ORCHIDACEM 57 



sparsely and irregularly spotted with madder-brown, 15-21 mm. 

 long, 9-12 mm. wide. Lip with a narrow claw inserted on the 

 long exserted foot of the column and articulated with it, about 

 1.5 cm. long, 3-lobed ; lateral lobes larger than the middle one, 

 asymmetrical, rounded, erect, arching over the column, madder- 

 brown, yellow at the base ; middle lobe much broader than long, 

 with a verrucose rigid margin, narrowly sub-reniform, yellow in 

 the centre, otherwise madder-purple ; from the base of the lip to 

 midway between the lateral lobes is a narrow grooved callus 

 which terminates in a verrucose tubercle. Column wingless, semi- 

 terete, dilated above, narrowed below, with a foot exserted at 

 right angles to it. Anther operculate. Pollinia 2, contiguous, 

 sessile on an ovate triangular disc. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 I have seen specimens from the following localities : 



Florida : AngelFs Island, near Miami, November, 1903, A. A, 

 Eaton. — Alapattah, on rotten wood, May 28, 1904, A, A. 

 Eaton (no. 1005). — Miami, March, 1877, A. P. Garher, M. D. 

 — Madeira Hammocks, southern Dade Co., December, 1903, 

 A. A. Eaton. — Tiger Key, on decaying log, April 23, 1891, 

 J. H. Simpso7i (no. 313). — Near Everglade, June 9, 1904, A. A. 

 Eaton (no. 1121). — Cape Romano, April, 1887, E. N. Rea- 

 soner. — Naples, March, 1904, 0. Ames (hb. Ames, no. 6053). 



Cuba : 1860-64, Chas. Wright (no. 3320). — Prov. Santa Clara, 

 Cienguita, March 9, 1895, i?. Combs (no. 640). — Prov. Santa 

 Clara, Limones, March 5, 1902, Hugo Bolinof (no. 292). — 

 Limones, March 10, 1904, and March 24, 1904, and April, 

 1904, R. M. Grey. 



Porto Rico : " Prope Utuado ad arbores vetustse in scopulosis 

 calcaris ad Caynso, March 25, 1887," P. Sintenis (Plantae 

 Portoricensis, no. 6559). 



The species has also been attributed to the following localities : 



Cuba: In arboribus prope Monteverde, Eggers (no. 5115). — 

 In arboribus savannae de Mascariges, Poeping. 



