114 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



Limodorum utriculatum Sw. Prodr. 119 (1788). Cymbidium 

 utriculatum Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 75 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 

 1477. (PI. 22, f. 1-3.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In damp woods ; in fl. Sept.-Dec. ; Swartz 1 Macfadyen ! Manchester, 

 Purdiel Fairfield, Wullschlaegel, 10561 Priori near Cinchona, J.P. 33; 

 Morris ! Red Hills, J.P. 2413, Syme 1 Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett 1 

 Hamilton Town, Moore 1 above Mt. Hybla ; above Bridge Hill ; Fawcett ! 

 Old England ; near Ewarton, 1000 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 6719, 10,433.— 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela. 



Plant lA-2 ft. high. Stem 3-4 • 5 dm. Sheaths inflated, one 10-20 cm. 1,, 

 2 or 3 cm. Dr., outer 4-8 cm. 1. ; cauline, free-portion oblong-ovate, obtuse, 

 2*5-5 cm. 1. Leaves one or two, blade elliptical, tapering to base and 

 apex, 15-25 cm. 1., 6-9 cm. br. ; the tubular sheathing base 13-18 cm. 1. 

 Raceme 6-14 cm. 1., laxly few- to many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 lower floral, 1*5-2 cm, 1., upper shorter. Flowers rather more than J in. 1., 

 cream-coloured. Sepals 5-nerved ; lateral lanceolate, 12 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. ; 

 median oblong, shortly acuminate, about 15 mm. L, 2*75 mm. br. Petals 

 6-nerved, outer nerves branching, broadly oblanceolate, acute, broader 

 than sepals, 14 mm, 1., 5 mm, 1*. Lip 5-nerved, nerves branching, ovate, 

 acute, very shortly clawed, 9 mm. 1., 4*3 mm. br. Column 6 mm. 1. 

 Capsule 2 • 5 cm. 1. 



44. LYCASTE Lindl. 



Epiphytic herbs. Stem short, with few leaves, sheathed at 

 the base, becoming thickened into fleshy pseudobulbs. Leaves 

 ample, plaited, many-veined. Scapes erect at the sides of the 

 pseudobulbs, closely sheathed, with one flower, rarely two or three. 

 Flowers large, nodding. Sepals nearly equal, erect-spreading, the 

 lateral broader, forming a chin. Petals similar to the sepals but 

 smaller. Lip attached at the foot of the column, shorter than 

 the sepals ; lateral lobes erect ; the median spreading. Column 

 rather long, curved, semi-terete, produced at the base into a 

 foot ; clinandrium short. Anther terminal, opercular, incumbent, 

 very convex, 1 -celled ; pollinia 4, oblong or ovoid, without an 

 appendage, attached by a long linear stalk, gland small. Capsule 

 oblong or spindle-shaped, erect. 



Species about 40, natives of tropical America from the West 

 Indies and Mexico to Peru. 



L. BarringrtonisB Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxx. Misc. 43 (1844); 

 Griaeb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 627. Epidendrum Barringtonia3 Smith 

 Ic. pict. t. 15 (1793); Salish. Ic. ined. fol. 579. Dendrobium 

 Barringtoniae Sw. Nov. Act. TJpsal. vi. 82 (1799) ; Hook. Exot. 

 Fl. t.U9. Maxillaria ciliata Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1206 (1829). 

 M. Barringtonise Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1. 1824 (1832) ; Lindl. Gen. d Sp. 

 Orch. 147. Type in Herb. Smith, in Linn. Soc. (PI. 23, f. 1-3.) 



On rocks and trees ; in fl. April- June ; Macfayden ! Pur die 1 Beaufort, 

 Wullschlaegel, 1062 ! Mt. Moses, J.P, 2328, Syme 1 near Radnor, Miss B. 

 Cosset i Content Road ; Silver HiU Woodland ; Harris ! Fl, Jam. 10,392.— 

 Cuba. 



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