OCTADESMIA 79 



3-lobed, lateral lobes slightly prominent. Column somewhat 

 long, slightly incurved, concave anteriorly, with a short foot ; 

 clinandrium obscurely 3-lobed. Anther terminal, opercular, 

 incumbent, semi-globose, with two cells which are divided 

 again. PoUinia 8, four in each cell, connected at the apices by 

 a small amount of viscid substance. Capsule oblong or elongate, 

 spindle shaped, contracted into a short beak. 

 Species 2, natives of West Indies and Brazil. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high 1. O. montcma. 



Plant reaching to 6 ft. high 2. O. elata. 



1. 0. montana Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 311 (1881) 

 & in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. Hi. 525 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 lip about as broad as long. — Cogn. in Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 5, 19 & in 

 Symb. Ant. iv. 172. Epidendrum montanum Sw. Prodr. 121 

 (1788). Cymbidium montanum *S^m;. in Nov. Act. TJpsal. vi. 72 

 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1469. Octomeria serratifolia Hook, in Bat, 

 Mag. t. 2823 (1828). Bletia montana Beichh. f. in TFa/p. Ann. 

 Bot. vi. 445 (1862). Tetramicra montana Griseh. Fl. Brit. W, 

 Ind. 622 (1864). (PL 17, f. 13-16.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees and rocky banks ; in fl. Nov.-March ; Blue Mts., Swartz ! 

 Wiles\ MacfadyenX Wilson \ Jenmanl Blue Mts., 5000-5500 ft., J.P. 27, 

 Morris I near Gordon Town, Wattl Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., Fawcettl Harris \ 

 Bidge from Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; Hardware Gap, 

 4000 ft. ; below Sir John's Peak, 6000 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 7550, 10,090, 

 10,128, 10,436.— Hispaniola, Porto Rico. 



Pla7it 15-24 in. high. Stem 2-6 dm. 1., covered below with sheaths, 

 leafy above. Sheaths striate and with brown spots and minute warts, 

 2 '5-3 cm. 1., free portion short. Leaves 4-11 cm. 1., 7-20 mm. br. Panicle 

 (sometimes a raceme) 4-20 cm. 1. Bracts minutely spotted and warty, 

 free portion triangular, acute or acuminate; sterile 1-1*7 cm. 1.; floral 

 • 5-1 cm. 1. Ovary and pedicel each 4 • 5 mm. 1. Flowers creamy- white, with 

 a delicate scent of violets, perianth over J in. 1. Sepals 5-nerved, oblong- 

 lanceolate, median 14-1 '8 cm. 1., 4*5 mm. br., apex obtuse ; lateral rather 

 shorter, apex thickened and shortly apiculate. Petals 3 -nerved, linear- 

 oblong, tapering to apiculate apex, 1*2-1 -5 cm. 1., 2*5-3*5 mm. br. Lip 

 very shortly clawed, 5-nerved with numerous lateral nerves branching off, 

 roundish in outline, disk 2-lamellate below, with minute warty calli along 

 the three nerves of the terminal lobe, lamellae 2-]obed ; lateral lobes short, 

 obtuse ; terminal lobe much larger, minutely crenulate, apiculate, 9-10 

 mm. 1., and about as broad. Column narrowly 2-winged, 6-6*5 mm. 1. 

 Capsule ellipsoidal, 2 • 5 cm. 1. 



2. 0. elata Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. Hi. 525 (1883) ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate ; lip longer than broad. — Type in Herb. Kew. 



On trees, in rocky soil, and in peaty mould in forest ; in fl. March ; 

 Mt. Moses, 3500-4000 ft., Syme ! Harris I 



Plant robust, erect, upright, reaching to 6 ft. high. Stem 15 or 16 dm. 1., 

 below bearing the fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths, leafy above. 

 Leaves, passing above into spathaceous bracts, blade 8-11 cm. 1., 2-3 cm. 

 br. Panicle 2 dm. 1. Bracts, sterile 4-2 cm. 1., floral about 1 cm. 1. 

 Ovary (fertilised) and pedicel, each generally about 1 cm. 1. Flowers, 

 perianth over ^ in. 1. Sepals 7-nerved, narrowly oblong, slightly apiculate ; 



