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Spiranthes orchioides (Sw.)Rich. f. Fl. Cub. Fan. 2:252. 



Neottia Sw. , 6". aphyllus Lindl. Deep woods near Piste, Yuca- 

 tan (1616). 



Laelia Domingensis (Lindl. & Paxt.), comb. nov. 



Lceliopsis Lindl. & Paxt. Flow. Gard. 3:155, Cattlya Lindl., Bletia 

 G. Rich. Sand dunes and grassy fields near the sea, Catafio and 

 Santurce (277), Porto Rico. Tuber 2-leaved, leaves 18-24 x 4.2 cm., 

 scape nude, whitish, 112 cm. high; flowers, few apical rose colored. 



Schomburkia Thomsoniana Reichb. f. 



On trees in woods near Spot Bay, Grand Cayman ; not in flower 

 nor fruit. 



Brassavola cordata Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1913. 



Dendricolous, in tufts and spiral lines on seaside trees at the 

 Caleta, Island of Coz'umel (1797); flowers creamy-white. 



Cyrtopodium Andersonii R. Br. Ait. Hort. Kew, 2:216. 



Pedernales Point, Isle of Pines (1426); dendricolous, flowers 

 bright yellow, leaves 36 x 4 cm. 



Oncidium Cebolletta (Jacq.) Sw. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 21: 240. 

 Epidendrum Jacq. Growing on decayed wood in soil of open 

 forest at Piste\ Yucatan (161 7). Leaves terete, 30 cm. long, scape 

 about twice the length of the leaves, flowers small, light yellow, 

 spotted with brown. 



Dendrophylax Fawcetti Rolfe. Gard. Chron. Nov. 1888. 



In a Tamarind tree on the Bodden Bay road about a mile east of 

 Spot Bay, Grand Cayman. Like most of the dendricolous orchids 

 observed on the cruise, this species was neither in flower nor fruit. 



PIPERACE.E. 



Piper umbellatum Linn. Sp. PI. 30. 



Rich, wet and shady places near Port Antonio, Jamaica (925). 

 Stems marked with many prominent longitudinal ridges, every fourth 

 ridge more marked and densely pilose; internodes 6-8 cm. long, peti- 

 oles hairy, 19.5 cm. long, leaves ample, 28.5x29 cm. cordate, deltoid 

 at the apex, 11-nerved, umbels 5-rayed, peduncle 2 cm. long, pedi- 

 cels .5 cm., aments 8 cm. long. 



Piper hirsutum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1:60. 



Rich borders near Port Antonio, Jamaica (892). Branches zig- 

 zag, internodes about 4 cm. rough pilose; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 16.5x8 cm., with a narrow point about 3 cm. of the apex, veins 5-jugal, 

 base very unequal, whole leaf rough-papyraceous, petioles .7 cm., 

 aments straight, 10 cm. long, peduncles about the length of the peti- 

 oles and opposite them. 



Piper medium Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar. 1:2. 



Copses about Spot Bay, Grand Cayman (1299). Branches some- 

 what zig-zag, internodes about 3 cm. glabrous, petioles glabrous .4-. 8 



