504 A. CoGNiAUx: 



angiiste oblonge -ligulatis, obtusis, basi conduplicatis, 25— 30 cm. longis, 

 27., — 3 cm. latis: pedunculo communi robusto, saepius laxe ramoso, 

 densiuscule miütifloro, 6 — 9 dm. longo, ramisque scabriusculis ; pedi- 

 cellis gracilibus, cum ovario IY2 — 2 cm. longis; bracteis coriaceis, 

 late triangularibus, obtusis, 3 — 4 mm. longis; sepalis patentissimis, 

 oblongis, obtusiusculis, 7-nervulosis, 22 — 25 mm. longis, 6 — 7 mm. 

 latis; petalis anguste oblongo-spathulatis, obtusis, 20 — 24 mm. longis, 

 4 — 6 mm. latis; labello brevissime unguiculato, 25 — 30 mm. longo, 

 profunde trilobato, lobis lateralibus elongatis, oblongis, obtusis, sub- 

 falcatis, erectis, apice leviter recurvis, intermedio magno, breviuscule 

 angusteqne unguiculato, late subrotuudato, basi truncato, apice pro- 

 fundiuscule emarginato, multinervuloso, margine crispo, disco inferne 

 bicariuato, carinis carnosis, apice liberis; columna triquetra, 10 — 

 11 mm. longa, apice auriculis membranaceis incurvis apice rotun- 

 datis aucta. 



Epidendnim pliooniceum Lindl. Sert. Orch. (1838) i. 46, Orch. 

 Linden, p. 7, Fol. Orch. Epid. p. 25, Orch. Wright. p. 7; FL des Serr. 

 JI t.47; A. Rieh, in Sagra, Cub. XI p. 239; Griseb. Cat. p. 262; 

 Sauv. Fl. Cub. y. 227; Veitch, Man. Orch. VI p. 111. 



Flores inodori, purpureo-violacei, labeUo roseo ad medium purpurascente. 

 Fl. V, VII, VIII, XL 



Hab. in Cuba supra arbores in sylvis ad Malangas, Guantanamo, 

 Cieueguita: Poeppig, Linden, Wright n. 1492 pari, R. Combs n. 67. 



272. EpideiKlriim papilionaceum Vahl: pseudobulbis anguste 

 oblonge -conicis, aggregatis, transverse 2 — 4-annulatis, apice 2 — 3- 

 phyllis, 8 — 10 cm. longis; foliis crasse coriaceis rigidisque, lineari- 

 ligulatis, obtusiusculis vel acutis, 8 — 25 cm. longis, 7— 25 mm. latis; 

 pedunculo communi satis gracili, teretiusculo, inferne simplici, apice 

 bifurcato vel superne pauciramoso ramis brevibus erectis dense pluri — 

 multifloris, 4—12 dm. longo; pedicellis filiformibus, 12 — 22 mm. longis; 

 bracteis anguste triangularibus, acumiuatis, 3 — 8 mm. longis; floribus 

 patulis, segmentis erecto-patulis, tenuiter membranaceis'; sepalis ob- 

 longo-ligulatis, plus miuusve abrupte acutis, 7 — 9-nervulosis, saepius 

 10 — 11 mm. longis et 5 — 6 mm. latis; petalis sepalo dorsali aequilongis 

 et paulo angustioribus, 5 — 7-nervulosis; labeUo 14 — 15 mm. longo, 

 sessili, profunde trilobato, lobis basilaribus obovato-suborbicularibus, 

 incurvis, margine exteriore usque ultra medium cum columna con- 

 natis, lobo terminali majore, anguste triangulari-obovato, glabro, 

 superne 8 — 10 mm. lato, apice profundiuscule emarginato lobulis 

 rotundatis, disco inferue tenuiter breviter lateque bicristato; columna 

 semicylindrica, antice profunde canaliculata, apice subtruncata, mar- 

 gine late alata, 8 — 9 mm. longa. 



