58 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



8. P. hirsutula Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 3 (1909) ; 

 basal sheaths with dark brown stiff short hairs ; racemes 1-5 

 together, generally not more than one flowering at a time, with 

 four or five flowers, about one-third the length of the leaf. — 

 €ogn. in Symh. Ant. vi. 403. (PI. 9, f. 15-19.) Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. & Jam. Herb. 



On trunks of trees; in fl. Aug.; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2600-3000 

 ft., Harris I FL Jam. 6681, 9890. 



riant 4^-7 in. high. Rhizome creeping, rooting. Stems 6-10 cm. 1., 

 clustered, longer than the leaves, two-edged, edges furrowed ; sheaths three, 

 loose. Leaf 5-7 '5 cm. 1., 1-1-3 cm. br., sessile, lanceolate, at the base 

 clasping. Raceme 1*2-2 '5 cm, 1. Bracts 2 mm. L, sheathing, truncate. 

 Flowers about \ in. 1,, very dark red. Sepals more or less erect, 3-nerved, 

 somewhat fleshy; median 6-5 mm. 1., lanceolate, somewhat acuminate, 

 concave ; lateral slightly shorter, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acute, at 

 the base connate, gibbous. Petals slightly exceeding 3 mm. 1, by 1-5 mm. 

 br., rhomboid, narrowed at the base, upper margins minutely toothed. 

 Lip 2-75 mm. 1., 1-25 mm. br., ovate, shortly clawed, margin undulate. 

 Column 2-25 mm. 1., slender, curved, 



9. P. ppuinosa Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxviii. Misc. 75 (1842) 

 stem longer than leaf ; raceme one, with about six flowers, shorter 

 than the leaf ; leaf linear-lanceolate to narrowly oval ; sepals 

 greenish-white or pale yellow, lateral connate almost to apex ; 

 petals linear, somewhat acute. — Lindl. Fol. Orch. PleurotJi. 26 ; 

 Griseb. op. cit. 608 ; Cogn. op. cit. 404. 



On trees; in fl. April; Wilson; Fairfield, Wullschlaegel, 1363! Mt. 

 Moses, 2500 ft,, J,P. 2125, Syme ! near Mabess Eiver, 3500 ft. ; Cascade, 

 2500 ft,; Harris ! Fl, Jam. 7997 & 8111 {fide Cogniaux).— Hispaniola, Porto 

 Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Grenada, Trinidad, Guiana, 



Plant 2 to 3 in. high. Sterns to 5*5 cm. 1,, clustered, subterete, thin, 

 sheathed at the base, and with one close, glabrous, obliquely truncate 

 sheath below the middle. Leaf to 3*5 cm, 1., 6 mm, br., sessile. Spathe 

 5-7 mm. 1., closely compressed, lanceolate, subacute. Bracts sheathing, 

 truncate, obtuse, glabrous, a little shorter than the pedicels. Flowers 

 ^ in, 1., pale yellower greenish- white, minute, distant, very shortly stalked, 

 cleistogamous (?), Sepals 3 mm, 1,, equal, broadly ovate, slightly 2-keeled ; 

 median ovate, subacute, slightly keeled. Petals a little shorter than the 

 sepals. Lip half as long as sepals, erect, shortly clawed, limb triangular, 

 somewhat acute, with 3 parallel keels on the disk. Column barely 1 mm, 

 1., short, thick. Capsule 4 mm. 1., elliptical, crowned by the persistent 

 •calyx. 



10. p. ruseifolia B. Br. in Ait. Hart. Kew. ed. 2. v. 211 

 (1813); stem much longer than leaf; flower-stalks very short, in 

 dense clusters, each wdth one flower; leaf 4 or 5 in. 1. — Hook. 

 Exot. Fl. t. 197; Griseb. op. cit. 608; Cogn. op. cit. 405. 

 P. multicaulis Poepp. & Fndl. Nov. Gen. i. 47, t. 82 (1835). 

 Buscus foliis &c. Plum. PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 176, Jig. 2 (1755). 

 Epidendrum ruscifolium Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 29 (1760), 

 Select. Stirp. Amer. 226. t. 133, Jig. 3 (1763) & ^d. pict. t. 212; 

 Sw. Obs. Bot. 331 (1791). Dendrobium ruscifolium Sic. in Nov, 

 Act. Upsal. vi. 84 (1799). 



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