Monandria. 1499 



nutans, EPIDENDRVM, caule fimplici, 

 foliis ovato - lanceolatis amplexi- 

 caulibus ; floribus fubfpicatis nu- 

 tantibus ; lamina labelli triloba, lo- 

 bo intermedio tridentato. Prodr. 



p. 121, 



Parafiticum in arboribus Montium 

 Jamaicae occidentalis. ^. 



J\adices craffae, filiformes, longae, albidae. 



Caulis (interdum plurcs aggregati) 1.2 pedalis, 

 crafTus, fimplex, foliofus , fubteres, fubere. 

 ctus, 1. arbonbus horizontali fitu adnafcens. 



Folia fefTilia, vaginantia , amplexicaulia , alterna, 

 oblique patula, ovato - lanceolata, acuta, plana, 

 fubtus leviflime carinata , integra, longitudina- 

 liter lineata, glabra , fubcoriacea. 



Vaginae (feu bafis foliorum) caulem arcte cin- 

 gentes, teretcs, lineatae, glabrae , rubicundae. 



Pedimculus terminalis , folitarius, longitudine fe. 

 re foliorum, (fpfthamaeus,) comprefHufculus, 

 vaginis aliquot remotis lanceolatis albido-pur- 

 purafcentibus munitus, giaber. 



Flores terminales, fubfpicati, approximati , 20- 

 30, fefTiles, majufculi, lutei, fpicam nutantem 

 rcferentes. 



