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18. LAELIOPSIS Lindl. in Paxton, Fl. Gar.l. 3: loo. 1853. 



Epiphytic orchids, with small oblong, l-leaved or 2-leave(l pseudobulbs, 

 the leaves linear or oblong, coriaceous, the few or several large, rose or purple 

 flowers in a terminal, long-peduncled raceme. Sepals equal, distinct, erect or 

 somewhat spreading. Petals similar to the sepals, but a little broader. Lip 

 broad, spreading, sometimes slightly 3-lobed, sessile at the base of the column. 

 Anther terminal, 2-celled; pollinia 8. Capsule oblong to obovoid. [Greek, 

 similar to Laelia.] Three or four species, inhabiting Cuba, .Jamaica, Ilisijaniola 

 and the Bahamas, the following typical. 



1. Laeliopsis domingensis Lindl. in Paxton, Fl. Gard. 3: 155, pi 105. 1853. 



Cattlei/a domingensis Lindl. Gen, & Sp. Orch. 118. 1831. 



Broughtonia lilacina Henfr. in Moore & Ayres, Gard. Mag. Bot. 3: 201. 



1851. 

 Broughtonia domingensis Rolfe, Gard. Chron. III. 5: 491. 1889. 

 Cattleyopsis Northropioruni Cogn. in Urban, Symb. Ant. 6: 5^. 1910. 



Pseudobulbs narrow, 3-7 cm. long, 5-9 mm. in diameter. Leaves linear- 

 oblong, 7-14 cm. long, 2 cm. wide or less, obtuse, the margin more or less 

 erose-denticulate, the midvein prominent ; peduncle slender, terete, erect, 4-7 

 dm. long, with several distant scarious appressed sheaths; flowers 4-15; 

 pedicels slender, 1.5-2 cm. long; bracts ovate, acute, about 2 mm. long; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, 5-7-nerved, 2.5-3 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide ; petals 7-10 mm. 

 wide; lip broadly obovate, 3-4 cm. long, emarginate, undulate; capsule 2-3 

 cm. long. 



On trees and shrubs in coastal coppices and pine-lands, Abaco and Great Ba- 

 hama, Andros, South Bimini and Eleuthera : — Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Jamaica. 



19. LIMODORUM L. Sp. PI. 950. 1753. 



Scapose terrestrial orchids, with round solid bulbs which arise from the 

 bulb of the previous year, a leaf appearing the first season, succeeded in the 

 following year by the scape. Flowers several in a loose terminal spike or 

 raceme. Sepals and petals nearly alike, separate, spreading. Column elon- 

 gated, 2-winged above. Anther terminal, operculate, sessile; pollinia solitary, 

 1 in each sac, loosely granular. Lip spreading, raised on a narrow Ktalk, 

 dilated at the apex, bearded on the upper side with long club-shaped hair3. 

 [Greek, a meadow-gift.] Five species of the eastern United States, the 

 Bahamas and Cuba. Type species: Limodorum tuberosum L. 



1. Limodorum Simpsoni Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 322. 1903. 



Cdlopogon pulcheUus Simpsoni Ames, Contr. Ames Bot. Lab. 1: IS. Ilypo- 

 nym. 1904. 



Scape slender, erect, 3-7 dm. tall, bearing 1 or 2 short basal scales and 

 usually but 1, linear, acute leaf 1-3 dm. long, borne near the base. Spike 

 loosely few-flowered; bracts lanceolate, acute, usually much shorter than the 

 ovary; flowers purple, rarely white; lateral sepals suborbicular, acute, about 

 18 mm. long; petals ovate-oblong, a little longer than the sepals; middle lobe 

 of the lip 8-10 mm. wide, emarginate; capsule 1.5-2 cm. long. 



Savannas and pine-lands, Andros : — Florida : Cuba. Determined l)y Mrs. North- 

 rop as L. tuberosum L., and referred to that species by CoKniaux. Soitiikrn 

 Grass-pink. 



