634 ORCHIDES. 



lONOPSIS. 



Epidendium Satijrioides Swarlz, Prodr. l'^3. 

 Dendroliium leslicidalum Swarlz, Fl. lad. Occ. p. 1533. 

 Leaves iwo or ihree inches long. Scape filiform , ihree or lour tiraes as long as 

 ihe leaves , simple or occasionally divided , few-llowered. wilh sonie minute shea- 

 ihing scaies. Flowers froni ihree to six. sniall. appearing in ihe spriug, while, wiih 

 Ihe fragrance of violels. Lip arid petals veiried wiih crimson. 



Wild in ihe West-Indies, occasionally ; on ihe uiounlaius of St. Domingo and Ja- 

 maica, on the Cresceniia— Swartz. 



2. lONOPSIS TERES Lindl. B. Reg. 1838. M. 181. 1. c. F. sub 2: 



1. foliis terelibus, scapo simplici filiformi piiucifloro, sepalis acutis 

 laleriilibus semiconnatis, iabeilo obovalo-Jaiiceoiato upice undulato quasi 

 Inlobo, callis magnis conspicuis. 



Fiowers srnall, white. Peiols obtuse, and lip with criiTison veins. The threelobed 

 iip appears lo separate ihis from the last ; whelher ihe sac is didymous or nol 1 

 have not been able lo ascertain. 

 Wild in Demerara— Schomburgk. 



Lindl. I. c. ; ,,imp. LodJiges." — ,.Labello obovato lanceolato apice undulalo quasi 

 trilobo, niedio bilamellato." 



3. lONOPSIS P.^LLIDIFLORA Lindl. D. Reg. siib 1904. I. c. F. sub 3: 



I. fuliis anguslis oblongis basi carinatis, scapo simplici, sepalis pe- 

 talisque oblusis, labello bilobo plus duplo longiore, sacco didymo ven- 

 tricoso. 



lanlha pallidiflora Hookcr, Exot. FI. t. 113. 

 Flowers whiie, with purple stripes. Leaves, according lo llooker, binate, flal, 

 einarginale ; according lo a drawing in my possession , oblong, acute , disiichous. 

 The plain lcnves aritl didymous sac are peculiar lo ihis species. 

 Wild in Trinidad— De Schack, Lockharl. 



4. lO.NOPSIS DRIiVlFOLL\ A. Rich. Gal. Ann. sc. N. 3. IIL 26. Lindl. L c. sub 4: 



I. ..foliis binis recurvis oblongis apice acutissimis , scapo 3-4-floro, 

 floribus viulaceis, sepalis basi saccatis, labello Iriplo longiore obcordato 

 piolunde bilobo." 



Kiiown only from the above short charncier. The expression ,,sepalis basi sac- 

 caiis" seeiiis to poirit lo a testiculaie form like ihal ol I. pallidiflora. 

 Wild in Mexico— Galeotli. 



5. lONOPSIS UTRICULARIOIDES Lindl. Coll. Dot. 39. A. Lindl. 1. c. sub 5: 



I. foliis oblongis acutis caiinalis, racemo brevi subpaniciilalo, sepalis 

 aculis, peialis oblusis, labelli subbarbali iimbo cuneuto Liiobo sepalis 

 brevioie, sacco simplici. 



Eindeudrum ulricularioides Swartz, Prodr., 122. 

 Deudrobium utriculurioides Swarlz. Fl. Ind. Occ, 1531. 

 If Ihe plant tigured in ihe ,, CoUccianea Dotanica' be laken to be that, which 

 Swariz meant by D. ulricularioidcs , theii ihe very shorl liinb of the lip wilt V.e ils 

 principal mark of distinciion Irom iho succediiig specieti, as far as 1 am ai present 

 able lo deiermine , no specimen of it Uaviiig been preserved in iiiy herbariuiu. The 

 llowers are very small , white, wilh red veins lo ihe pelals and a few red spots lo 

 ihc lip. The localiiies given in L. 0. probabiy reler to oiher i>pecies. I have secii 

 110 Jauiaica spccimens. 



Wild iri Jamaica . in the driest plains , on ihe branches of Logwood aud Citron 

 trees— Swariz ; Triiiidad— Woodford. 



lluc: lonopsis tenera Lindi. ia B. Rcg. t. 1904. Paxton*s Flower Garden ; gleapings, 

 N. 2i6. ic 141. Fol. 1. c. 8ub 6 : 

 I. foliis rigidis aculis sulcalis basi carinatis, scapo racemoso vel pa- 



