Orcliidacoao. 87 1 



sepalis anguste lineari-ligulatis, obtusiusculis, uninerviis, ^4 'i^™^- Iritis, 

 dorsali 5 mm. longo, latoralibus 4 mm. longis; petalis lineari-subulatis, 

 uninerviis, (3 mm. longis, y., mm. latis; labello tcnuiter membranaceo, 

 elliptico-oblongo, apico rotunclato et minnte apiculato, basi profun- 

 diuscule emarginato cordato, margine obscure undiilato, 5 — 7-uervu- 

 loso, 8 mm. longo, 4 mm. lato, disco basi nudo; columna valde arcuata, 

 3 mm. longa. 



Liparis Saundersiana Rchb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1872 p. 1003, in 

 Juurn. of Bot. 1873 p. 151; Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXII 

 p. 274. 



Lrparis viridipurpurea Fawc. Prov. Uf;t of Jam. PI. (1893) p. 50 

 (non Oriseb.) . 



Flores in alabastro virides, post anthesin intense pnrpurei. Fl. X — XI. 



Hab. in Jamaica in locis hiimidis umbrosisque inter muscos 

 prope Cinchona alt. 1550 — 1650m.: Morris, W.Harris in Herb. Bot. 

 Dep. n. 7531, 7734, 7739, 9789, C. Nicholls teste Fawc. 



95. Liparis vexilliferfi (Llave et Lex.) Cogn. tota glaberrima, 

 8 — 24 cm. alta; pseudobulbo ovoideo-conico, 1 — 2 cm. longo; caiile 

 robustiusculo, angulato, basi unifoliato; folio erecto, rigidiusculo, lan- 

 ceolato vel oblongo-lanceolato, basi satis angustato et longiiiscule vagi- 

 uante, 7 — 13 cm. longo, 1 — 2V2 cm. lato; racemo 2 — 8 cm. longo, 

 densinscule 7 — 30-flüro, rhacbi trialata; bracteis late ianceolatis, 

 acumiuatis, ovario panlo longioribus; sepalis trinerviilosis, acutis, dor- 

 sali lanceolato, margine revoliito, 7 — 9 mm. longo, X^j^ — l'V-i '^^i^i- l^'^to, 

 lateralibus oblongo-lauceolatis, 5 — 7 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; petalis 

 anguste linearibus, obtusiusculis, iminervulosis, 6Y2 — 7 mm. longis, 

 Yi — 1 mm. latis; labello submembranaceo, ovato, margine leviter 

 iindulato, lateralibus versus apicem subemarginatis, apice obtuso vel 

 interdum siibtruncato interdum obscure tridentato, basi subrotundato, 

 7 — 10 mm. longo, 5 — 7 mm. lato, disco ecalloso; columna leviter iu- 

 ciirva, 4— 5 mm. longa. 



Liparis rexillifera Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Ems. III. 4 (1895) p. 289; 

 Urb. Fl. Portor. p. 170. 



Cymbidium vexilliferiiDi Llave et Lex. Nov. Veget. Descr. II 

 (1825) p. IL 



Liparis jamaicensis Lindl. in Herb, ex Griseb. Flor. (1864) p. 612, 

 Cat. p>. 261; Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 227. 



Liparis elliptica Rchb.f.! in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI (1861) p. 218, 

 in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. III p. 278; Griseb. Flor. p. 612; Ridl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXII p. 265. 



Flores flavescentes vel flavo- virides, labello flavo-fuscescente vel pur- 

 pureo-fuseo. Fl. I, II, XI, XII. 



