ORCHIDACEAE. 91 



1. Encyclia fucata (Lindl.) Britton & Millspaugh. 



Epidendrum fucatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 24: Misc. 15. 1838. 



Pseudobulbs slender, ovoid to oblong, 2-5 cm. long. Leaves 1 or 2, linear, 

 1-3 dm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide; scajje slender, iisaially branched, 3-7 dm. long; 

 pedicels slender or filiform, 1-2 cm. long; sepals yellow or brownish yellow, 

 oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 1.5-2 cm. long; petals oblanceolate, 

 similar to the se])als hut a little shorter; lip yellow, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, about 1 cm. long, the middle lobe suborbicular, tipped; column 

 wingless; capsule oblong, 1.5-2.5 cm. long. 



On trees in coppices and scrub-lands. Abaco. Great Bahama, and Andros : — 

 Cuba ; recorded from Hispaniola and I'orto Rico. Sm.^ll-flowkukd Encycma. 



A fruiting specimen from Abaco, probably of this species, was determined by R. 

 A. Rolfe as E. primuUnum Batem, of Mexico, and recorded under that name in 

 Bull. N. y. Bot. Gard. 4: 116. 



2. Encyclia bahamensis (Griseb.) Britton & Millspaugh. 



Epidendrum hahamense Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 614. 1864. 



Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 10 cm. long or less. Leaves 1-3, coriaceous, 

 linear, blunt or acutish, 1.5-5 dm. long; 1-3.5 cm. wide; scape usually much- 

 branched, paniculately many-flowered, 5-9 dm. long; pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. 

 long; sepals oblong, 7-nerved, obtuse or obtusish, 15-19 mm. long; petals 

 obtuse, oblong or spatulate-oblong, narrowed toward the base, about as long 

 as the sepals; lip sessile or nearly so, deeply 3-lobed, 16-19 mm. long, its lateral 

 lobes triangular-ovate, much shorter than the orbicular-obovate, rounded or 

 retuse, nearly sessile, middle one ; column narrowly winged to the base ; capsule 

 oblong, 1.5-3 cm. long. 



On trees, Great Bahama, Abaco, Andros, Eleuthera, Ship Channel Cay, Crooked 

 Island, Little Inagiia and Inagua. An Andros specimen was referred to Epidendrum 

 odoratisshniim Lindl., by Mrs. Northrop. Bahama Encyclia. 



3 Encyclia rufa (Lindl.) Britton & Millspaugh. 



Epidendrum rufum Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 31: Misc. 33. 1845. 



Pseudobulbs ''pyriform." Leaves 2 or 3, ligulate, obtuse, 15-18 cm. long, 

 about 18 mm. wide ; scape little branched, paniculately many-flowered, 2-3.5 

 dm. long; pedicels slender, about 1 cm. long; flowers yellowish-brown; sepals 

 oblong or oblong-spatulate, acute, 19-25 mm. long; petals oblong-cuneate, about 

 as long as the sepals; lip short-clawed, about 2 cm. long, deeply 3-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes short ''acute," much shorter than the obovate, rounded middle 

 one; column narrowly winged to the base. 



Bahamas, collected by Skinner (according to Cogniaux) and also attrilnited to 

 the Bahamas by Grisebach : — Hispaniola. Not known to us from the archipelago. 

 Cogniaux's reference to this species as recorded l)y Britton from Aliaco ( I'rlian. 

 Symb. Ant. 6:494) is an error. The type specimen is said by Lindley to have 

 been sent from Rio .Janeiro, Brazil. Our specimen from Hispaniola was collected 

 at Baveux, Haiti, bv George V. Nash (Xo. 3(i0) and determined as Epidviidrum rut urn 

 Lindl.", by R. A. Rolfe at Kew. Rufous Excyilia. 



4. Encyclia tampensis (Lindl.) Small, Fl. Miami 56. 1913. 



Epidendrum iampense Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847: under pi. 35. 1847. 



Pseudobulbs narrowly ovoid, terete, 4-7 cm. long. Leaves 1-3, linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, 0.5-2.5 dm. long, 8-18 mm. wide, acutish or obtuse, rather 

 rigid; scape slender, branched, often 5 dm. long or longer; pedicels rather 

 slender, 7-12 mm. long; lateral sepals yellowish-l)rown, narrowly oblanceolate, 

 acutish, about 2 cm. long; petals similar to the sepals Init sonunvhat narrower; 

 lip nearly sessile, deeply 3-lobed, white lined with purple, a little shorter than 

 the petais, the middle lobe reniform-orbicular, short-clawed, rounded or apicu- 

 late, the lateral lobes oblong, obtuse; column about S mm. long, 2-auricled at 

 the top and narrowly winged. 



On trees and shrubs, Abaco, New Providence : — Florida : Culia. Recorded by 

 Coker as Epidendrum fueatum LindL Tampa Encyclia. 



