DICH^A 139 



roundish callus ; capsule smooth. — Griseh. op. cit. 625. Epiden- 

 drum glaucum Sw. Prodr. 124 (1788). Cymbidium glaucum Sw. 

 in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 71 (1799) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1457. (PI. 30, 

 f. 13-16.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On trees; in fl. July, Aug.; Blue Mts., Swartzl Wiles \ Macfadyen \ 

 B. Thomsmi ! J.P. 31, Morris ! John Crow Peak, O. Nichols 1 near Portland 

 Gap, Capper ! near Cinchona, Miss B. Capper I Pleasant Hill, Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 7361.— Cuba, Mexico. 



Plant to 1^ ft. Stems to 4-5 dm., simple, clustered, erect, somewhat 

 stout, compressed, about 3 mm. br. Leaves of a glaucous colour, limb 

 3-5*5 cm. 1., 9-13 mm. br., median nerve prominent or slightly keeled 

 below, lateral nerves 13-19 on each side, very thin ; sheaths 1*3-1 -8 cin. 1., 

 compressed, keeled. Peduncle about 2 cm. 1. ; bracts 5-5-6 mm. 1., upper 

 about 4 mm. from base; bracteole about 1-5 mm. 1., broadly roundish, 

 apiculate. Flowers whitish. Sepals 3-nerved ; lateral oblong-ovate, 

 tapering to an acuminate apex, about 8 mm. 1., 3*5 mm. br. ; median oval, 

 tapering to an acuminate apex, 7*5 mm. 1., 3*25 mm. br. Petals 3-nerved, 

 lanceolate-elliptical, acute, 7 mm. 1., 2*75 mm. br. Lip nearly 6 mm. 1., 

 about 5 mm. br. (exclusive of lobes). Column about 2-5 mm. 1., 1-5 mm. 

 br., short, thick, slightly hooded above stigma, apiculate, stigmatic lip 

 triangular with a ligulate lobule at apex. Capsule obovate-ellipsoidal, 

 tapering to base, 2 cm. 1., 6 mm. br. 



6. D. Morrisii Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlviii. 107 

 (1910); leaves jointed above the sheath, deciduous, oblong or 

 oblong-ligulate, at apex rounded with a short or long tip, margin 

 ciliate above, spreading ; lip below linear-oblong, above dilated, 

 anchor-shaped, margin minutely ciliate, apex apiculate, lateral 

 lobes long, curved towards the base, subulate ; capsule densely 

 covered with long bristles, which are swollen at the base. (PI. 

 30, f. 31-36.) Types in Herb. Mus. Brit., Bot. Gard. N. York & 

 Yale Univ. 



On trees ; in fl. July ; Mt. Moses, 3500 ft., J.P. 2269, Morris ! Hardware 

 Gap, G. Nichols ! 



Plant to 1^ ft. 1. Stems to 4*5 dm. 1., few, simple, stout, compressed, 

 4 mm. br. Leaves, limb 3*5-5 cm. 1., 10-13 mm. br., median nerve 

 prominent or slightly keeled below, lateral nerves 20-30 on each side, very 

 thin ; sheaths about 25 mm. 1., compressed, keeled. Peduncle about 

 8 mm. 1., bracts at the base about 1 cm. 1. Sepals, margin ciliate; lateral 

 7-nerved, ovate, shortly acuminate, 11-13 mm. 1., 5*5-7 mm. br. ; median 

 9-nerved, oblong, tapering to an acute apex, as long as but narrower than 

 lateral. Petals 7-nerved, like the median sepal, 10 mm. 1., 3*5 mm. br. 

 Lip wliite barred with brownish-red colour below, fleshy, about 9 mm. 1. 

 Cohimn very short, thick, winged, 4 mm. 1. Capsule about 15 mm. 1., 

 10 mm. br. 



This species is named after Sir D. Morris, who discovered it. Since print- 

 ing our description in the Journal of Botany we have seen better material 

 kindly lent by Mr. G. E. Nichols, and have made a few emendations. 



60. CAMPYLOCENTRUM Benth. 



Epiphytic herbs ; with leafy stems, or stemless and leafless ; 

 with clustered roots. Leaves oblong, in two ranks. Flowers 

 minute, in two ranks, crowded, in spikes, radical or lateral. Bracts 



