ORCHIDACEiE 



H.jamai- Pedicels about 5 mm. 1. Flowers greenish. Sepals, dorsal 6-7 

 censis jjjj^ j^ 4.5-6 mm. br., lateral 6.5-9 mm. 1., 3.5-4 mm. br. Petals, 



posterior segment 5.5-7 mm. 1., 1.5-2 mm. br.; anterior seg- 

 ment 1.5-2 mm. 1. Lip, middle lobe, 6.5-10 mm. 1., about 

 1 mm. br. ; lateral 9-12 mm. 1.; spur 13-16 mm. 1. 



*^Hab. — On rocky, or clayey, shady banks, in flower Dec- 

 April, Mt. Hybla, 4000 ft., 7851; Clydesdale, 4000-4500 ft., 

 7854; Moody's Gap, 3000 ft, 7768; near Cinchona, 4500 ft., 

 10,449 ;i Harris. 



"Resembles H.distans Griseb. in the aggregation of the leaves 

 at the base of the stem, and generally in the shape of the leaves, 

 though those of H. distans are longer. Grisebach's species also 

 differs in the bracts being about as long as, or longer than, the 

 flower; and in the anterior segment of the petal being about 

 equal to the posterior." Fawcett & Rendle, loc. cit. 



The very short anterior division of the petals is character- 

 istic, and readily distinguishes H. jamaicensis from H. distans. 

 Cogniaux is inclined to regard this as a variety of H. distans. 



JAMAICA 



4500 ft. alt. amongst mosses on rocky banks, near Cinchona, July 4,1908, 

 W. Harris (no. 10,499) (1). — 4000 ft. alt. growing under shade among 

 mosses, flowers greenish, Clydesdale, February 15, 1900, Harris (no. 7854) 

 (22). — 4000 ft. alt., growing in damp clayey land, Mt. Hybla, February 8, 

 1900, Harris (no. 7851) (22). 



H. Turck' 35. H. Tiirckheimii Schltr., in Fedde Rep. Nov. Spec. Veg. 



hdmn 2: 129 (1906). 



"Terrestris, erecta, simplex, c. 20 cm. alta; foliis basilaribus 

 5-6, plantagineo-rosulatis, elUpticis acuminatis, glabris, textura 

 tenuibus, usque ad 8.5 cm. longis, medio fere vel infra medium 



1 Typographical error in original description. Read 10,499. 



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