138 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



River, G. Nichols ! near Woodcutter's Gap, 4000 ft. ; Clydesdale, 4500 ft. ; 

 near Cinchona, 6000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7578, 7995, 9019.— Cuba. 



Plant to 2 ft. 1. Stems to 6 dm. 1., generally branching, pendulous, 

 emitting roots, slender, terete, a little over 1 mm. br. Leaves, limb 

 9-15 mm. 1., 1-2*5 mm. br., slightly fleshy, median nerve of the younger 

 leaves in drying more or less prominent below, two or three nerves on 

 each side sometimes evident ; sheaths, 5-7 mm. 1., slightly compressed, 

 sometimes slightly keeled. Peduncles about 8 mm. 1. ; bracts, lower 

 1-5-2 -5 mm. 1., upper about 5-5 mm. 1., attached about 1 mm. above base ; 

 bracteoles 2 -5-3 mm. 1. Sepals 3-nerved ; lateral oblong-elliptical, tapering 

 to an acute point, nearly 7 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. ; median ovate-elliptical, 

 tapering to a somewhat obtuse point, nearly 6 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br. Petals 

 3-nerved, oblanceolate-oblong, apex somewhat obtuse, slightly apiculate, 

 5 mm. 1., 1'75 mm. br. Lip 4"5 mm. 1., 4 rnm. br. (incl. lobes). Colutnn 

 2*5 mm. 1., 2 mm. br., short, thick, slightly hooded above stigma, 

 stigmatic lip obscurely 2-lobulate. Capsule narrowly obovate, '8 cm. 1., 

 4 mm. br. 



4. D. graminoides Lindl Gen. & Sp. Orel. 209 (1833); 

 leaves deciduous, jointed above the sheath, oblong-linear, with a 

 long tip at apex, spreading ; lip 5-nerved above, upper portion 

 deltoid, auriculate, shortly acuminate, auricles rounded, lower 

 portion roundish, with a longitudinal callus along central nerve 

 at the base ; capsule smooth. — D. graminea Griseh. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 625 (1864). Epidendrum graminoides Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). 

 Cymbidium graminoides Sw. in Nov. Act. U^sal. vi. 71 (1799), 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 1459 & Adnot. Bot. t. 1, /. 1. (PI. 30, f. 8-12.) 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees, decaying logs and rocks ; in fl. Aug.-Dec. ; mountains, Swartz I 

 Morse's Gap, Purdie ! Bethabara, Wullschlaegel, 1212 ! Mt. Moses ; Cin- 

 chona ; J. P. 2070, Morris 1 Moody's Gap, Syme. Mabess River, O. Nichols ! 

 Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; below Vinegar Hill, 3500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7464, 

 7524, 7766, 9899. 



Plants 4-12 in. high. Stems 1-3 dm. 1., simple or branching a little 

 from base, somewhat erect, emitting roots, somewhat slender, compressed, 

 2 mm. br. Leaves, limb 3-4 cm. 1., 3-5 mm, br., six to eight nerves on 

 each side of the median, slightly prominent; sheaths 10-16 mm. 1., 

 compressed, slightly keeled. Peduncles about 2 cm. 1. ; bracts, lower 

 2-5 mm. 1., upper about 6 mm. 1., attached about 3 mm. above base; 

 bracteoles about 2 • 5 mm. 1. Flowers whitish. Sepals incompletely 5-nerved, 

 elliptical, tapering to an acute apex, lateral 6 mm. 1., 2*3 mm. br. ; 

 median slightly shorter. Petals incompletely 5-nerved, ovate, apex acute, 

 nearly 5 mm. 1., 2*2 mm. br. Lip4:-5 mm. 1., 3-2 mm. br. (at lobes), 

 2 mm. br. at lower portion. Column about 2 mm. 1., 1-2 mm. br., 

 stigmatic lip forming a triangular obtuse lobe ; anther broad, emarginate, 

 apiculate, with acutely-pointed sides. 



We have not seen any specimens elsewhere than from Jamaica that 

 appear to agree with the description of the species. 



5. D. glauea Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 209 (1833); leaves 

 deciduous, jointed above the sheath, oblong, with a very short 

 tip, inclined towards the end of the shoot ; lip 7-nerved, wath 

 a thick short claw, broadly cuneate, with each lateral angle 

 produced into a short ligulate lobe, apex retuse, at base a 



