; spur 

 spreading, 2*3 cm. 1., increasing in thickness from the middle 

 towards the apex. Types in Herb. Kew. and in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



On trees ; in fl. in Aug. ; near Browns Town, Miss T. M. Barrett ! Hollv 

 Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2600 ft., Harris ! 



A small stemless, leafless plant, about an inch high. Boots very slender, 

 flexuose, simple, to 12 cm. 1. Scapes several, clustered, simple, to 2 '5 cm. 

 1. Bracts few (three), tubular below, free part ovate, apiculate, 1-5 mm. 1. 

 Flowers small, one flower appearing at a time, greenish-white, the spur 

 rather lighter in colour. Sepals spreading, 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute to acute, 5-6 mm. 1., 1*3-1 *5 mm. br. Petals erect, 3-nerved, 

 similar to sepals, linear-ligulate, acute, nearly 5 mm. 1., 1 mm. br. Column 

 very short, auriculate at apex as in D. funalis, auricles toothed on upper 

 margin ; anther-cells somewhat ovate-rectangular in outline ; pollinia with 

 a simple stalk. 



