24 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



Plant 1 ft.-2 ft. 4 in. high, with thick, clustered roots. Sca])e erect, 

 somewhat stout, glandular-pubescent above, glabrescent below, 2 -5-6 "5 

 dm. 1. Leaves acute, entire, with several nerves and reticulate veins, 7-20 

 cm. 1., 1-8-2 -3 cm. br. ; stalk 1-5 cm. 1. (including sheath). Sheaths 

 several at base, 5 or 6 above ; free portion ovate, acute, below, to acuminate, 

 above ; glabrous, 2-3 • 5 cm. 1. Spike erect, short or elongate, glandular- 

 pubescent, 4-8 cm 1. Bracts 9-13 mm. 1., to 2 75 mm. br., sparsely 

 glandular-pubescent, and sometimes margin ciliolate. Ovary obovate- 

 oblong, very oblique at the apex, slightly glandular-pubescent, or glabrescent. 

 Flowers close together. Sepals glandular-pubescent outside ; lateral 

 6-nerved, lanceolate, acute, greatest length about 1*5 cm. 1., length 

 anteriorly about 1 cm. 1., 2*5-3 mm. br. ; median 7-nerved, triangular- 

 lanceolate, acute, about 1 cm. 1., 3 -2-4 -2 mm. br. Petals 7-nerved, oblong, 

 tapering above middle to apex, subacute, somewhat falcate, about as long 

 as the median sepal, 2 "2-2 '75 mm. br. Lip several-nerved, dilated and 

 saccate about the middle ; oblong, acute above, below convolute, slightly 

 tapering to base ; pubescent below the middle on inside, and on outside on 

 margin, lighter in colour than sepals and petals, 12-14 mm. 1., 3 '2-4 -5 mm. 

 br. in middle, 2 • 5 mm. br. in lower portion. Column 6-7 mm. to apex of 

 rostellum ; beak of rostellum about 4 mm. 1. Anther sessile at base of 

 column, about 4 mm. 1. Capsule with a few scattered hairs, 1-12 cm. 1., 

 5 mm. br. 



3. S. squamulosus comib. nov. ; plant scurfy with white scales ; 

 leaves wanting during flowering, according to Macfadyen (fide 

 Grisebach) " serotinous, long, broadly lanceolate, pointed " ; bracts 

 lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat longer than 

 the ovary, 3-5-nerved with reticulate veins ; perianth brick-red 

 colour, 1-1 J in. 1. ; spur about § as long as ovary, ovate, apex 

 obtuse, free from ovary near apex, 2-3 mm. free. — S. orchioides 

 Lindl. loc. cit. (in part) ; Griseh. loc. cit. Neottia squamulosa 

 H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 332, t. 71 (1815). N. orchioides 

 Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1036 (1807), non Sw. ; Bot. Beg. t. 701; 

 Salisb. Ic. ined.foL 585. (PI. 3, f. 21.) 



On dry banks; in fl. and fr. April, May; St. Mary; Pedro, St. Ann.; 

 Port Royal Mts. ; Purdie 1 Shepherd ! Wilson ! Fairfield, Wullschlaegel 

 1382 (in part)! Liguanea Plain, J. P. 8, Mon-isl Campbelll Chapelton, 

 Fawcettl Cinchona, Harrisl Fl. Jam. 10,395, 10,396, 10,410, 10,496.— 

 Cuba, Colombia. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high, with clustered thick fleshy roots. Scape erect, 

 somewhat stout, scurfy with white scales, 3-6 dm. 1. Sheaths several at 

 the base, 5-8 above, free portion ovate, acute below, acuminate above, 

 sometimes scurfy, 2-5-4-5 cm. 1. Spike erect, long, scurfy, 6-14 cm. 1. 

 Bracts scurfy, sometimes with ciliolate margin, 16-23 mm. 1., 3 '5-6 mm. 

 br. Ovary oblong, tapering to base and apex, oblique at apex, scurfy. 

 Flowers shortly stalked, crowded towards the apex of the spike. Sepals 

 scurfy outside ; lateral 5-nerved, lanceolate, long acuminate, very oblique 

 and decurrent at the base, greatest length 2-2-35 cm. 1., 3-3*5 mm. br. ; 

 median 5-nerved, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-5-1-75 cm. 1., 3-5-4-5 

 mm. br. Petals 5-7 nerved, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, somewhat 

 falcate, about as long as the median sepal, 2-5-3 mm. br. Lip several- 

 nerved, dilated and saccate about the middle, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 above ; below convolute, linear ; pubescent below the middle on inside 

 and on outside on margin, 2-2-35 cm. 1., 5-6 mm. br. in middle. 

 Column about 11 mm. to apex of rostellum. Capsule scurfy, 1*1- 

 1-3 cm. 1. 



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