ORNITHIDIUM 123 



Epidendrum vestitum Sw. Prodr. 124 (1788). Cymbidium 

 vestitum aS^m?. in Nov. Act. Ups. vi. 70 (1779) kFl. Ind. Occ. 1448 ; 

 Lindl Gen. & Sp. Orck 168. (PI. 26, f. 1-4.) 



On trees, and rocks among peat ; in fl. and fr. Aug.-March ; " Jamaicss 

 temperatioris," Swartz ! Radnor, Purdie ! Springfield, Wullschlaegel, 1088 ! 

 J. P. 24, Morris ! Trelawney, Miss T. M. Barrett \ Moneagne, Lady Blake \ 

 Ellen Aire, Moy Hall, Sullivan \ Cold Spring, Moorel Shooters Hill, 

 Manchester, Scharschmidt I Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Lancaster, 2500 ft. ; Mabess 

 River, 3900 ft. ; Vinegar Hill, 3900 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 7210, 7567, 7654, 

 7839, 9008, 9552, 10,100.— Cuba, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Peru. 



Stem to 3 dm. 1., branching, decumbent and rooting, covered with 

 scales, which are triangular-ovate, acute, sheathing at base, imbricating, 

 dry and becoming scarious, 1-1*5 cm. 1. Pse«*do6wZ6s oblong-ellipsoidal, 

 compressed, 1-leaved, 2 to nearly 3 cm. 1. Leaves lanceolate-ligulate, apex 

 acute or obtuse, shortly attenuated at the base, middle nerve prominent 

 below, 1-2 dm. 1., 1-5-2 cm. br. Peduncles clustered in the sheathing 

 scales of the stem just below each pseudobulb, many-jointed, with a 

 sheathing, spathaceous bract at each node. Sepals, lateral 5-nerved, 

 broadly elliptical, apex acute, thickened, 5 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. ; median 

 7-nerved, elliptical, apex with a thickened apiculus, 5*5 mm. 1., 2-4 mm. 

 br. Petals 5-nerved, broadly lanceolate, acute, 4*5 mm. 1., 1*8 mm. br. 

 Lip broadly 3-lobed, clawed, lateral lobes rounded, median larger than 

 lateral, shortly ovate, thickened at the apex with a dorsal apiculus, 

 4 mm. 1. CoZwmn 1*75 mm. 1. CapswZe smooth, 1 cm. 1. 



2. 0. prollferum comb. nov. Epidendrum proliferum Sw. 

 Prodr. 124 (1788) & Ic. ined. t. 47. Cymbidium proliferum 

 Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 71 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1450. Isochilus 

 prolifer B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 209 (1813), non. Lindl. in 

 Bot. Beg. t. 825 (Scaphy glottis prolifera Cogn.). (PI. 26, f. 5-7.) 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On rocks and trees, amongst moss ; in fl. and fr. Dec. ; " mont. Liguan. 

 nov.," Swartz 1 near Cedar Hurst, J.P. 2121, Syme ! Harris I Lancaster, 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7566. 



Stem -5-2 dm. 1., decumbent and rooting below. Pseudohulbs obovate- 

 ellipsoidal, compressed, 2-leaved, 1-5-2 cm. 1. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or 

 oblong, apex obliquely emarginate, apiculate, middle nerve prominent below, 

 those on pseudobulbs narrowed at base, those on stems jointed to strongly 

 compressed sheath, 1-5-2-5 cm. 1., 4-7 mm.br. Sheaths slightly keeled. 

 Peduncles 7 mm. 1., 1-flowered, with three sterile bracts at base ; pedicel 

 very short, with one floral bract. Flowers purple, perianth J in. 1. Ovary 

 cylindrical, 6-furrowed, very long. Sepals with three strong nerves and 

 four faintly indicated, slightly keeled, obtuse, 8 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. ; lateral 

 ovate-oblong ; median elliptical. Petals 3-nerved, elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 

 7 mm. 1., 2 mm. br. Lip similar to jietals, erect, purple. Column with 

 a short foot, 5 mm. 1. Capsule elongate, half -concealed by the sheaths, 

 narrowly spindle-shaped, 6-furrowed, 1-5 cm. 1. 



0. coccineum Salisb. is quoted by Grisebach as coming from Jamaica on 

 the authority of Swartz, but we have seen no specimen from Swartz nor 

 any citation of it by him. 



51. MACRADENIA R. Br. 



Small herbs. Pseudobulbs with one leaf at apex and scarious 

 sheaths at base. Leaves flat, fleshy or leathery. Peduncles short, 

 from base of pseudobulb. Racemes nodding or reflexed, lax. 



