488 A. CoGNiAux: 



rigidis, obloDgo-lanceolatis, acutis, 7-neiviilosis, 12 — 13 mm. loDgis, 

 2^2 — 3 mm. latis; labello sepalis aequilongo, concavo-veiitricoso, bre- 

 vissime unguiciilato, limbo indiviso, elliptico-ovato, acuto, margine 

 integerrimo, disco infra medium tenuiter bicristato; coluniua libera, 

 obovata, anticc concava, apice miniite acutoque tridentata, 4 — 5 mm. 

 longa. 



Epidcndrum hletioides Oriseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 615. 



Hab, in Jamaica ad Hauover: Purdie. 



241. Ei)i(leii(lriim ßoothiaiium Lindl. pseudobiilbis aggregatis, 

 late ovatis vel suborbicularibus, valde compressis ancipitibusque, 2 — 3 cm. 

 longis, apice diphyllis; foliis satis coriaceis, oblonge -ligulatis, leviter 

 imdulatis, inferne longe angustatis, apice oblique obtusiusculis, 9 — 13 cm. 

 longis, IY2 — 2 cm. latis; pedunculo communi satis gracili, 12— 20cm. 

 longo, basi spatha obtusa dorso carinata 3 — 8 cm. longa incluso, superne 

 laxe 6 — 10-floi'o; pediceUis filiformibus, cum ovario 8 — 12 mm. longis; 

 bracteis triangulari-subulatis, 2 mm. longis; sepalis rigidis, oblanceo- 

 latis, acutis, 7-nervulosis, 14 — 15 mm. longis, 4 mm. latis; petalis 

 spathulato-ligulatis, acutis, 5-nerviis, 12 — 13 mm. longis, 27., i»iii- 

 latis; labello rhoniboideo, angulis obtusis, lateralibus recurvis, 7-ner- 

 vuloso, 10 mm. longo; columna usque ultra medium libera, dorso 

 carinata, 6 mm. longa. 



Epidnidrnm Bootldanum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXIV (1838) Mise. 

 11. 7, Fol. Orcli. Epid. p. 3, Orch. Wright. p. 7 ; A. Bich. in Sagra, 

 Cub. XI p. 238; Bchb.f. in Bonpland. IV p. 326; Arnes, Orch. Soitth. 

 Flor id. p. 17, t. 9. 



Epidendrum bidentatnni Griseb.! Cat. (1866) p.262 (non Lindl); 

 Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 228. 



Flores flavescentes, fusco-nigro fasciati, labello albo-flavescente. Fl. VII. 



Hab. in Cuba supra arbores ad Saltadero, Guantanamo, Filan- 

 tropia, Los Almacigos: Linden, Wright n. 3331. 



B. Spliueroelüla Lindl. Fol. Orch., Epid. (1853) p. 3 et S. — Spec. 242. 



242. EpideiKlriim parvilobum Fawc. et Rendle: 6 dm. altum; 

 pseudobulbis lanceolato-ovoideis, apice monophyllis, 3 — 5 cm. longis, 

 vaginis duabus scariosis tectis; Mio erecto, lineari-ligulato, obtuso, 22 cm. 

 longo, 1^/., — 2 cm. lato, nervis niultis,proniinentibus; panicula folio niulto 

 breviore, laxe pauciflora, inferne vaginis remotis obtusis 5 — 10 mm. 

 longis vcstita; pedicellis filiformibus, 7 mm. longis; bracteis deltoideis, 

 semiamplexicaulibus, breviter acutis, I7., — 2 mm. longis; sepalis ovato- 

 oblongis, obtusis, 5-nervulosis, 4 mm. latis, dorsali 10 mm. longo, late- 

 ralibus 8 mm. longis; petalis oblanceolato-oblongis, acutis, 8 mm. longis, 

 2Y2 mm. latis; labello usque ad basin libero, 8 mm. longo, 10 mm. 



