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24. E. parvilobum Fawc. & jRendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 123 

 (1909) ; pseudobulbs with one leaf and panicle much longer than 

 leaf ; lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes obovate, somewhat roundish, middle 

 lobe small, semicircular, minutely apiculate, disk with three thick 

 raised lines and near the base a large callus ; column quite free. 

 —(PI. 16, f. 5-7.) 



On trees ; in fl. May ; Dolphin Head, 1600 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,439. 



Plant 2 ft. high. Pseudobulbs 3-5 cm. 1., lanceolate-ovate, covered by- 

 two scarious sheaths. Leaf linear-ligulate, obtuse, conduplicate at base, 

 with many prominent nerves, 22 cm. 1., 1*5-2 cm. hi. Panicle laxly few- 

 flowered. Bracts, sterile sheathing, small, obtuse, 5-10 mm. 1. ; floral 

 deltoid, half-clasping, shortly acute, 1-5-2 mm. 1. Pedicels 7 mm. 1. 

 Sepals 5-nerved, oval, obtuse; median 10 mm. 1., 4 mm. br. ; lateral 

 8 mm. 1., 4 mm. br. Petals reticulate-3-nerved, oblanceolate-oblong, 

 8 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. Lip 8 mm. 1., 10 mm. br. Column small, 3 mm. 1., 

 wider at apex, winged ; clinandrium with minute teeth. 



25. E. montieolum Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. 124 ; pseudobulbs 

 with one leaf or sometimes two, and scape as long as, or 

 shorter than, the leaf ; ovary rugose ; lip shortly and broadly 

 clawed, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes oblong, somewhat obtuse, 

 median lobe much larger, roundish-rhomboidal, broadly clawed, 

 somewhat apiculate at the apex, margin slightly curled below, 

 Teins raised, branching, diverging, disk with two thick calli ; 

 column quite free. (PI. 16, f. 1-4.) 



In fl. Feb. ; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 10,467. 



Plant 7-9 in. high. Pseudobulbs 1*5-2 cm. 1., ovoid, covered by 

 scarious sheaths. Leaves linear-ligulate, obtuse, conduplicate at the base, 

 with many nerves scarcely prominent, 12-22 cm. L, 7-10 mm. br. Scape 

 laxly few-flowered, rugulose. Bracts, sterile sheathing, small, somewhat 

 acute, 8 mm. 1. ; floral half-clasping, somewhat acute, 2-3 mm. 1. Ovary 

 and pedicel covered with minute warts, 1*5-1*7 cm. 1. (apparently fertilised). 

 Pedicels 1 cm. 1. Sepals reticulate-6-7-nerved, lanceolate-oblong, some- 

 what acute, somewhat thick, dark green, 1 cm. 1., 3 mm. br. Petals 

 reticulate-3-4-nerved, oblanceolate-oval, obtuse, green, 9 mm. 1., 3 mm. 

 br. Lip brownish-yellow, 9 mm. 1. ; median lobe, 6 mm. 1., 5-6 mm. br. ; 

 veins raised. Column 5 mm. 1., stout, winged, at the apex auriculate. 



26. E. belvederense Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. 123; pseudobulbs 

 with two leaves and panicle much longer than leaf; ovary 

 smooth ; lip reticulate-nerved, the three median nerves thick, 

 prominent, especially on the disk, 3-lobed, lateral lobes short, 

 obtusely triangular, much smaller than the median, median 

 deltoid or triangular-ovate, shortly apiculate ; column quite free. 

 (PL 16, f. 8-10.) 



On trees ; in fr. Dec-Jan. ; Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft. ; Lancaster, 

 2500 ft.; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 7541, 7620; between Mandeville and Black 

 Kiver, J.P. 532, Syme ! 



Plant 1^ ft. high. Pseudobulbs about 4 cm. 1., about 1 cm. br., lanceo- 

 late-ovoid, covered by scarious sheaths. Leaves linear-ligulate, obtuse, 

 conduplicate at base, with many prominent nerves, 16-18 cm. 1., 15-18 

 mm. br. Panicle laxly few-flowered. Bracts, sterile sheathing, small, 



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