326 A. CoGNiAüx: 



fluminis El Tendal, prope Peüuelas in monte Llauo, prope Yauco, 

 prope Maricao in monte Alegrillo, prope Guanica ad salinam versus: 

 Eggers s. n., Garber n. 20, Sintenis n. 517, 2690, 3306, 3932, 4934, 

 Stahl n. 585; St. Thomas ad Flaghill et Sraith's Bay: Eggers. 



34. Vaiiilla Poitaei Rchb.f. „sepalis petalisque ligulatis, acutis; 

 labello cum columna connato, antice libero expanso, latissime dilatato 

 trilobo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis antice crispis, lobo medio ti'iaugulo 

 crispo, Omnibus atroviolaceo marginatis et venis insilientibus atro- 

 violaceo pictis, linoa latiusciüa pilorum laraellarumque retrorsarum in 

 linea labelli media.'' 



Vaiiilla Poitaei Rchb.f. in Litmaea XLl (1877) p. 66; Rolfe in 

 Joiini. Linn. Soc. Land. XXXII jJ- 477. 



Hab. in Haiti: Poiteau. — Species dubia. 



35. Vaiiilla articulata Northrop: caule crasso, carnoso, sub- 

 angulato, ramoso, ad nodos articulato, aphyllo, usque 30 m. longo, 

 internodiis 20 — 30 cm. longis; peduuculo communi crasso, brevi, 

 axillari, stricto, 6 — 12-floro; bracteis late ovatis vel triangularibus, 

 obtusis, crassis, 5 mm. longis; ovario carnoso, compresso interdum 

 fere ancipite, incurvo, 3 — 372 cm. longo; sepalis petalisque erecto- 

 patulis, apice incurvis, carnosis, oblanceolatis, obtusis, basi articulatis, 

 3 — 4 cm. longis, 1 cm. latis, petalis dorso carinatis; labello sepalis 

 paulo breviore, iis([ue ultra 2/3 columuae adnato, convoluto, limbo late 

 obovato vel triangulari dorso canaliculato circiter 3 cm. lato trilobato, 

 lobis obtusis, crispis, lateralibus inferne papillosis, intermedio superne 

 tenuiter cristato, basi ciliis 5 — 6 mm. longis dense barbato; columna 

 glabra, 2V2 cm. longa; capsulis elongatis. 



Variilla articulata Nortlirop in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club XII (1902) 

 p. 31 tab. 3. 



Flores albi et leviter dilute rosei. Fl. VII. 



Hab. in Bahamas ins. New Providence in arboribus scandcns 

 vel inter saxa repens: Eggers n. 4416, Northrop n. 545, et in ins. 

 Andros: Northrop. 



Subtribus IV. Spirantheae Plitz. 



Pßtx. Natürl Änord. Ofch. (1887) p. 98 et in Engl, und Prantl Natürl. 

 Pflanzenfam. IL 6 p. 112. 



Labellum petalis difforme, hypochilio non instructum, anticura, saepe 

 pendiüum. Anthera erecta vel incumbens, aeque fere longa ac rostellura; 

 pollinia pulverea vel fere cereacea nee sectilia, rostelli giandulae affiguntur. 

 — Folia mollia, non plieato-venosa, ad basin caulis conferta, aut caulis 

 foliatus vel squamatus. 



