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rocks on high hills, here and there. — St. Thomas (LUiendal, Bonne Reso- 

 lution). 



964. Epidendrum subaequale, Eggers, u. sp. 



Fl. Feb.-March. Tubers cylindrical, small, several-leaved. Leaves 

 2-5, linear, channelled, pointed, much shorter than the scape; sterile 

 bracts short, distant, pointed, floral ones smaller ; flowers in a simple 

 raceme, 3-4. Perigonial divisions lanceolate, pointed, nearly conform. 

 Lip slightly adnate to the column, 3-lobed; lobes rounded, the two lat- 

 eral ones a little shorter than the middle one. Column auricled below 

 the anther; auricles small, purple. Ovary linear, striate, \" long. Al- 

 lied to B. acieulare, Batem., but leaves several, much shorter than the 

 scape, and lip broadly 3-lobed. Leaves 5"-G" long, 2'" broad ; scape 

 20"-24" high, straight. Peduncles ^" long ; perigonial divisions green- 

 ish, with brown spots, ^" long ; lip purple, with darker stripes and a 

 yellow crest in the middle, i" long. The whole plant of a sometimes 

 darker, sometimes lighter hue, flowers even sometimes quite white. On 

 rocks and the roots of trees in dry thickets, here and there. — St. Thomas 

 (Cowell's Hill, Solberg). 



965. E. bifidum, Aiibl. 



Fl. May-Dec. On trees and rocks, not uncommon. — All islands. 



966. E. ciliare, L. 



Fl. June-Feb. Flowers fragrant. Gregarious on rocks and old tree- 

 trunks, common. — All islands. 



967. E. cochleatum, L. (Bot. Mag. t. 151, bad). 



Fl. April-May. On trees in forests, rare. — St. Croix (Mount Eagle, 

 •1150'; Jacob's Peak, 950'). 



968. E. patens, Sw. 



Fl. July-Aug. Leaves distichous ; scape compressed, l'-2' high. On 

 rocks in leaf-mould, rare, on high hills. — St. Thomas (Signal Hill, 1500'). 



969. Brassavola cucullata, R. Br. 



Fl. June-Octb. Gregarious on rocks, rare. — St. Thomas (John Bruce 

 Bay). 



970. Polystachya luteola, Hook. 



Fl. March-Nov. Flowers often cleistogamous and normal on the 

 same branch and at the same time. Both forms yielding good seeds. 

 On rocks and old tree-trunks, not uncommon on hills. — St. Thomas 

 (Signal Hill, 1200'-1500'). 



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