902 OHCHIDES. akua.mhls. 



§. 3. A|)hylli. 

 §§. a. GrarKiilloii. 



14. AERANTHUS LllNUKMI. Ihic : AiKjraccum Lindenit Llndl. Gard. Chron. 1846. p. 135. 

 Litidl. Orch. Lind. p l'i. N. 67. 1846: 



Aphyilum, acauit\ ladicibus luiinerosissimis intricatis, sepalis pelalis- 

 qiie lanceolalis, labelli Irilobi cucnllali lobo metlio bilobo mncronulo 

 inlerjeclo, laciniis longissimis candalis divaricalis, calcare ^ongissimo lili- 

 formi, cap.^ula ovali laevi slipitala. 



This reniarkable plant is a true perasite, if \ve can jiidj^e frorn ihe nirtiiner in 

 which its roois are planled upon ihe bark of irees, to which ihey seem inherent. Tlie 

 flower of ibe purest white is someiimes a fool in leiigtli . inciiiding ihe spur up to 

 thc point. When out of flower it is diftlculi to discover ilie piaiii, so mucli do the 

 roots assume ihe colour of ihe bark in wiiich ihey grow. Found Sepibr. 1840 ai 

 St. Yago de Cuba, in ihe dense forists of Sagna aiid iSimaiiima. 

 Judice Rchb. ftl. sic definiendus ob sequentem speciem : 



Sepalis lepaiisque triangulis obluse acntis sepleinnerviis stibaoqiia- 

 libus, labein late Irilobi laleiigulali lobis laleraiiltus anle meiJium oblii- 

 sangulis minutis, lobo medio a basi lata divergenti bicruri, cruiibus 

 semifalcatis sexnerviis. 



15. AERANTHUS SALLEI: 



Sepalis tepalisque lineariligulalis acuminatis septemnerviis, labelli 

 lati triiobi latoliguiati lobis lateralibus aculangulis elongatis, lobo medio 

 ligulato, longiusculo apice trifido, lacinia media Iriangula parva, lacmiis 

 Jaleralibus lanceo subulalis quadiinerviis. 



Domingo. Salle l (Forsan» huc pertinet speciraen Schomburgkianum domingense 

 herbarii Lindieyani). 



16. AERANTHUS FUNALIS. Huc: Angraecum fmale Lindl. „ Gard. Chronicle " lid. 

 Hook. B. M. 4295. Oeceoclades funale L. 0. 237. Epidendrum funale Sw. Pr. 126. 

 Limodorum funale Sw. Occ. 1521. Trichocenlrum? funale Lindl. B. R. .\XIH. (1837.) 

 sub 1950. Hook 1. c: 



Subacanle aphyllum, radicibus copiosis elongalis crassis, cylindra- 

 ceis, hic illic articulatis, pedicellis subbifloris, sepalis petalisque oblongo 

 lanceolalis retlexis, labello trilobo, lobis laleralibns parvis ercclis, inter- 

 medio maximo lale obcordato bitido, calcare filiformi perianlhio bis 

 longiore. 



Jamaica. Purdie. Ptiigonii sepala et tepala viridula. Labeiluni albidum luieo- 

 marginatum. 



§g. b. Kirvifloius racemosus. 



17. AEKANTHUS FASCIOLA. Huc : Angraecum fasciola Lindl. B. Rog. XXVI. (1840.) 

 sub 68: 



Aphyllum acaule, radicibus loiigissimis llexuosis, spicis ereclis multi- 

 lloris distichis distantibus, sejialis pctalisque linearibus acutis. labcllo 

 membranaceo petalis adnato, apice brevi Iriangulari, calcaie pendulo ob- 

 tuso inflato laevi. 



A small leafless plant wiih ihe habit of A. tenue . oniy the Howers iue much 

 larger, alihough very small , and disiincily distichous. It answers lo ibe short cha- 

 racter we possess of Limodorum Fa.><ciola, a plant I bave never seen; but as ilie 

 latler is a nalive of the Socieiy Islands it is probably' distincl. Demcrara. Schom- 

 burgk (herb. propr.) — ^f- eliam Hook. Loiid Journ H 1843. 673. 



