ORCHIDACEM 9 



ing on pop-ash and spreading luxuriantly by means of the creep- 

 ing, elongated, ramifying rhizome. The plants appear to produce 

 cleistogamous flowers. Sepals and petals are greenish, the label- 

 lum white with a purplish spot at the base of the apiculate tip. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



In addition to the station in Florida discovered by Mr. Eaton, the species has 

 been reported from the following localities : 



Mexico: Barker. 



Cuba : Eastern Cuba, Wright (no. 3318). — Near Monte verde, 



Eggers (no. 5125). 

 Jamaica : Purdie, Wullschlaegel (no. 1084), D. Morris (no. 2011). 

 Porto Rico : Near Adjuntas, between Utuado and Lares, and near 



Utuado, Sintenis (nos. 4010, 6316, 6389). 

 Trinidad : Bradford. 

 Brazil : Provinces of Minas Geraes, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catha- 



rina, and elsewhere (Cogniaux, loc. cit.). 

 Peru : Eastern Peru, Poeppig. 



Note : We are indebted to Cogniaux for many of the bibliographic references and the citation of 

 specimens giving the geographic distribution. 



