BLETIA 111 



lobe, lateral lobes with a bluntly triangular apex above the 

 sinus and increasing in breadth towards the base, middle lobe 

 roundish. — Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 622. B. verecunda, B,. Br. 

 in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 206 (1813) ; Griseh. loc. cit. ; Salish. 

 Ic. ined. vi. fol. 572, 573. B. acutipetala Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 

 3217 (1833). B. alta HitchcocJc in Bejp. Miss. Bot. Gard. iv. 132 

 (1893). Limodorum purpureum Lam. Encycl. Meth. Hi. 515 

 (1789); Bedoute Liliacees i. 83. L. tuberosum Jacq. Coll. iv. 108 

 (1790), non X.* L. altum Jacq. Ic. Bar. Hi. 17, t. 602 (1786-93), 

 non L.* L. verecundum Salish. Prodr. 9 (1796). Cymbidium 

 verecundum Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 75 (1799). (PI. 21, f. 1-7.) 



Dry stony banks, rocky land, on rocks in moist woods, 600-5000 ft. ; 

 in fl. and fr. Oct.-May ; Houstoun ! Fairfield, 1059, Wullschlaegel ! J.P. 9, 

 Morris ! Cinchona, 5000 ft. 1 Fawcett 1 G. Nichols 1 Farm Hill, C. NichoUs ! 

 Hanover, Tomlinsonl Silver Hill, 3500 ft., Harris I — Cuba, Bahamas, 

 Florida, Central America. 



Plant 1^-2^ ft. high ; leaves IJ ft. long. Corm 2 cm., globose. Leaves 

 30-50 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br., narrowly lanceolate, long-tapering at base and 

 apex, narrowing into a basal sheath. Flowers, perianth ^-| in. 1. Bracts, 

 sterile 1-1*3 cm. 1., ovate, blunt, adpressed, sheathing at the base; 

 floral 4-5 mm. 1., broadly ovate, acuminate, somewhat clasping. Pedicels 

 (including ovary) 1-1-5 cm., of fruit about half as long. Sepals 15-18 

 mm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. ; median ovate-lanceolate, acute; lateral ovate, acute, 

 slightly gibbous. Petals broader and slightly shorter than the sepals. Lip 

 shorter than the petals, veins numerous and branching, middle lobe 

 emarginate, crenate, curled. Column winged. Capsule 2*7 cm. 1., cylin- 

 drical, erect. 



2. B. flOPida B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 206 (1813) ; 

 flowers dark purple, sometimes rosy with white lip ; lip with five 

 crests, of which only three generally stretch far into the middle 

 iobe, lateral lobes rounded above, narrowing gradually to the 

 base, middle lobe generally cuneate in form. — Griseh. op. cit. 621. 

 B. Shepherdii Hook, in Bot. Mag. 3319 (1834); Griseh. loc. cit. 

 B. verecunda DC. loc. cit. non B, Br. Limodorum fioridum 

 Salish. Prodr. 9 (1796) & Jc. ined. vi. fol. 572. L. altum Sims in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 930 (1806). (PI. 21, f. 8-11.) 



Dry stony banks 1000-5000 ft. ; in fl. and fr. Oct.-May ; Sloane Herb, 

 iv. 117M St. Anns Bay, Priori J.P. 2145, Morris I Lane I Bryans Hill, 

 Sullivan ! Silver Hill, 3500 ft. ; Wallenford, 2500 ft. ; Constant Spring ; 

 Green Valley ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7622, 7653, 7682.— Cuba. 



Plant 2-3^ ft. with leaves IJ to 2 ft. long. Corm 1-5-2*5 cm., ovate- 

 globose. Leaves 20-50 cm. 1., 2-9 cm. br., narrowly lanceolate to broadly 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate, narrowing into a basal sheath 

 which persists after the fall of the leaf, many-nerved. Flowers, perianth 

 less than an inch to 1^ in. long. Bracts, sterile 1-2*5 cm. L, ovate, 

 blunt, adpressed, sheathing at the base; floral 3-10 mm. 1., ovate, 



* Limodorum tuberosum L. Sp. PI. 950 is Galopogon pulchellus R. Br. 

 L. altum L. Syst. ed. 12, ii. 594 is Eulophia alta. 



