416 A. CoGxuux: 



PleiirothalUn tribuloides Lindl.f Gen. (tnd -S/). Orch. (18S0J ji- 6', 

 Fol. Orch., Pleuroth. p. 39; Gri.seb. Flor. p. 609, Caf. p. 258; Saiiv. 

 Fl. Citb. p. 226; Kränxl. in Rchb.f. Xen. Orch. III p. 131 t. 275 

 f. III d 14 — 19. 



Epklendrum irihuloides Sic! Prodr. (1788) p. 123. 



Dendrobinm iribuloides Sw.! Flor. III (1806) p.l535. Ad not. t. 1. 



Cynibidiiim iribuloides Spreng. Syst. Veg. III (1826) p. 721. 



Pleurothallis spatkulcita A. Rieh, et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. III 

 (1845) p.l7. 



Pleurothallis fallax Rchb.f. in Bonplandin III (1855) p. 224; 

 Lindl! Orch. Wright. p. 3. 



Flores rubri. — Fi. I, II; fr. I, X. 



Hab. in Cuba supra arbores ad Faralones: Wriglit n. 663; Ja- 

 uiaica in sylvis supra arbores ad Moiiut Airy alt. 650m., ad Belvidere 

 alt. 150 m., ad Port Antonio: Swartz, Macfadven, Piirdie, Wilson 

 n. 156, Wullschlaegel, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7546, 7648, 

 A. E. AYright n. 108. — Mexico, Costarica. 



C. Depauperatac Cogn. — Spec. 144. 



144. Pleurothallis unciiiata Fawc. rhizomate tortuoso, ramoso, 

 nodoso, 4 — 6 mm. crasso; caiilibus robiistis, 10 — 24 cm. longis, leviter 

 compressis biangulatis, 5 — 6-articulatis, vaginis scariosis laevibus 

 acutis 5 — 7 cm. longis vestitis; folio sessili, coriaceo, oblougo-ligulato, 

 acutiusculo, basi satis angustato, 14 — 22 cm. longo, 2^.^ — 4 cm. lato; 

 pedunculo solitario, robusto, brevissime liirtello, uuifloro, basi 1 — 2- 

 vaginato, apice 1-bracteato, 3 — 4 cm. longo; bractea inferne vaginante, 

 acuta, brevissime hirtella, 10 — 12 mm. longa; flore erecto, segmentis 

 erectis, omnibus crasse carnosis; sepalis anguste triaugularibus, ab- 

 rupte acutis, extus minute denseque asperulis, 15 — 16 mm. longis, 

 inferne 4 — 5 mm. latis, lateralibus primum fere usque ad apicem 

 connatis demum fere liberis; petaiis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, laevibus, 

 extus tricostatis, 7 — 8 mm. longis, IY2 ^^- latis; labello lineari-ligu- 

 lato, obtuso, dorso carinato, margine undulato-crenulato, 6 — 7 mm. 

 longo, V/.y mm. lato, obsolete trilobato, lobis lateralibus fere indistinctis, 

 in processum uncinatum columnam auiplectentem productis, disco basi 

 calloso; culumna crassa, 6 mm. longa; Capsula oblonga, profunde 

 6-sulcata, minute denseque verruculosa et brevissime hirtella, 20 — 

 23 mm. longa, 9 — 10 mm. crassa. 



Pleurothallis uncinata Faivc! in Journ. of Bot. XXXIII (1895) 

 p. 12, in Janiaica Bull. II. 10 (1895) p. 217; Fawc. et Rendle, Orch. 

 of Jam. ined. t. 10. 



Flores pm-purasceutes , petaiis basi aurantiacis. Fl. IV, X; fr. 11, VI. 



