EPIDENDRUM 95 



E. anceps Siv. Prodr. 121 (1788) (non Jacq.). (PL 15, f. 6.) Type 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees ; in fl, Nov. -April ; mountains, Swartz ! Macfadyen ! March ! 

 J.P. 150, Morris ! Clydesdale, 4000 ft. ; Cedar Hurst, 2000 ft. ; Wallenford, 

 3000 ft. ; ridge below Vinegar Hill, 3800 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7558, 7753, 

 9024, 10,095a. 



Plant 6-13 in. high. Stem 5-15 cm. 1., leafy, covered with leaf -sheaths, 

 sometimes decayed below, branching below, throwing out very long slender 

 roots. Leaves fleshy, linear-lanceolate, cordate, clasping, somewhat falcate, 

 3-6 cm. 1., 4-S mm. br. Spikes much longer than the leaves, 10-25 cm. 1. 

 Bracts 5-10 mm. 1. Flowers, perianth about ^ in. 1. Sepals 3-nerved, 

 oblong-elliptical, tapering to the keeled apex, lateral slightly falcate, 

 6-7 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. ; median as long, but a little narrower. Petals 

 5 mm. 1. Lip 5-6 mm. br., greenish-yellow, lobes somewhat equal, broader 

 than long, lateral somewhat roundish, with undulate margin, median 

 2-lobed, apiculate; disk with two calli at base. Column short, thick, 

 laterally compressed, thicker upwards, 3-4 mm. 1. ; clinandrium, margin 

 undulate. Capsule spindle-shaped, long-tapering at base and apex. 



20. E. polybulbon Sw. Prodr. 124 (1788) ; gi-owing in masses 

 with long creeping rhizome bearing many pseudobulbs each with 

 two leaves and one white or pale yellow flower ; lip undivided ; 

 column free.— ;S^M7. Fl Ind. Occ. 1491; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 112; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4067. Dinema polybulbon Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 

 Ill (1831). Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees and rocks; in fl. Oct.-Feb. ; mountains, Swartz \ Macfadyenl 

 Manchester. Purdie 1 Bethabara, Wullschlaegel, 1083 I March I Mt. Moses, 

 3000 ft. J.P.' 2060, Sijme 1 Bath, Fawcctt ! Silver Hill, 4000 ft. ; Lancaster, 

 2500 ft. ; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2400 ft. ; above Mabess River, 3000 ft. ; 

 below Vinegar Hill, 3800 ft. ; near Christiana, 3000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 7538, 7838, 8870, 9796, 10,098, 10,400, 10,401 ; near BeUe Vue, Port Royal 

 Mts., Miss B. Gosset ! — Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala. 



Plant 2 or 3 in. high. Rhizome jointed, covered with remains of decayed 

 sheaths. Pseudobulb ellipsoidal to cylindrical, with a short joint at apex, 

 rising directly from the rhizome or on branches of it, 1-5-2 -5 cm. 1., 

 covered at first with two scarious sheaths which soon decay. Leaves 

 linear-oblong to oblong-eUiptical, obtuse, obliquely emarginate, with 

 numerous nerves, half-clasping at base, 2-5 cm. 1., 7-14 nam. br. Ovary 

 cylindrical, with stalk about 3 cm. 1. ; stalk with 3 bracts. Bracts sheathing 

 below, shortly acuminate, about 1 cm. 1. Flowers, perianth a little more 

 than ^ in. 1. Sepals 5-nerved, lanceolate-linear, very acute, spreading, 

 15-17 mm. 1., 2-5 mm. br. Petals like the sepals but narrower. Lip white, 

 subroundish-cordate, clawed, as long as the sepals, 10-11 mm. br. Column 

 short, 2-angled and with two projecting teeth in front, and two long, 

 subulate, erect teeth, one on each side, 4-5 mm. 1. Capsule cylindrical, 

 narrow. 



21. E. Ottonis Beichb.f. in Hamburg, Gartenz. xiv. 213 (1858) ; 

 pseudobulbs with one long narrow leaf and flowering stalk nearly 

 as long as leaf ; flowers cream-coloured ; lip undivided, somewhat 

 similar to sepals and petals ; column quite free. — Griseh. op. cit. 

 613 ; Cogn. in Symh. Ant. iv. 173. (PI. 15, f. 8.) 



On trees; in fl. and fr. Jan.; Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft., Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 7540, 7678.— Cuba, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Venezuela. 



