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obtuse, 7-8 mm. 1. ; floral deltoid, half-clasping, shortly acute, 2-3 mm. I. 

 Pedicels 1 cm. 1. Sepals 5-7-nerved, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 1 • 3 cm. 1. ; 

 lateral slightly keeled below the apex, 8*5 mm. br. ; median 3 mm. br. 

 Petals reticulate-8-nerved, oblanceolate, I'B cm. 1., 3 mm. br. Lip 1*2 

 cm. 1., 9 mm. br. ; lateral lobe 2 mm. 1. Column stout, flattish anteriorly, 

 7 • 5 mm. 1. (including anther) ; clinandrium 3-toothed, auriculate ante- 

 riorly. Capsule spindle-shaped, 3 cm. 1., 1 cm. br. 



27. E. angustifolium Sw. Prodr. 123 (1788); pseudobulbs 

 with one grass-like leaf, and panicle much longer than leaf ; lip 

 •3-lobed, lobes subequal, lateral half-round, middle ovate ; column 

 connate with lip for one-third of its length. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 

 1512; Griseb. op. cit. 613. 



On trees and rocks; Dolphin Head, Pwrdie I Dolphin Head, 1600 ft., 

 Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 10,440. 



Plant 8 in. to 1 ft. high. Pseudobulbs clustered, 1*5 cm. 1., 6-7 mm. 

 br., ovoid, acuminate. Leaf 12-22 cm. 1., 2 mm. br., linear, exceeded by 

 the scape. Scape about 3 dm. 1., filiform, naked. Bracts 2 • 3-1 mm. 1., 

 minute, pointed. Raceme lax, branched at the base. Pedicels 4 mm. 1., 

 as long as the ovary. Flowers, perianth less than I in. 1. Sepals about 

 6 mm. 1., about 1*5 mm. br., oblong-lanceolate, 8-nerved. Petals about as 

 long as the sepals, linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved. Lip about as long as the 

 sepals. Column nearly as long as the lip, auricled below the clinandrium. 



28. E. bpaehyglossum Cogn. in Fedde Bepert. vii. 121 (1909) ; 

 stem without pseudobulb, with one leaf at apex and an erect 

 slender peduncle twice as long as leaf with solitary flower; 

 column shortly connate with lip above base. 



On trees ; in fl. Sept. ; Green Hill Wood, 4000 ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 

 7783. 



Plant 3-12 in. high, with brown spots on sheaths, bracts and peduncle. 

 Stem 4-7 cm. 1., 1-5-2 mm. br., with sheaths below. Leaf sessile, 

 somewhat leathery, linear-ligulate, tapering downwards shortly above the 

 base, apex somewhat obtuse and obliquely emarginate, with numerous 

 nerves prominent beneath, especially the middle nerve, 6-10 cm. 1., 

 6-9 mm. br. Sheaths three, scarious, free portion short, triangular, obtuse, 

 uppermost 2-3 cm. 1., lowest 1-1*3 cm. 1. Bracts 3-5, closely sheathing, 

 free portion short, triangular, obtuse ; floral bract shortly spathaceous, 

 shorter than the ovary. Pedicels about 5 mm. 1. Flowers orange- scarlet, 

 f-1 in. 1., solitary, erect, thinly membranous. Ovary cylindrical, smooth, 

 with pedicel nearly 3 cm. 1. Sepals 7-nerved ; lateral oblong-elliptical, 

 apex somewhat obtuse and conduplicate, margin slightly undulate, 

 1-8-2 -3 cm. 1., 7-8 mm. br. ; median elliptical, apex rounded, 1*7-2 cm. 1., 

 8-9 mm. br. Petals a little oblique, 5-6-nerved, elliptical, tapering to base, 

 apex rounded, shorter than the sepals, 1*9 cm. 1., 9 mm. br. Lip very 

 short, not half as long as petals, 9 mm. 1., 7 mm. br., embracing column, 

 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, median lobe somewhat smaller than lateral, 

 indistinctly 3-lobed ; disk with two broad longitudinal lamellsB and warty 

 protuberances above them. Column as long as the lip, broader above than 

 below, winged; clinandrium with two large auricles, apex toothed. 

 Capsule (not ripe) narrowly spindle-shaped, 3-angled, 3-keeled, keels 

 2-edged, 2-4 cm. 1. 



29. E. serrulatum Sw. Prodr. 121 (1788) ; stem without 

 pseudobulbs, with one leaf at apex and a spike shorter than leaf ; 



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