66 ORCHrDS OF JAMAICA 



On trees ; in fl. Nov. ; Macfadyen ! Wilson I March 1 Mabess River, 

 Sarris. Fl. Jam. 7468 {fide Cogniaux). 



Stems reduced, glabrous, 2-5 mm. 1.; sheaths 2-3, tubular, with a 

 glabrate deltoid mouth. Leaf margined, elliptical, or elliptical-roundish, 

 somewhat pointed, tapering into the stalk, 8-6 mm. 1., 4-6 mm. br. 

 Racemes stalked, clustered, with 2-5 flowers. Flowers yellow and purple. 

 Sepals ovate, acute, erect, scarcely 1 mm. 1., yellow in drying; lateral 

 connate nearly to apex. Petals minute, spathulate, half as long as the 

 breadth of the sepaJs. Lip oblong, obtuse, a little shorter than the sepals. 



26. P. foliata Griseh. op. cit. 610; stems clustered, with more 

 than one leaf, much longer than leaf ; sheath with mouth dilated, 

 margined and ciliate ; peduncle longer than leaf ; sepals, lateral 

 connate to apex ; petals acute or acuminate ; lip undivided.— 

 Cogn. op. cit. 431. Type in Herb. Kew. 



Without locality, Wilson ! — Cuba. 



A small plant 2 to 3 in. high. Stems 3-7 cm. 1., puberulous at the 

 angles, often somewhat branched or distantly 2-several-leaved. Leaf 

 margined, elliptical or obovate, apex somewhat rounded and sometimes 

 minutely apiculate, narrowed into the stalk (2-3 mm. 1.), 12-8 mm. 1., 

 5 mm. br. Racemes stalked, one or sometimes two, distantly 4-8-flowered, 

 16-25 mm. 1. Pedicels 2-3 mm. 1. Bracts acuminate, 1-1*5 mm. 1. 

 Flowers yellowish. Sepals oblong-Lmceolate, erect, 2-3 mm. 1., yellow 

 in drying. Petals ovate, acute, half as long as the sepals. Lip linear, 

 obtuse, puberulous above, a little longer than the petals, dark purple 

 at apex. 



27. P. trilobata Fawc. & Mendle in Joiirn. Bot. xlvii. 4 

 (1909); stems clustered; about as long as leaf; sheaths with 

 mouth dilated, margined and ciliate ; peduncle much longer 

 than leaf ; sepals, lateral ^-connate ; petals very obtuse ; lip 

 3-lobed.--(7of7n. op. cz7.'431. (PI. 8, f. 1-6.) Types in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit., in Jam. Herb. & N. York Bot. Gard. Herb. 



On trunks of trees ; in fl. Feb. and Sept. ; in fr. Sept. ; between New- 

 haven Gap and Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft., Harris ! Fl, Jam. 10,084. John 

 Grow Peak, Britton, 267 I 



Plant minute, ^ to f in. high. Stem 7 mm. 1. Leaf 7 mm. 1., nearly 

 3 mm. br., elliptical, narrowed at the base into a thin stalk. Sheaths 2 or 

 3, covering the stem. Scape 2 cm. 1., one or few-flowered, solitary or two, 

 filiform, flexuose. Bracts '6 mm. 1., spathaceous, lanceolate, acute. 

 Sepals, median 4-4*3 mm. 1., 1*5 mm. br., lateral somewhat shorter and 

 much narrower ; median elliptical, apex caudate, 3-nerved, lateral 1-nerved. 

 Petals 1*6 mm. 1., *7 mm. br., oblong, narrowed at the base, 1-nerved, 

 about one-third as long as the sepals. Lip 1 * 5-1 • 7 mm. 1., nearly as broad, 

 3-nerved, middle lobe oblong, sometimes crenulate at the apex, a little 

 longer than the rounded lateral lobes. Column a little over 1 mm. 1. 



23. LEPANTHES Sw. 



Small or dwarf epiphytic herbs. Stems clustered, thin, 

 erect, covered throughout the length with sheaths, and bearing 



