58 ORCHIDACEAE. 



base, ear-like lateral lobes and a crisped and crested middle lobe: capsule 3-4 

 cm. long. [B. vtrtcunda Sw.] Pinelands F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



24. CYBTOPODIUM R. Br. Epiphytic herbs. Leaves borne on a stout 

 club-like pseudobulb, from the base of which arises the lateral flower-stem. 

 Panicle diffuse. Perianth mainly brown or yellow. Lateral sepals relatively 

 broad. Petals longer than the sepals. Lip wider than long, the lateral lobes 

 larger than the middle one, the claw jointed to the slender column-foot. 

 Capsules drooping. 



1. C. punctatum Lindl. Pseudobulbs 1.5-4 dm. long: leaf-blades broadly 

 linear-attenuate, 3-7 dm. long: flower-stem 8-15 dm. long: ]>orianth yellowish- 

 green: lateral sepals oval or obovate, 14-16 mm. long: petals oblong, 18-21 

 mm. long: lip butterfly-like, 21-24 nun. wide, the median lobe reniform, with 

 a beaded margin, the lateral lobes larger than the middle one: capsule 6-10 

 cm. long. Hammocks. (Cuba.) 



25. TBIOBCHOS Small \ Nash. Caulescent herbs with .-onus. Leaves 

 several, arising from the corm before the lateral flower-stem. Kan-mes with 

 elongate bracts. Perianth mainly brown. Lateral sepals curved, slightly 

 adnate to the column-foot. Petals nearly equilateral, shorter than the lateral 

 sepals. Lip fully as wide as long, crestless, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes spread- 

 ing. Capsules erect. 



1. T. ecristatus (Fernald) Small. Leaf -blades linear to narrowly linear- 

 elliptic, 2-5 dm. long: flower-stem virgate, 14-21 dm. tall: lateral sepals oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, 8-9 mm. long: petals usually elliptic-lanceolate, 7-8 

 mm. long: lip 7-8 mm. long, the middle lobe much larger than the lateral 

 lobes: capsules about 2 cm. long. Pinelands. (Cuba.) 



26. PLATYPUS Small & Nash. Caulescent herbs with corms. Leaves 

 several from the top of the conn, persisting until the lateral flower stem 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme with small bracts. Perianth mainly brown and 

 purple. Lateral sepals slightly dilated upward, broader than the me.lian one, 

 decurrent to the base of the forked column-foot. Petals shorter than the 

 lateral sepals, less decurrent. Lip concave at the base, papillose-crested, 

 shallow ly 3-lobed, the middle lobe drooping. Capsules mostly ascending. 



1. P. altos (L.) Small. Leaf-blades narrowly linear elliptic to almost linear, 

 2-5 dm. long: flower-stem 5-12 dm. tall: lateral sepals oblong or nearly so, 

 14-16 mm. long: petals broader than the lateral sepals: lip 16-18 mm. long, 

 the middle lobe 8-10 mm. wide, papillose-crested. Everglades. (Cuba, Ant.) 



27. MACBADENIA B. Br. Epiphytic caulescent herbs with pseudo- 

 bulbs. Leaves terminating the pseudobulbs from the base of which arises the 

 drooping flower-stem. Flowers in lax racemes. Perianth mainly yellow Mi. 

 Lateral sepals slightly inequilateral. Petals nearly like the lateral sepals, 

 slightly smaller. Lip sessile, with 2 broad basal lobes and a narrow middle 

 lobe. 



1. M. Intescens R. Br. Pseudobulbs 2-4 cm. long: leaf -blades broadly linear 

 to oblong-linear, 8-16 cm. long: flower-stem mostly shorter than the leaves, 

 drooping: perianth yellowish: lateral sepals elliptic lanceolate, 8-9.5 mm. 

 long: lip 8-10 mm. long, the lateral lobes forming a reniform body terminated 

 with the linear-lanceolate middle lobe. Hammocks. (Cuba, Ant.) 



