8 ORCHIDACEjE 



ovato vel oblongo-lanceolato, patente, coriaceo, multinervio, nervo 

 medio duobusque vel tribus lateralibus magis notatis. Flores soli- 

 tarii, rariusve geminati, breve pedicellati, terminates, pedicello 

 basi squamoso. Ovarium oblongum, rectum, hexagono-tripterum ; 

 angulis sepalis oppositis brevioribus planiusculis, alternis valde 

 expansis membranaceis alaBfomiibus. Sepala sequalia, usque ad 

 basim distincta, lanceolata, acuta. Petala vix breviora, lineari- 

 lanceolata. Labellum brevius, inclusum, brevissime unguiculatum, 

 erection, bilobum, lobo intermedio subnullo dentiformi, lobis latera- 

 libus expansis, subrotundis, gynostemium amplexantibus. Gynoste- 

 mium brevissimum, subtrigonum, facie labelli opposita plana vel 

 concaviuscula, viscida, stigmatica, superius bidentata, lateralibus 

 superne longioribus antberamque subaequantibus, angulo postico in 

 processum antheriferum desinente. Anthera operculseformis cori- 

 acea, quadrilocularis. Pollinia duo superne profunde sulcata vel 

 quatuor ? Loc. : L'ile Sante-Catherine, sur la cote meridionale du 

 Bresil." — Brogniart, loc. cit. 



Rhizome elongated, often much branched, creeping, ± 3 dm. 

 long, copiously provided with elongated white roots, and toward 

 the growing end clothed with tubular imbricating obliquely trun- 

 cate bracts 1-1.5 cm. long. Pseudobulbs terete, fusiform, 2-4 cm. 

 apart, erect or ascending, 2-4 cm. long, sheathed with acute 

 bracts, diphyllous at the summit. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 coriaceous, obliquely spreading away from each other, 1.5-4 cm. 

 long, 10-13 mm. wide. Flowers at the summit of the pseudobulbs, 

 mostly in pairs, apparently sessile between the leaves. Lateral 

 sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. 

 Upper sepal equal and similar to the laterals. Petals linear, acute, 

 5 mm. long, ± 1 mm. wide. Column adnate to the lip. Ovary 

 winged. Fruit an ellipsoidal, trialate capsule. 



This interesting species — originally collected by Brogniart in 

 the island of Santa Catharina and described as a Coelogyne — 

 was found in the United States first by Mr. A. A. Eaton, who 

 collected specimens in March, 1905, ten miles northeast of Ever- 

 glade, in Lee County, Florida. Mr. Eaton found the plants grow- 



