BROUGHTONIA 101 



E. nodosum var. ^ L. Sp. PI 953 (1753). E. cochleatum L. Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2, 1351 (in part) (1763). Dendrobium sanguineum Sw 

 in Nov. Act Upsal vi. 82 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1529 (PI. 14, 

 f. 10-14.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees ; in fl. Nov .-April ; Spanish town and neighbourhood, Sloane 

 Herb. iv. 118 I Swartz ! Bancroft 1 Distin ! Westmoreland, Purdie I Lane ! 

 Wilson ! Prior ! Manchester, Wullschlaegel, 1059 1 lowlands up to 500 ft., 

 Morris ! Syme ! Content Road, Moore ! Manchester, Bassett-Key ! Halber- 

 stadt, 2000 ft., Miss B. Oossettl near Tweedside, 2500 ft.; Great Goat 

 Island, 100 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9020, 9209.— Cuba. 



Plant 12-15 in. high. Pseudobulbs 25-5 cm. 1., l'5-2*5 cm. br., 

 varying in shape from somewhat globular to nearly cylindrical, clustered, 

 with two leaves and peduncle much longer than leaves. Leaves leathery, 

 oblong, somewhat acute, with numerous nerves visible when dry, 

 8-20 cm. 1., 1-5-4 -5 cm. br. Sheaths 2 or 3, 3-6 cm. 1, Peduncle long, 

 2-4 dm. 1., sometimes branched with lax raceme (7-8 cm. 1.) at apex. 

 Bracts sterile, short, sheathing, adpressed, triangular, somewhat obtuse, 

 few, distant, 5-6 cm. 1. ; floral minute. Pedicels 1-1 • 5 cm. 1. Flowers 

 5-12. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 1*5-2 -4 cm. 1., 4-5 mm. br., lateral 

 broader and slightly falcate. Petals roundish-elliptical, tapering to base 

 and to apex, which is either acute or obtuse, as long as sepals, 7 mm. br. 

 Lip nearly as long as sepals and petals, and broader than long, roundish, 

 truncate, margin eroded, yellow at base with purplish veins. Column 

 about 9 mm. 1., slightly curved, thicker and winged above. 



2. B. domingensis Bolfe in Gard. Chron. v. 491 (1889); 

 flowers rosy-lilac, 1-1 J in. 1.; lip hairy on the central veins. 

 B. lilacina Henfr. in Gard. Mag. Bot. Hi. 201 (1851). Cattleya 

 domingensis Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 118 (1831). Lseliopsis 

 domingensis Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. Hi. 155, t. 105 (1852, 53). 

 (PI. 14, f. 15-19.) 



On trees; Westmoreland, Pwriie I Edwards \ TomZinscm !~Hispaniola. 



Pla7it 1-2 ft. high. Pseudobulb 2-5 cm. 1., 1-5-2 -5 cm. br., ellipsoidal 

 to globose, with two leaves (rarely one), and peduncle much longer than 

 leaves. Leaves leathery, oblong-ligulate, apex oblique, mucronate, with 

 numerous nerves apparent only when dry, 6-20 cm. 1., 8-30 mm. br. 

 Sheaths 2 or 3, 2*5-5 cm. 1. Peduncle very long, 3-5 dm. 1., rarely branch- 

 ing, with a lax raceme (5 cm. 1.) at apex. Bracts sterile, short, sheathing, 

 adpressed, triangular, somewhat obtuse, very few, distant, 6 mm. 1. ; floral 

 minute, triangular. Flowers 8-14. Sepals linear-lanceolate, somewhat 

 acute, 2 to nearly 3 cm. 1., 4-6 mm. br. Petals elliptical tapering to base 

 and to somewhat acute apex, about as long, or a little longer, and twice as 

 broad as sepals. Lip a little longer than sepals, broadly einarginate, 

 margin wavy, denticulate. Column about 7 mm. 1. Capsule (unripe) 

 ellipsoidal, beaked. 



32. HORMIDIUM Lindl. 



Small epiphytic herbs, with small pseudobulbs crowded 

 along the creeping rhizome, with two or three membranous 

 sheaths and two leaves at the apex. Leaves small, shortly 

 sheathing at base, and jointed with sheath. Flowers small, 

 stalked, in a termin.al cluster, the cluster sometimes reduced to 

 a single flower. Sepals, all of equal length, suberect or at 



