Orchidaceae. 487 



238. Epidciidruin j)olybiill)Oii Sw. rhizomate elongato, ramoso, 

 squamis iiumerosis membraiiaceis acutisqiie vestito; pseudobulbis 

 distantibus, anguste ovoideis vel fusiformibus, 1 — 2 cm. longis, apice 

 diphyllis; foliis patiüis, coriaceis, ovato-oblougis vel oblongo-ligulatis, 

 apice obtusis et saepius leviter emarginatis, 2 — 6 cm. longis; pedim- 

 culo gracillimo, uiiifloro, vagiuis 2 — 3 membranaceis majiisculis acu- 

 tisqiie vestito, foliis aequilongo; sepalis subcoriaceis, anguste lanceo- 

 latis, acutis, 5 — 7-nervulosis, 13 — 17 mm. longis; petalis sepalis 

 similibus sed paulo brevioribus et angustioribus, trinervulosis; labello 

 petalis aequilongo, breviter unguiculato, limbo rotundato-subquadran- 

 guio, margine uudulato-crispo, ad medium depresso; columna fere 

 usque ad basiu libera, 3 — 4 mm. longa, a^jice louge bicornuta. 



Epidendrmn polybulboii Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 124, Flor. III 

 p. 1491; Oriseb. Flor. p. 615, Cat. p. 262; Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 228; 

 Cogn. in Biet. Ic. Orch., Epid. t. 19. 



Bolbophijllunt occidetitalc Spreng. Syst. Veget. III (1826) p. 732. 



Dinema polybidbon Lindl. Qen. and Sp. Orch. (1831) p. 111, Orch. 

 Wright. p. 6; Bot. Mag. t. 4067. 



Flores flavescentes vel fuscescentes, labello albo. Fl. I, 11, XII; fr. XII. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali supra arbores prope Monteverde, 800 m. 

 alt: Wright n. 649, Eggers n. 5132; Jamaica in sylvis humidis supra 

 arbores rarius in saxis gregaria repens vel in locis turfosis humidis, 

 ad Catherine's Peak, Silver Hillj, Lancaster, prope Vinegar Hill, secus 

 Mabess River: Swartz, Macfadyen, Furdie, March, Eggers n. 3542, 

 0. Hausen n. 9, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7538, 7838, 8870, 

 9796, 10098. — Mexico, Guatemala. 



239. Epidendrum fusiforme (Lindl.) Rchb.f. pseudobulbis longe 

 stipitatis, fusiformibus, teretibus, carnosis, oligophyllis; foliis lineari- 

 bus, apice emarginatis mucronatisque; floribus solitariis, nutantibus, 

 ebracteatis; sepalis petalisque ligulatis, acutis; labello membranaceo, 

 flabellato, apice dilatato triangulari retusiusculo. 



Epidendrum fusiforme Rchb.f. in Walp. Än?i. Bot. VI (1862) 

 p. 322. 



Isochilus fusiforme Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1831) p. 113. 



Flores albi, concolores. 



Hab. in Trinidad: Lockhart teste Lindl. 



240. Epidendrum l)letioides Griseb. pseudobulbis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, apice diphyllis; foliis carnosis, lanceolato-oblongis, obtusis, 12 — 

 15 cm. longis; pediinculo communi simplici vel ramoso, inferne vaginis 

 remotis brevibus obtusisque vestito, superne laxifloro, 30 — 40 cm. 

 longo; bracteis subulatis, pedicello multo brevioribus; sepalis petalisque 



