142 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



rhizus Beichh. f. in Flora xlviii. 279 (1865) ; A.spathaceus Griseb.. 

 Cat. PI Cub. 264 (1866). 



On trees ; Castleton ; Cedar Hurst ; J.P. 2326, Syme ! Belvedere,, 

 Hanover, 500 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7570. — Cuba, Trinidad, Guiana. 



Plant less than 1 in. to IJ in. high. Aerial roots hanging free or some- 

 times attaching themselves to the bark of trees, broad and flat, flexucse,, 

 simple, to 3 dm. 1., to 4 mm. br. Stem reduced to a knob from which the^ 

 aerial roots and the raceme3 spring. Leaves wanting. Spikes radical, 

 several, 3-many-clustered, with numerous flowers ; peduncle puberulous.. 

 Flowers sessile. Sepals, median narrowly triangular, 3-nerved, abruptly 

 acute, 4*6 mm, 1., about 1 mm. br. ; lateral lanceolate, slightly oblique,. 

 1-nerved, 5*2 mm. 1., 1*2 mm. br. Petals subulate, 3-nerved, 4*5 mm. 1., 

 1 mm. br. Lijp, lower half suborbicular, upper triangular, acuminate y 

 4 mm. 1., lower part about 2 mm. br., upper 1 mm. br. ; 9-nerved below, 

 5-nerved above. Sptir narrowly ellipsoidal, slightly constricted at tha 

 origin, about 2'5 mm. 1., '7 mm. br., spreading. Capsule ellipsoidal, 

 6-ribbed, about 8 mm. 1. 



5. C. SuUivanii Fawc. d Bendle op. cit. 128; leafless; bracts 

 ovate, acute, clasping, 1 * 7 mm. 1., 1*3 mm. br. Aeranthes fill- 

 formis Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 625 (1864^ (in part, excl. syn.);. 

 (PI. 31, f. 1-14.) 



On trees ; in fl. Jan.-March ; Negril ; Woodside, St. Mary ; Purdie ! 

 Manchester Mts., Wilson\ J.P. 34, Morris\ Spaldings, Sullivanl Monk- 

 lands, Roberts ! Alexandria, Ramble, Mrs. Bankine ! Belvedere, Hanover, 

 500 ft., Harris ! near Hope Bay, Moore ! Fl. Jam. 7523, 10,464. 



Plant, raceme 1-2 in. high. Aerial roots hanging free or sometimes 

 attaching themselves to the bark of trees, somewhat slender, long, flexuose,. 

 canescent, simple, to 3 dm, 1., 1*5-2 mm. br. Stem reduced to a knoby 

 from which the aerial roots and the racemes spring. Leaves wanting: 

 Spikes radical, several, 4-7-clustered, with numerous flowers in two ranks,. 

 3-6 cm. 1,, rachis minutely puberulous. Pedicels short, about •7 mm. k. 

 Ovary obovoid, 1-5-2 mm. 1., nearly 1 mm. br. Flowers brownish- 

 white. Sepals 1-nerved; median ovate, acute, apiculate, l-4-l'7 mm, 1., 

 •8 mm, br, ; lateral ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, l-7-l'8 mm. L, •7-'8^ 

 mm, br. Petals 1-nerved, oval or ovate-elliptical, subacute, 1*25 mm, 1., 

 •6-"7 mm. br. Lip 3-lobed, 7-nerved, 1*3 mm. 1,, 1*3 mm. be, middle 

 lobe triangular, acute, apiculate, •25 mm. 1. ; lateral rounded ; spur linear, 

 slightly clavate, 1-1-1^2 mm. 1. Column green. Capsule broadly ellip- 

 soidal, 9-ribbed, 4 mm. 1., 2-3 mm. br. 



C. filiforme Eolfe {Epidendrum filiforme Sw. ; type in Herb. Mus. Brit., 

 from S. Domingo) differs from this species in tho lip, the capitate spur; 

 and the obtuse sepals and petals. 



^ 61. HARRISELLA Fawc. & Rendle.. 



Epiphytic herbs, stemless and leaflless ; roots clusteredi. 

 Flowers minute, in two ranks, in lax few-flowered radical racemes, 

 jointed on a short pedicel which is swollen above. Bracts small, 

 persistent. Sepals free, subequal, erect, slightly spreading above; 

 Petals similar to, and as long as the sepals, but narrower. Lip 

 slightly longer than the sepals, sessile at base of column, pro- 

 duced at the base into a spur, globose from a verj constricted 

 base ; the blade somewhat globose, embracing the column, and- 



