Orchidaceae. 488 



carinatae, 10 — 15 mm. loiigae. Pedicelli filiformes, erecti, cum ovario 

 Jineari 10 — 12 mm. longi. Bracteae adpressae, scariosae, pallidae, 5 — 7 iura, 

 longae. Sepala erecta, satis concava, inferne paulo angustata, l^j.^ mm. 

 longa, 2Y2 11^™- IS'ta, lateralia paiüo obliqua. Petala membranacea, vix 

 obliqua, subtiliter 3-nervulosa, inferne longo angustata, l^j.-^ mm. longa, 

 1^/4 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, leviter concavum, tenuiter trinervti- 

 losum, basi abrupte constrictum. 7 mm. longum, 2Y2 mm. latum. Colnmna 

 recta, 5 mm. longa, superne 2 mm. lata, clinandrio subtruncato, postice 

 minute acuteque bidenticulato. Capsula nutans, oblonge -fusiformis, basi 

 apiceque longiuscule angusteque attenuata, crassiuscule 3-costata, 2 cm. 

 longa, 6 mm. crassa. 



Flores rosei. Fl. X; fr. VI. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe supra arbores in sylvis Nez- Gasse: Duss 

 n. 4170; Grenada supra arbores locis elevatis: Broadway n. 1097. 



231. Epideiidrum miserrimuni Rchb.f. caulibus dense fascicu- 

 latis, simplicibus vel leviter ramosis, valde compressis ancipitibusque, 

 usque ad basin laxe plurifoliatis, 2 — 6 cm. longis, Y2 — 1 ^1101. crassis; 

 foliis carnosulis, anguste linearibus, aciitis, dorso carinatis, 10 — 17 mm. 

 longis, Ya — ^Vs ^^^^^^- l^tis; pedunculo communi subfiliformi, usque ad 

 basin laxiuscule distiche 3 — 9-floro, 1 — 3 cm. longo; bracteis coria- 

 ceis, cucullatis, triangularibus, acutis, dorso carinatis, 3 — 4 mm. longis; 

 floribus sessilibus, segmentis erectis, membranaceis ; sepalis triangulari- 

 linearibas, obtusiusculis, 2V2 — 3 mm. longis, 1 mm. latis; petalis fili- 

 formibus, 272 — 8 mm. longis, Ys ^^^- latis; labello ambitu ovato- 

 rhomboideo, 2Y2 niiii- longo, IY2 — ^ nim. lato, leviter trilobato, lobis 

 margine integerrimis, lateralibus semirotundatis, terminal! producto, 

 anguste triangiüari, acuto, disco nudo; columna libera, crassa, Y^ mm. 

 longa. 



Epidendrwn 7niserrimum Rchb.f.! in Bonplandia III (1855) p. 220. 



Flores virescentes. Fl. I — III, V, X; fr. I. 



Hab. in Haiti: Picarda; Guadeloupe in arboribus locis humidis 

 ad Camp-Jacob, iSlez-Casso: J. von Rohr, Duchassaing, Duss n. 3720, 

 4161; Dominica in sylvis ad Laudat plerumque ad Citrum: Eggers 

 n. 936, B. Othmer n. 76; Grenada supra arbores in sylvis obscurio- 

 ribus ad mont. St. Georges: Broadway n. 1879. 



Sect. IL Encyclium Lindl, in Hook. Joiirn. of Bot. III (1841) f. 81. — 



Spec. 232 — 273. 



A. Holochila Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. (1853) p. 3. — Spec. 232 — 241. 



232. Epidendrum subaquilum Liudl. pseudobulbis dense aggre- 

 gatis, anguste ovato-conicis, apice monophyllis, 2 — 2Y2 cm. longis; 

 folio erecto, satis coriaceo, lineari, apice obtuso et oblique emarginato, 

 10 — 18 cm. longo, 4 — 6 mm. lato; pedunculo communi gracillimo, 



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