68 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



§ 2. Haplocheilus, Lip not dividing near the base, but expanding 

 variously above the petals. 



Lip simple in outline. 



Petals 2-lobed IB. L. bilabiata. 



Petals subulate 14. L. ellijptica. 



Petals small, rounded. 



Sepals free nearly to base 16. L. brevipetala. 



Sepals ^-connate 16. L. Harrisii. 



a Lip prolonged posteriorly into 2 lobes. 



Lip-lobes linear. 



Anterior part of lip rounded 17. L. tridentata. 



Anterior part of lip square 18. L. quadrata. 



Lip-lobes triangular 19. L. concolor. 



§ 1. Diplocheilus. Lip dividing near the base into two 

 erect diverging lobes, of which the upper edges thicken 

 into more or less expanded lanceolate surfaces, embracing 

 the column. 



1. L. pulchella Sw. in Nov. Act. JJpsal. vi. 86, t. 5, Jigs. 6, c, 

 d, e (1799) ; sepals yellow, lateral with a crimson spot at base, 

 median crimson along midrib ; ciliolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 lateral connate only at base ; posterior lobe of petal subequal to 

 anterior, breadth of petals shorter than length of sepals, longer 

 than upper surfaces of lip. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1559 & Adnot. 

 Bot. t. 2, fig. 3 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 610 ; Fawc. & Bendle 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 7, t. I. f. 15 (1904). Epidendrum 

 pulchellum Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. throughout the year ; top of Catherine Peak, Swartz 1 Moody's 

 Gap, J.P. 2031, Symel Mabess Eiver, 3000 ft.; John Crow Peak; New- 

 haven, 4000 ft, ; Newhaven Gap, 5600 ft. ; Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; 

 Morse's Gap ; ridge above Morse's Gap, 5300 ft. ; Harris ! John Crow Peak, 

 Fawcett I Moy HaU, Sullivan ! Fl. Jam. 7761, 7830, 10,085. 



Plant less than an inch high. Stems 1 cm. or less in length, about as 

 long as the leaves ; mouth of the sheaths acute, ciliolate, ridges glabrous. 

 Leaves, including the short stalk, 10-14 mm. 1., 5-6 mm. br,, oval, acute. 

 Bacemes 1*5-2 cm. 1., exceeding the leaf, generally 2-5-clustered, rarely 

 solitary. Flowers about ;J in. 1., several, three or four appearing at the same 

 time. Sepals 6-8 mm. 1., 2-3 mm. br., ovate, long-acuminate, ciliolate, 

 lateral connate only at the base. Petals crimson, inclining to yellow at 

 the ciliolate margin ; apex obscure, indicated by an inconspicuous notch 

 or tooth ; lobes subequal, subtriangular, varying somewhat in shape, 

 especially in breadth, more or less bluntly and asymmetrically triangular, 

 the outer edges of the two forming an almost continuous line, 2-2-4 mm. 

 br. Lip crimson, minutely ciliolate, 1-1*5 mm. br. Column to base of 

 clinandrium 1 mm. 1., crimson; anther subglobose, emarginate. Capsule 

 (unripe), 5 mm. 1., 6-keeled. (The flowers of some specimens are only 

 about half the above measurement.) 



Swartz's figure in Adnot. Bot. I. c. represents a larger plant than any 

 that we have seen, having stems to 2 cm. and leaves to nearly 2 cm. L, 

 1-8 mm. br. 



2. L. sanguinea Hook, in Bot. Mag. 4112 (1844); sepals 

 magenta-crimson, ciliolate, subacute, lateral f-connate ; posterior 



