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upper side of the flower, slightly shorter than the sepals, leathery, 

 with numerous nerves prominent on the outside and sometimes 

 slightly on the inside, undivided, ovate, cordate, acute ; column 

 connate with lip nearly to apex. 



On trees and rocks ; in fl. Dec.-Feb. ; Macfadyen ! Newcastle, J.P. 2014 

 (in part), Morris 1 near Woodcutters' Gap ; near Newcastle, 4000 ft. ; ridge 

 from Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Morse's Gap, 

 O. Nichols 1 Fl. Jam. 7561, 10,086.— Hispaniola. 



Plant 1-1^ ft. long or longer. Stems long, creeping, slender, much and 

 irregularly branched, with many leaves even to the base, 3-4 dm. 1. or 

 longer. Leaves, blade 1*5-2 cm. 1., 4-6 mm. br. ; sheaths 6-8 mm. 1. 

 Bracts 5-6 mm. 1. Ovary with a cavity above, within its walls, below the 

 lip. Flowers terminal at the apex of branches, solitary ; perianth scarcely 

 J in. 1. Sepals leathery, with seven to nine prominent nerves, ligulate- 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 7-8 mm. 1., 2 mm. br., median sepal slightly 

 longer. Petals 3-5-nerved, narrowly linear, very acute, a little shorter 

 than lateral sepals, about "7 mm. br. Column 2*5 mm. 1., very short, 

 thick, thicker upwards ; clinandrium 3-lobed, lateral lobes triangular, 

 acute, longer than median. Capsule erect, ovoid-subglobose, with short 

 beak, 11-12 mm. 1., 7-8 mm. br. 



18. E. imbrieatum Lindl. Gen. & % Orcli. 110 (1831); 

 without pseudobulbs ; bracts ample, spathe-like, leathery, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, concealing the flower in bud, keeled above ; leaves 

 large, leathery, ligulate-oblong, obtuse ; lip undivided, leathery, 

 ovate, obtuse, obsoletely apiculate, cordate, strongly 1 -ribbed ; 

 column connate with lip to apex. — Lindl. Fol. Orch. Ejpid. 78 ; 

 Cogn. in Fl. Bras. Hi. pL 5, 170, t. U,f. 2. (PI. 15, f. 9.) 



On trees ; in fl. and fr. Nov.-April ; Macfadyen ! below Morse's Gap, 

 J.P. 244, Mor7-is 1 near Mabess River, 40()0 ft ; near Vinegar Hill, Portland, 

 3500 ft. ; Catherine Peak, 5000 ft. ; Thomson's Gap ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 6540, 7577, 7807, 7867, 9092.— Brazil, Costa Rica. 



Plant 15 in. high and more. Stein 40 cm. 1. and more, long, stout, 

 branching, covered even to the apex with truncate, adpressed, sheathing 

 bases, from which in the lower part the blades have dropped, succeeded 

 near the base by simple sheaths. Leaves, blade 9-18 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br. 

 Spikes several-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. Bracts 2 -1-2 '5 

 cm. 1. Flowers white, sessile, about ^ in. 1. Sepals 12-14 mm. 1., 

 3' 5 mm. br., leathery, equal, narrowly oblong, subacute to acute, keeled 

 above. Petals 11-13 mm. 1., 2-2-5 mm. br., a little shorter and much 

 narrower than the sepals, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, acute. Lip a 

 little shorter than the petals, 8-10 mm. 1., 6 mm. br. Column 4-5 mm. 1., 

 short, thick; clinandrium obtusely auricled. Capsule 2*5 cm. 1., 12 mm. 

 br., ovoid, constricted at apex, slightly 6-ribbed. 



19. E. bifarium Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 68 (1799); 

 without pseudobulbs ; spike long, 2-edged, many-flowered ; bracts 

 ample, spathe-like, compressed, keeled, triangular, sheathing, 

 acute, about as long as the ovary ; flowers pale greenish shaded 

 with reddish-brown ; petals setaceous, white ; lip 3-lobed ; column 

 connate with lip nearly to apex. — Sw. M. Ind. Occ. 1509 & Ic. 

 ined. t. 42; Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. 78; Griseb. op. cit. 618. 



