CAMPYLOCENTRUM 141 



oblique and not constricted. Petals linear-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, 

 with involute margins, 4 mm. 1., 1 mm. br. Capsule (not ripe) elongated, 

 narrowly oblong, straight, 1 cm. 1. 



2. C. jamaieense Fawc. Fl. PI. Jam. 40 (1893) ; leaves deeply 

 2-lobed ; spikes opposite to, and very much shorter than, the 

 leaves, solitary, about 1 cm. 1. ; bracts triangular, acute, barely 

 1 mm. 1. ; lip 5-nerved above, 7-nerved at base, subquadrate with 

 an oblong shortly apiculate lobe, about 3 mm. 1., 1 ' 75 mm. br. ; 

 apical portion less than half the length of the lip, a little over 

 1 mm. 1., '6 mm. br. ; spur cylindrical, less than 2 mm. 1., 

 shorter than the sepals ; capsule smooth. — Aeranthus jamaicensis 

 Reichb.f. d Wulhchl. in Walp. Ann. in. 901 (1861). Aeranthes 

 micrantha Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 625 (1864) (in part), non 

 Beichh. f. 



Fairfield, 1053, Wullschlaegel ! 



Pla7vt 4 in. high. Leaves elliptical, at apex very obliquely 2-lobed, 

 lobes rounded at the apex, in two ranks, numerous, caducous at the base 

 of the stem, 2*5-3 cm. 1., 1-1'3 cm. br. ; middle nerve prominent below, 

 canaliculate above, lateral nerves numerous; sheaths tubular, closely 

 adpressed, with numerous ribs, 5-10 mm. 1. Sepals ligulate, apex obtuse, 

 shortly apiculate, concave, 3-nerv6d, about 3 mm. 1., less than 1 mm. br. 

 Petals similar to sepals. Capsule (not ripe) spindle-shaped, 8 mm. 1. 



3. C. minus Faioc. dc Bendle loc. cit. ; leaves, apex obtuse, 

 occasionally slightly 2-lobed, obliquely or not; spikes opposite 

 to the leaves and about as long or longer, 2-4-clustered, densely 

 flowered, to 4 cm. 1. ; lip without nerves, obsoletely 3-lobed, 

 middle lobe triangular, acute, with involute margins; lateral 

 lobes rounded, projecting very slightly anteriorly ; 2 • 5 mm. 1., at 

 lobes barely 2 mm. br. ; middle lobe about 1 mm. 1., less than 

 half the length of the lip ; spur ellipsoidal, much constricted 

 at origin, 1*5 mm. 1., '1 mm. br., much shorter than the sepals, 

 spreading ; capsule 6-ribbed. (PI. 31, f. 5-8.) 



On trees ; in fl. Dec, in fr. Jan. ; Cedar Hurst, Harris I 

 Plant to 5 or 6 in. high. Boots slender, long, flexuose, canescent, 

 simple, to 2 dm. 1., 1-1-5 mm. br. Stem slightly compressed, emitting 

 roots, simple, covered by the leaf -sheaths, to 16 cm. L, about 2 mm. br. 

 Leaves, blade somewhat membranous, elliptical, in two ranks, numerous, 

 caducous near the base of the stem, 3-4 cm. L, 7-12 mm. br., middle nerve 

 prominent below, canaliculate above, lateral nerves numerous ; sheaths 

 closely adpressed, with numerous ribs, 6-8 mm. 1. Bracts triangular, 

 acute, apiculate, keeled, 2 mm. 1., more than 2 mm. br Flowers sessile. 

 Sepals without nerves, median linear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 

 lateral, 2*3 mm. 1., barely 1 mm. br. at base, '7 mm. higher up; lateral 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, 2*6 mm. 1., 'Tmm. br. Petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, without nerves, 2 mm. 1., '6 mm. br. Capsule (not ripe) oblanceolate, 

 6 mm. 1. 



4. C. pachyrrhizum Bolfe in Orch. Bev. xi. 246 (1903) ; leaf- 

 less; bracts spathaceous, roundish, acuminate, cordate, margin 

 minutely eroded, reddish-brown, 3-4 mm. 1, — Aeranthus pachyr- 



