ORCHIDACE^ 



H. distans CUBA 



Prope villam Monte Verde dictam, Cuba Orientali, January- July, 1859, 

 C. Wright (no. 1481) (3, 4), (type). 



Reported as follows: 

 PORTO RICO 



Prope Mayagicez, in sylvis montis Mesa^ 30, X, 1884, Sintenis (no. 501). 



HAYTI 



Cf. Urban, loc. cit. 



H.jamai- 34. H. jamaicensis Fawcett S^ Rendle, in Journ. Bot. 47: 126 

 censis (1909). — H. distans var. ^ jamaicensis Cogn., in Urban 



Symb. Antill. 6: 300 (1909). 



"Caulis basi paucifoliatus. Folia 3, 4-ve, inferiora rotundato- 

 ovalia, obtusissima, superiora ovalia, acuta; amplexicaulia, bre- 

 vissime vaginata. Racemus laxiter 4-12-florus. Bracteas mem- 

 branaceae, ovato-lanceolat£e lanceolatseve, acutag acuminatasve, 

 amplexicaules; steriles 2-4, plus minus distantes, breviter am- 

 plexicaules ; florales ovario subgequilongae. Sepala, dorsale ovato- 

 suborbiculare, obtussisimum, cucullatum ; lateralia deflexa, semi- 

 ovata, subfalcata, obtusa, apiculata, dorsali paullo longiora. 

 Petala 2-partita, partitionibus valde insequalibus ; posteriore 

 oblongo-Ianceolato, falcato, acuto, conniventi, sepalo dorsali 

 paullo breviore ; anteriore subulato, erecto, brevi, quam posterior 

 multoties breviore. Labellum usque ad basin 3-partitum, medio 

 lobo lineari-ligulato, lobis lateralibus plerumque breviore; lobis 

 lateralibus filiformibus, erectis, quam petalorum partitiones pos- 

 teriores multo longioribus ; ealcare pendulo, tenui, leviter clavato, 

 obtuso, ovario subasquilongo ; processubus stigmaticis brevibus, 

 truncato-rotundatis ; antheras canalibus subaequalibus, leviter 

 curvatis ; staminodibus breviter triangularibus. 



"Plant 1.5-3 dm. 1. Leaves 3-9 cm. L, 1.5-4.5 cm. br. Ra- 

 ceme 4-15 cm. 1. Bracts, sterile 5-2 cm. 1., floral 2.5-1.5 cm. L 



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