Orchidact^ae. 511 



supenie laxo 3 — 7-floro, 7 — 12 cm. longo; pedicoUis crassiusculis, cum 

 ovario triptei'o 12 — 20 mm. longis; bracteis triangulis, acutis, 2 — 4 mm. 

 loiigis; floribus segmentis coriaceis; scpalis triangulari-oblougis, acutis, 

 15 — 16 mm. longis, 4 mm. latis; petalis oblongo-cuneatis, acutis vel 

 broviter acuminatis, 14 — 15 mm. longis, 4 — 5 mm. latis; labello hastato- 

 rotundato, abrupte acutissimo, 11 — 12 mm. longo et totidem lato, callo 

 lato depresso subquadrato antico apiculato in disco postico; columna 

 crassa, late trigona, 4 — 5 mm. longa, clinandrio trilobo, lobo postico 

 ligulato, apice bidenticulato, papula dorso postposita; Capsula sub- 

 globosa, latissime trialata. 



EpidendriLm Spondiadimi Rchb.f. in Bot. Zeit. X (1852) p. 731, 

 Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Amer. p.36; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7273; Fawc. 

 Fror. List Floiv. Fl. Jam. p. 38. 



Flores purpureo-fusci, segmentis flavo-marginatis. Fl. XI. 



Hab. in Jamaica in rupibus ad Clydesdale alt. 1500 m.: W. Harris 

 in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7866. — Costa Rica. 



279. Ei)i(leii(lruiii varieg-atum Hook, pseudobulbis oblongo-fusi- 

 formibus, satis compressis, apice 2 — S-pln^lis, 6 — 12 cm. longis, 2 — 4 cm. 

 crassis; foliis coriaceis rigidisque, oblongo-ligulatis, apice obtusis vel 

 interdum subrotundatis, 10 — 25 cm. longis, 2^2 — 4 cm. latis; pedun- 

 culo communi robustiusculo, saepius simplici, teretiusculo, basi spatha 

 coriacea ancipite acuta vel acuminata 2 — 3 cm. longa incluso, superne 

 multifloro, 2- — 4 dm. longo; pedicellis gracilibus, cum ovario acute 

 triquetro 13 — 19 mm. longis; bracteis ovato-triangularibus, coriaceis, 

 3 — 6 mm. longis; sepalis crasse coriaceis, obovato-oblongis, obtusis, 

 12 — 15 mm. longis, 4 — 5 mm. latis; petalis late oblonge -subspathu- 

 latis, apice acutiusculis vel obtusis, 12 — 15 mm. longis, superne 

 3 — 4 mm. latis; labello supero, crassiuscule carnoso, late ovato-sub- 

 rotundato, abrupte acute, intus sub columna pubescente, 7 — 8 mm. 

 longo et fere totidem lato, callis duobus incurvis in appendicem 

 bippocrepicam carnosam couflueutibus; columna crassa, claviformi, 

 usque ultra medium cum labello connata, 6 — 7 mm. longa; Capsula 

 obovoideo-elliptica, latiuscule ti'ialata, 3 cm. longa. 



Epideiidriim variegatum Hook.! in Bot. Mag. (1832) t. 3151 

 (non Sic); Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXV (1839) t. 11, Orch. Wrightp.7; 

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

 Orch. VI p. 122; Cogn. in Marl Fl. Bras. III. 5 y. 77, t. 32 f. 1; 

 Urb. Fl. Portor. p.l74; Biet. Ic. Orch. Epid. t. 23. 



Flores virescentes vel flavo-virides et pm-pureo-fusco macnlati, labello 

 albo et dilute roseo. 



Hab. in Cuba orieutali supra arbores in sylvis densis prope 

 Mouteverde: Wright n. 635. — Amer. trop. austr. 



