70 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



5. L. Loddigesiana Beichb. f. Xen. Orch. i. 145 (1856) ; sepals 

 yellow and purple, glabrous, acute, lateral J-connate ; petals 

 lanceolate, downy, lobes subequal, anterior obtuse, posterior 

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

 than upper surfaces of lip. — Fawc. & Bendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 vii. 8 (1904). L. tridentata Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1762 (1835) (non 

 Swartz) ; Oriseh. op. cit. 610, "a form with reduced stems." 



„ Highest parts of mountains, 



< Plant 1-3 in. high. Stems varying from 4 mm. to 5 cm. 1., generally 

 shorter than the leaves; sheaths smooth. Leaves 3-7 cm. 1., oval, with 

 shortly acute apex, tapering at the base into an obscure petiole. Bacemes 

 about half as long again as the leaves, solitary, 1-2-flowered. Sepals equal, 

 ovate, median purple with a yellow edge, lateral yellow, slightly tinged 

 with purple, the surface frosted with brilliantly glittering tubercles. Petals 

 half as long as the sepals, deep purple. Lip downy, yellowish, lower part 

 tinged with purple. Colmnn short, with two small lateral horns. 



We have not seen this plant. The description is compiled from the 

 accoimt and figure in the " Botanical Register," where it is assigned by 

 Lindley to L. tridentata Sw. It differs widely from that species in the 

 form of the petals and lip, which resemble somewhat those of L. pulchellor. 



6. L. rotundata Griseb. op. cit. 610; sepals, lateral connate 

 nearly to apex ; petals obversely deltoid, breadth of petals 

 shorter than length of sepals, longer than upper surface of lip. — 

 Fawc. d: Bendle op. cit. 6. 



Without locality, Macfadyen. 



Plant about 2 in. high. Stems much longer than the leaf; sheaths 

 with a subulate minutely ciliate limb. Leaf 12-16 mm. 1., 8 mm. br., 

 elliptical. Bacemes clustered, sometimes solitary, longer than the leaf. 

 Flowers about ^ in. 1. Sepals deltoid, lateral cohering below the 2- 

 dentate apex. Petals much smaller than the sepals. Lip, lobes diverging, 

 spathulate, adnate to the middle of the column. 



We have not seen this plant. 



7. L. divarieata Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. W, t. II. 27-29; 

 sepals light yellow shaded with crimson down the centre, 

 glabrous, acuminate, lateral J-connate ; posterior lobe of petals 

 subequal to anterior, breadth of petals shorter than length of 

 sepals, longer than upper surfaces of lip. 



In fl. Aug.-April; Blue Mt. Peak, J.P. 14 (in part) ; Cinchona, J.P. 16 

 (in part) ; Morris ! Moy Hall, Sullivan ! John Crow Peak, 5500 ft. ; New- 

 haven, 40*00 ft. ; ridge from Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; near 

 Woodcutters' Gap, 4000 ft. ; ridge above Morse's Gap, 5300 ft. ; Hardware 

 G«p, 4500 ft. ; Blue Mt. Peak, 7000 ft. ; Harris I Portland Gap ; Morse's 

 Gap, 4800 ft. ; John Crow Peak ; Fawcett 1 Retreat, J.P. 2031, Miss T. M. 

 Barrett ! Fl. Jam. 7758, 7332, 7833, 10,082, 10,127, 10,459. 



Plant 3-8 in. high. Stems 2 5 cm. 1., rarely longer (to 15 cm.), 

 much longer than the leaves ; mouth and ridges of the sheaths minutely 

 oiliolate. Leaves, including the short stalk, generally 2-3 cm., rarely to 

 4 cm. 1., 8-13 mm. br., often purple beneath, elliptical, acuminate. 

 Bacemes 2--3"5 cm. 1., several, clustered, sometimes shorter, sometimes 

 longer than the leaves; flowers several, close together. Sepals very 



