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as to form compact masses. Dendrophylax Lindenii is not a para- 

 site as some authors have supposed, but, as in the case of other 

 leafless species such as those of Taeniophyllum and Campylocen- 

 trum, depends on chlorophyll-bearing roots for subsistence. 



The genus Dendrophylax was erected by H. G. Reichenbach, 

 f., to receive a Cuban species collected by Charles Wright (no. 

 1692), and later Angrcecum Lindenii and another West Indian 

 species, A.funale, Lindl., were referred to it. Pfitzer in Engler and 

 Prantl's Die natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien, pt. 2, fascicle 6, p. 215, 

 erected the genus Polyrrhiza to receive these species, leaving the 

 original Dendrophylax hymenanthus, Rchb., f., as a monotypic 

 genus. Although the characters used by Dr. Pfitzer to distinguish 

 these genera may be generically valid, it has been deemed best to 

 retain the arrangement adopted by Bentham, as suf&cient material 

 of Dendrophylax hymenanthus has not been obtainable from 

 which to form a definitive opinion. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



I have seen specimens from localities indicated as follows : 



Florida: Naples, 1892, T. L. Mead (photograph); March 12, 

 1904, Blanche Ames & 0. Ames ; March 18, 1904, 0. Ames. 

 — Everglade (Fahkahatchie Swamp), June 9, 1904, A. A. 

 Eaton (no. 1122). 



Cuba : Chas. Wright (no. 3303). 



