ORCHIDACE^ 59 



DENDROPHYLAX LINDENII 



Dendrophylax Lindenii, Rolfe, Gard. Chr. 1888, 2 : 533. — 



Chapman, Fl. S. U. S. ed. 3, 482. — Small, FL Se. U. S. 



327. 

 Aeranthus Lindenii, Reichenbach, f., Walp. Ann. 6: 902 



(1861). — Grisebach, Cat Fl, Cub, 264. — SauvaUe, FL Cub. 



229. 

 Angraecum Lindenii, Lindley, Gard. Chr. 1846, 135; Orch. 



Lind. 1846, 12. 



" Mr. Linden's Angurek, which he found in the dense forests 

 of Sagua and Nimanima, in St. Jago de Cuba, in September, 1844, 

 has flowers a foot long, including the spur, and of the purest 

 white. The lobes of the lip and the spur being drawn out into 

 very long narrow ribands at the point, each flower seems to have 

 three tails." — Lindley, Gard. Chr., loc. cit. 



Under Section Aphylli of Aeranthus Reichenbach gives ( Walp. 

 Ann. 6 : 902) the following : " Aeranthus Lindenii. Hue : An- 

 grcecum Lindenii Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1846. p. 135. Lindl. 

 Orch. Lind. p. 12. N. 67. 1846 : 



" Aphyllum, acaule, radicibus numerosissimis intricatis, sepalis 

 petalisque lanceolatis, labfelli trilobi cucullati lobo medio bilobo 

 mucronulo interjecto, laciniis longissimis caudatis divaricatis, cal- 

 care longissimo filiformi, capsula ovaH laevi stipitata. 



" This remarkable plant is a true parasite, if we can judge from 

 the manner in which its roots are planted upon the bark of trees, 

 to which they seem inherent. The flower of the purest white is 

 sometimes a foot in length, including the spur up to the point. 

 When out of flower it is difficult to discover the plant, so much 

 do the roots assume the color of the bark in which they grow. 

 Found September, 1840, at St. Yago de Cuba, in the dense forests 

 of Sagna and Nimanima." 



