510 A. COGNIAUX: 



277. Epidcndruin fragraiis Sw. pseiidobiübis anguste fusiformi- 

 bus, satis compressis, apice monophyllis rarissime diphyllis, 5—10 cm. 

 longis, 10 — 15 mm. crassis; folio coriaceo, ligiilato oblougo, obtiiso 

 vel interdum acuto, 10 — 25 cm. longo, 2 — S^g cra. lato; pedunculo 

 commiini simplici, satis gracili, basi spatha submembrauacea obtusius- 

 cula dorso acute carinata 2 — 5 cm. longa incluso, superne laxiuscule 

 plurifloro, 5 — 12 cm. longo; pedicellis gracilibus, cmn ovario 11 — 

 15 mm. longis; bracteis anguste triangularibus, aciiminatis, 2 — 5 mm. 

 longis; sepalis satis coriaceis, lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, 

 jjatulis, circiter 25 mm. longis et 3 — 4 mm. latis; petalis ovato-lauceo- 

 latis, longiuscule acuminatis, 20 — 22 mm. longis, 6 — 7 mm. latis; 

 iabello postico, erecto, carnosulo, late ovato-subrotundato, longiuscule 

 acuminato, 15 — 17 mm. longo, 8 — 10 mm. lato, disco basi crasse cal- 

 loso; columna usque ultra medium cum Iabello connata, subclaviformi, 

 5 — G mm. longa, apice obtuse trilobata; Capsula elliptico-ovoidea, 

 trigona et latiuscule trialata, 25 — 30 mm. longa. 



Epidendrum frcujirms Siv. Prodr. (1788) p.l23, Flor. III p. 1487, 

 Ic. ined. t. 461; Bot. Mag. t. 1669; Lodd. Bot. Gab. t. 1039; Lindl 

 Orch. Wricjht. p. 7; Griseh. Flor. p. 615, Gat. p.262; Saui: Fl. Giib. 

 p. 228; Gogn. in Mari. Fl. Bras. IIL 5 p. 83 t. 24, Biet. Ic. Orch. 

 Epid. t. 15; Urh. Fl. Portoric. p. 174. 



Epidendrum cochleatum Gurt, in Bot. Mag. (1791) t.l52 (non L.). 



Epidendrum vaginatum Sesse et Moc. Fl. Mex. II ed. (1894) 

 p. 301. 



Flores suaveolentes, albo - flavescentes , Iabello lineis numerosis radian- 

 tibus pm-pureo-fuscis ornato. Fl. I, II, IV, XI, XII. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali supra arbores prope Monteverde: Wriglit 

 n. 636; Jamaica super truncos arborum vetustos et in rupibus ad 

 Silver Hill, Blue Montains inter Abbey Green et The Peak, alt. 1300 m.: 

 Swartz, Bertero, Distin, Laue n. 481, Wullscblaegel n. 1066, Morris, 

 W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7859, Hansen n. 10, Hitchcock; 

 Sto. Domingo: Bertero, Mayerhoff ; Dominica: Imray; Martinique: 

 Commerson; St. Vincent: Anderson; Grenada supra arbores sylvarum 

 ad montem Felix alt. 400 m., band infrequens, in monte Morne au 

 Camp, Aunandale: Eggers n. 5976, 6202", Broadway n. 2512; Tobago 

 prope Campbellton: A. Seitz n. 73; Trinidad: Bradford, Fendler u. 779, 

 0. Kuntze. — Amer. trop. 



278. Epidendrum Spoiidiadum Rchb.f. pseudobulbis ligulatis, 

 valdc compressis aucipitibusque, basi constrictis, apice monophyllis, 

 8 — 15 cm. longis; folio satis coriaceo, anguste ligulato, obtusiusculo, 

 12 — 30 cm. longo, 2 — 3Y2 cm. lato; pedunculo communi robuste, com- 

 presso, basi spatha carnosa ancipite obtusa 2 — 4 cm. longa incluso. 



