512 A. CoGNIAUX: 



Var. ß. coriaceuin Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. (1853) p. 38; Cogn. 

 in Mart. Fl. Bros. III. 5 p. 78 foliis angustioribus et rigidioribus, sub- 

 acutis; floribus minoribus, sepalis petalisque angustioribus. 



Epidendrum coriaceum Parker ex Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1837) 

 t. 3595. 



Flores flavo-albi, puqmreo-maculati, labello albo, purpureo-striato. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Purdie (ex Lindl. 1. c). — Guiana anglica, 

 Brasilia. 



280. Epidendrum i)orpax Rchb.f. rhizomate repente, gracili, 

 elongato, polyrrhizo; pseudobulbis distantibus, liuearibus, arcuatis, 

 vaginis emaciatis vestitis, apice 1^ — 2-phyllis, 2 — 3 cm. longis, 1 — 2 mm. 

 crassis; foliis crasse coriaceis, rigidis, linearibus, acutis, 25 — 40 mm. 

 longis, in sicco I72 imu. latis; peduuculo communi filiformi, nutante, 

 laxiuscule 3 — 5-floro, 8 — 12 mm. longo; bracteis submembranaceis, 

 arcte adpressis, ventricosis, oblongis, acutiusculis, 5 — 6 mm. longis; 

 floribus sessilibus, segmentis erecto-patulis, tenuiter coriaceis; ovario 

 lineari, tenuiter 6-sulcato, 5 mm. longo; sepalis oblonge -ligulatis, 

 acutis, 5-nerviis, 6 mm. longis, IY2 nini- latis; petalis linearibus, acutis, 

 trinervulosis, 5 — öy^ mm. longis, 1 mm. latis; labello cordato-ovato, 

 acute, 4 mm. longo et fere totidem lato, callis ligulatis retusiusculis 

 extrorsis abbreviatis geminis in basi; columna usque ad apicem cum 

 labello connata, clavata, 2^/^ mm. longa, clinandrio lobulato. 



Epidendrum porpax Rchb.f./ in Flora (1865) p. 278; Griscb. 

 Cat. p. 263; Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 228. 

 Hab. in Cuba: Wriglit n. 3343. 



Sect. IV. Euepideudrum Benth. iti Journ. Linn. See. Land., Bot. XVIIl 

 (1881) p. 314. — Spec. 281 — 319. 



A. Spathaeea Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Oen. PL III (1883) p. 530. — 



Spec. 281 — 284. 



281. Epidendrum trinitatis Lindl. caulibus foliosis, ancipitibus, 

 30 — 45 cm. longis; foliis glaucescentibus, lineari -lanceolatis, apice ob- 

 tusis et oblique emarginatis, 10 cm. longis; pedunculo communi sim- 

 plici, nutante, basi spatha simplici herbacea elougata complicata ob- 

 longo-lineari incluso, superne multifloro; sepalis tenuiter membrana- 

 ceis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, trinervulosis, 6 mm. longis, 2 nmi. latis; 

 petalis setaceis, 4 mm. longis; labello valde concavo, 3^2 — 4 mm. longo, 

 profundiuscule ü'ilobato, lobis lateralibus subquadratis, acutis, terminali 

 producto, triangulari-lanceolato, acuminato, basi tricalloso; columna 

 arcuata, 27^ mm. longa. 



Epidendrum trinitatis Lindl.! in Bot. Reg. XXX (1844) Mise, 

 n. 82, Fol. Orch. Epid. p. 47; Griseh. Flor. p. 616. 



