CRYPT ARRHENA 135 



on the margin. Anther within the clinandrium, opercular, 

 incumbent, convex, shortly acuminate, imperfectly 2-celled ; 

 pollinia 4, waxy, incumbent in pairs without appendage, affixed 

 by the dilated apex of a linear stipes, with a small gland. 

 Capsule ovoid or oblong. 



Species 2, one extending through the West Indies and 

 Central America to Peru and Guiana, the other growing in 

 Surinam. 



C. lunata J^. Br. in Bot. Beg. t. 153 (1816). C. pallidiflora 

 Beichb.f. in Bot. Zeit. x. 766 (1852). (PI. 30, f. 6, 7.) 



On trees; in fl. Aug.-Sept., in fr. Oct.-Feb. ; J.P. 2406, MorrisK St. 

 Ann, Miss T. M. Barrett I Cedar Hurst ; Spanish River ; Moore ! Holly 

 Mount, Mt. Diabolo, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8912, 10,390, 10,397, 10,430, 10,431. 

 — Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad, B. Guiana, Peru. 



Plant 4-10 in. high. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, acute, jointed to the 

 sheathing base, 6-14 cm. 1., 7-13 mm. br. Peduncle 10-18 cm. 1. Pedicel 

 and ovary 4-6 mm. 1. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2*5-5 mm. 1. Sepals 

 elliptical, tapering to an apiculate apex ; lateral 3*5 mm. 1., nearly 2 mm. 

 br. ; median 3*25 mm. 1., 1*5 mm. br. Petals obovate-oblong, apex 

 rounded, upper margin minutely eroded, about 3 mm. 1., 1*5 mm. br. Lip 

 about 4 mm. 1., lateral lobes linear-subulate, curved backwards, more than 

 2 mm. 1., terminal lobe 2-fid, upper margin slightly irregularly eroded, 

 1 mm. 1., 2 ram. br. Column about 2 mm. 1. Capsule cylindrical, 

 tapering abruptly at base into the stalk, 6-8 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. 



59. DICH^ALindl. 



Epiphytic herbs. Stems leafy, elongated, often pendulous, 

 covered with the leaf-sheaths and leaves. Leaves in two ranks, 

 somewhat membranous, spreading, short. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, each with one small flower, with two or three scarious 

 ample bracts, one above the other, near the base, the upper one 

 acute, the lower obtuse, and bracteoles generally two at apex 

 below the flower, the lower broadly roundish, apiculate, the 

 upper linear, sometimes wanting. Sepals subequal, free, spread- 

 ing, lateral, slightly oblique, forming at the base with the foot of 

 the column a scarcely prominent chin. Petals similar to the 

 sepals, but smaller. Lip fleshy, fixed to the base of the column, 

 sometimes with a short claw ; blade sometimes broadening 

 upwards with angles produced sometimes into lobes or teeth, 

 concave, undivided. Column erect, semiterete, very stout, at 

 the base produced into a short or very short foot ; clinandrium 

 oblique, short, entire, rather broad. Anther terminal, opercular, 

 incumbent, very convex, imperfectly 2-celled ; pollinia 4, waxy, 

 ovoid, closely incumbent in pairs on themselves, without 

 appendage, affixed by a flat stipes, with a small gland. Cap- 

 sule ovoid or oblong, muricate or smooth, ribs only slightly 

 prominent. 



