90 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



11. E. nutans Sw. Prod. 121 (1788); without pseudobulbs ; 

 floral bracts much shorter than the flowers ; panicle sheathed at 

 base by two large spathaceous bracts ; lip cordate, 3-lobed, 

 median lobe 2-lobed, lateral lobes subrotund or subrhomboid, disk 

 with three lamellae, the lateral forming at the base two auriculate 

 calli; column connate with lip to apex. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1499 ; 

 Bot. Beg. t. 17 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. i. t. 50; Lindl. Fol. OrcJi. 

 Epid. 56; Griseh. ojp. cit. 616. (PI. 15, f. 5.) Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit, 



On rocks aud trees ; in fl. Aug.-Feb, ; Swartz ! Springfield, Wull- 

 schlaegel, 1090 ! Moneague, Prior 1 Macfayden ! Jenman ! J.P. 2007, Syme ! 

 J.P. 527, Morris I Cedar Hurst, Fawcett ! Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett ! 

 Walderston, Mrs. Longstaffl Mt. Moses; Woodcutters' Gap, 4000 ft.; 

 Chester Vale, 3000 ft. ; Wallenford, 2000 ft. ; Hollymount, near Ewarton, 

 2500 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7624, 7864, 8907.— Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil. 



Plant 1^2 ft. high. Sterti 4-5 dm. 1., 7-10 mm. br., erect, stout, 

 covered with leaf sheaths, leafy above. Leaves leathery, oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute to subobtuse, clasping and sheathing, blade 12-20 cm. 

 1., 3-5 • 5 cm. br. Panicle terminal, large, longer than the leaves, lax, many 

 flowered, subnutant ; spathaceous bracts much smaller than the leaves and 

 passing above into the floral bracts, lower floral bracts linear, decreasing 

 upwards, the uppermost 3-4 mm. 1., triangular, acuminate, very much 

 shorter than the pedicels. Floioers between J and J in. 1., greenish, or 

 whitish-green, pedicels long ; ovary and pedicel together 2-3 cm. 1. Sepals 

 1-5-1 -8 cm. 1., 3-5 mm. br., oblanceolate, distinctly 5-nerved, median 

 obtuse, lateral acute, rather broader and longer. Petals a little shorter 

 than the sepals, 3-nerved, subspathulate-linear, obtuse. Lip as long as or 

 longer than the sepals. Column 1-2-1 -3 cm. 1., erect, thick, club-shaped; 

 clinandrium with a tooth on each side anteriorly. 



Var. tridentatum var. nov. ; E. tridentatum Fawc. in Journ. 

 Bot. xxxiii. 12 (1895) ; leaves narrower and more acute, sterile 

 bract small or none, middle lobe of lip with three triangular 

 lobules. 



In fl. April, Blue Mts., Harris ! 



Var. obtusifolium var. nov. ; stems reaching to 4| ft. in 

 length ; leaves oblong to oblong-elliptical, obtuse, broader than 

 in type ; flowers smaller, generally dark-purple lip and column 

 and the same colour on back of sepals ; sepals broader than in 

 type, 1 • 3 cm. 1. or less, 5-6 mm. br. ; petals same length, barely 

 2 mm. br. ; lip as long as the sepals, and as broad as long. 



On rocks in woodlands, in fl. Oct.-Dec, Mandeville, Lady Blake ! 

 Near Browns Town, Miss T. M. Barrett ! near Chapelton, Craig ! Troy, 

 2000 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,420 ; Walderston, Mrs. Longstaff ! 



12. E. aneeps Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 224, t. 138 (1763), 

 Ed. pict. t. 208 ; without pseudobulbs ; sheaths on long 

 flower- stalk below, flowers crowded above almost into a 

 head ; floral bracts much shorter than the flowers ; lip broadly 

 kidney-shaped-cordate, 2-lobed at apex ; column connate with 

 lip nearly to apex. — E. fuscatum Smith Spicil. 21, t. 23 (1791) ; 



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