orsF.iT. HORTUS JAMAIC ENSI S. S4i. 



or three, scs^le, large, whitish j-ellow ; spathes a few, ovate, compressed ~ petals al- 

 inost equal, iaiiceolate-linear, spreading', the two inner narrower and wliite. Tube 

 of the nectarv compressed, gibbous, shorter than the petals ; lip trifid, the lateral 

 segments entire, the middle longer, erect, sul>ulate-linear. Column inclosed withirii 

 the tube of the nectary, gibbous, having at the top four pedicelled, obovate, com- 

 pressed anthers, under a four-celled cover Capsule oblong, attenuated at the base 

 three-cornered, three-valved, opening in the middle ; seeds resembling saw-dust, it 

 grows in mountain woods, and smells very sweet during the night. Sw. 



5. RAMOSUM. BRANCHY. 



Stem very branching, suifrutescent ; leaves linear, emarginate ; racemes ter- 

 minating, compressed. 



This grows a foot and a half high, leafy, parasitica!, with fibrous roots; branches 

 compressed a little, smooth, ash coloured; leaves oblong, olHuse, coriaceous, rigid, 

 vemiess, entuf, shining, slieathing at the base, dirty green, alternate, an inch and 

 half long. Spathes cordate-ovate, acute, converging; s))ikes loose, distich, an inch 

 and a half long, four-Howered or tlitreabouts ; iiowers suial!, inelegant, greenish; 

 petals somewhat rigiti, equal in length, the three outer lanceolate, the two inner hnear. 

 liovver lip of the nectary oblong-cordate, atiuninate, concave, rigid, tlie length of the* 

 petals, of which it occupies the place ot the third interior one ; anthers roundish j 

 germ a little longer than the corolla. The rest as in Imeare. Jacquin,, 



6. NUTANS. NODniNQ. 



Stem simple ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, nerveless, stem-clasping ; spike ter+niir^ 

 ating, nodding ; lip of the nectary three-lobed, the middle lobe three* 

 tootlied. Sw.. 



7. UMBELl.ATUM, UMBELLED.' 



Stem simple ; leaves ovate, eiuarginate, stem-ciasping, veiiiless; flowers tec- 

 niinating, umbelled. Sxo 



8. ANCEPS. DOireLE-EDGED. 



Leaves cordate- lanceolate, stem-clasping, horizontal ; raceme terminating-, 

 compressed, ancipit.il, sub-flexuose; dowers distich, inner petals capillurj, 

 witli a threS-lobed lip. Sw. 



9. RlGlDUiM. EIGir>. 



leaves oblong, obtuse, sheathing ; raceme terminating,, compressed, ancii)ital ; 

 tlovvers dibticii, larger than me spatlies, lip entire, eordate-ovate, acute, 

 Su\ 

 Parasitical, a foot high ; roots fibrous, ash-colonred, round, numerous ; stems 

 simple, round, leaty, ending in a very loose distich spike, four-tiowcred or tiicre- 

 abouts. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, shining; spatlies very large, c<jriaceou-i, rigid, al- 

 most the lengtti ol the flowers, wliich are inelegant, small, rigid, and thick ; jjetals 

 Spreadin'T very much, the three outer ovate, the two inner lanceolate, and a liitie 

 shorter. Lower lip of the nectary cordate-roundish, blunt, with a small ))oint. Hat, 

 wprioht, the iengtn of the petals, with a tootliiet on each side at the base; anthers 

 j*ap.le i germ obiohg, iiicuiTed, tliree-cornefed*- l.'^ei:<iit3Sialineare.^^Jacifiirn. 



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