102 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



side with membranaceous wings which have a small tooth at the apex 

 and are decurrent downwards to the base. 



Planta epiphytica: pseudobulbis aggregatis, numerosis, anguste 

 ovoideis, teretiusculis, apice longiuscule attenuatis, monophyllis 

 (vel diphyllis), 3.5-5 cm. longis, folio crassiuscule coriaceo, lineari- 

 ligulato, apice obtusiusculo, basi satis angustato, breviuscule con- 

 duplicato, 12-30 cm. longo, 12-25 nim. lato, margine integerrimo, 

 pedunculo communi satis gracili, flexuoso, superne usque ad medium 

 saepius satis ramoso ramis breviusculis, laxe multifloro, 3.5-6 dm. 

 longo, pedicellis filiformibus, cum ovario 14-19 mm. longis, bracteis 

 triangularibus, acutis, 1-4 mm. longis, sepalis oblanceolato-oblongis, 

 obtusiusculis, 9-1 1 mm. longis, 3-4 mm. latis, 7-nervulosis, petalis 

 lineari-spathulatis, 9-10 mm. longis, 2.5-3 nim. latis, obtusiusculis, 

 5-nervulosis; labello 9-1 1 mm. longo, profunde trilobato, lobis later- 

 alibus erectis, 6 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, obtusis, mediano obcordato, 

 5 mm. lato, basi valde constricto, disco inferne crasse bicostato, apice 

 distincte emarginato, sinubus inter lobos circa i mm. latis obtusius- 

 culisque; columna usque ad basin libera, circa 4 mm. longa, antice 

 alls membranaceis apice paulo unidentatis inferne usque ad basin 

 decurrentibus aucta. 



The general color of the fresh flowers was yellowish with a purple 

 tinge: the sepals and petals were yellow, often shading to brownish; 

 the lip was a creamy yellow, usually with more or less of a crimson 

 spot and rather prominently marked, especially towards the base, 

 with purple lines. 



The general habitat of the species is the forks of trees. The plant 

 apparently flowers most profusely at a height of about ten or fifteen 

 feet above the ground. The species is not confined, however, to such 

 habitats, but it occurs on palm trunks, posts, etc., where it may 

 receive little or no shade. 



Type. — Near Nueva Gerona, May 12, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 651 

 (Herbarium, Carnegie Museum). Other specimens of the same species 

 are in the Carnegie Museum, and were collected as follows: On trees 

 near mouth of Nuevas River, May 16, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. joo; 

 between Bogarona and Caleta Grande, "South Coa^t," May 22, 

 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 575. 



This species differs from E. fucatum Lindley in that the middle 

 lobe of the lip is emarginate, whereas it is entire and often somewhat 



