482 A. CoGNiATJx: 



latis, acutis, liberis, 9—10 mm. loiigis, lateralibiis non gibbosis; petalis 

 lineari-siibspathiilatis, obtusis, supeme iucrassatis, 5 — 6 mm. longis; 

 labello indiviso, lineari-ligulato, obtusiiisculo, concavo, apice incrassato 

 triquetro, 5—6 mm. longo; columna libera, crassa, teretiuscula, antice 

 Cava, 4 mm. longa. 



Epidendnim teretifolmm Siv.! Prodr. (1788) p. 121, Icon. ined. 

 tah.44!; Griseb. Flor. p. 619, Cat. p. 263; Sauv. Fl. Cub. p.228; Duss 

 Fl. AtifilL FranQ. p. 594. 



Ciimhidium teretifolium Sic! Flor. (1806) p.l463. 



Isochüus teretifolium Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1831) p. 112, 

 Orch. Wright. p. 6. 



Flores flavo-virides , labello flavescente vel interdum violaceo-coeruleo. 

 Fl. Y— YIII; fi\ I— II. 



Hab. iu Cuba supra arbores prope Monteverde, Santiago, Guama: 

 Wright sine n., S. H. Hamilton n. 223, 233-, Jamaica in arboribus 

 et rarius in saxis ad Siigurü, Ciuchoua, Mount Moses, Greenwich 

 Woodland, alt. 650— 1500 m.: Swartz, March n. 1258, Eggers n. 3540, 

 W.Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7627, 7778, 10142; Sto. Domingo 

 in arboribus prope Jarabacoa circa La Hagiia alt. 600 m.: Eggers 

 n. 2097; Guadeloupe in arboribus ad Matouba et Bains-Jaunes alt. 

 600 — 900 m.: Duss u. 3597. — Guatemala ad Cobau: J.D.Smith 

 n. 1388. 



230. Epideiidrum Dussii Cogn. (n. sp.) caulibus plaribus, gra- 

 cilibus, simplicibus vel rarius apice bifurcatis, paulo compressis, in- 

 ferne vaginis paucis brevibus vestitis, superne distiche denseque 

 foliatis; foliis membranaceis, mollibus, anguste lineari-ligulatis, planis 

 superne angustatis, apice obtusis et suboblique emarginatis; pedunculo 

 communi gracili, foliis niulto breviore, basi vaginis 2 — 3 majusculis 

 incluso, apice laxe 1 — 3-floro; floribus distincte pedicellatis; bracteis 

 lineari-subulatis, pedicellis subaequilongis; sepalis carnosulis, aequi- 

 lougis, liberis, lanceolatis, acutiusculis, trinervulosis, lateralibus non 

 gibbosis; petalis lineari- lanceolatis, acutissimis, sepalis aequilongis; 

 labello carnosulo, margine tenuiter membranaceo , indiviso, oblonge - 

 ligulato, abrupte apiculato, margine prope apicem inflexo, sepalis vix 

 breviore, disco nudo; columna libera, longiuscula, crassa, semicylin- 

 drica, superne angustissime bialata. 



Radices numerosae, dense fasciculatae , graciles, elongatae, flexuosae. 

 Gaules ascendentes, paulo flexuosi, 15 — 28 cm. longi, inferue IY2 — 2 mm. 

 crassi, superne leviter incrassati. Folia erecta, laete viridia, subtiliter 

 multi- striata, dorso non earinata, 6 — 10 cm. longa, 3 — G mm. lata; vaginae 

 arcte adpressae, tenuiter striatae, lateraliter satis compressae. dorso acutae, 

 circiter 1 cm. longae. Pedunculus communis erectus, ly., — 2 cm. longus; 

 vaginae basilares arcte adpressae, membranaceae , lanceolatae, acutae, dorso 



