88 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



with two leaves at the apex, 5 dm. 1., 4-10 mm. hr. Leaves oval or elliptical- 

 oblong, leathery, obtuse, many-nerved, at the base clasping and long- 

 sheathing, blade about 11 cm. 1., 4-5 cm. br., sheaths compressed, 

 slightly keeled. Panicle, rachis scarcely protruded and covered by 

 sheaths. Bracts sheathing at the base, ovate-oblong, acute or somewhat 

 acuminate, 7-8 mm. 1. Flower cream-coloured. Sepals narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, many-nerved, 4 -2-4 -3 cm. 1. Petals as long as the 

 sepals, linear, long-acuminate. Lip a little shorter than the sepals ; 

 disk with two narrow parallel lamellae at the base. Column 2 cm. 1., 

 above very dilated; clinandrium with three posterior ovate acuminate 

 lobes, and three anterior, the middle acuminate, and the lateral obtuse ; 

 anther purplish. 



•^ 7. E. diffopme Jacq. Enum. PL Carih. 29 (1760); without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts much shorter than flowers ; flowers 

 umbellate, perianth about ^ in. 1. ; lip kidney-shaped, emarginate, 

 margin undulate, with two calli on disk at base ; column connate 

 with lip to apex. — Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 223, t. 136, Ed. pict. 

 t. 206; Cogn. in Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 5, 139. E. umbellatum Sw. 

 Prodr. 121 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1501; BoL Mag. t. 2030; 

 Lindl. Fol. O.ch. Epid. 79 ; Griseh. op. cit. 618. (PL 15, f. 3.) 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees ; in fl. Aug.-April ; mountains, Swartz ! Purdie ! Nazareth, 

 Wullschlaegel, 1395 ! Prior ! Eggers ; J.P. 18, 1516, Morris 1 lowlands, 

 J.P. 524, Syme ! Cedar Hurst, Fawcett 1 Cinchona, Isaacs ! Harris ! Keith 

 Hill, 2200 ft., Thompson ! Clydesdale, 4000 ft. ; Lancaster 3000 ft. ; 

 Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft.; Silver Hill, 4000 ft.; Harris] Mahogany 

 Vale Ridge, Miss B. Gossetl Fl. Jam. 7629, 7651, 7865, 9022, 10,455, 

 10,498.— Cuba, Florida, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, 

 Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 Trinidad, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, B. Guiana, Surinam, 

 Brazil. 



Plant 2-10 in. high. Stems 4-20 cm. 1., few or several, clustered, 

 covered with leaf-sheaths. Leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong or ligulate, 

 obtuse, obliquely retuse, clasping at base, blade 2 -5-7 "5 cm. 1., 1-2*5 cm. 

 br. Bracts linear, 7-12 mm. 1. Flowers pale green or whitish. Pedicels 

 1-2-5 cm. 1. Ovary 1-2 -5 cm. 1. Sepals with seven incomplete nerves 

 prominent on inside, elliptical, median apex thickened, subacute, 

 15 mm. 1., about 5*5 mm. br. ; lateral somewhat oblique, apex keeled at 

 back, keel forming an acute point, 15-16 mm. 1., 6 mm. br. Petals 

 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate, 14 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. Lip with numerous 

 nerves, 13-14 mm. 1., about 18 mm. br. Column short, about 1 cm. 1. (to 

 apex of clinandrium), thicker above ; clinandrium with denticulate margin. 

 Capsule ellipsoidal, shortly and thickly beaked, 2*5 cm. 1., 1*5 cm. br. 



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8. E. jamaleense Lindl. Fol. Orcli. Epid. 82 (1853); without 

 pseudobulbs ; bracts shorter than flowers ; flowers in a raceme, 

 perianth | in. 1. ; lip undivided, roundish or broader than long, 

 undulate, subentire, inconspicuously mucronate, two calli on disk 

 at base ; column connate with lip to apex. — Griseh. op. cit. 618. 



On trees ; in fl. Sept. ; Manchester, Dunrobin Castle, Purdie 1 Cedar 

 Hurst, Rose Hill, J.P. 481, Syme ! near Cedar Hurst, 2409, Morris ! near 

 Bath, Harris I 



