Örciiidaceae. 515 



subrotuudato, profunde emarginato, lubulis apicc TOtundatis , disco 

 tenuiter unicostato, basi miniite bicalloso; culumna clavifornii, 11 — 

 12 mm. longa. 



Epidendrum patens Sio. in Nov. Act. Ujjs. VI (1799) p.68, Flor. 

 III p. 1495; Lodd. Bot. Gab. t. 1537; Bot. Mag. t. 3800; Griseb. Flor, 

 p. 617; Eggers, FL St.Groix et Virg. n.968; Veitch, Mcm. Orch. VI 

 p. 110; Gogn. in Marl Fl. Bras. III 5 p. 94 t. 26. 



Flores leviter odorati, primum flavo-virides, deinde albo-flavescentes, 

 demum fusco - rubri. 



Hab. in Jamaica (ex Swartz), in rupibus ad Guava Ridges G50 m. 

 alt: Eggers n. 3507; St. Thomas (ex Eggers I.e.); Trinidad: i^irdie. 

 — Guatemala, Costa -Rica, Peruvia er., Brasilia. 



286. Epidendrum trideiitatiim Fawc. caulibus leviter compressis, 

 inferne plus minusve denudatis, superne distiche multifoliatis, 3 — 5 dm. 

 longis, 4 — 6 mm. crassis; foliis submembranaceis, oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, 11 — 13 cm. longis, 2 — 3 cm. latis; pedunculo com- 

 muni simplici rarius ramoso, gracili, nutante, 6 — 15 cm. longo, basi 

 nudo vel interdum spatlia 10 — 15 mm. longa incluso, superne den- 

 siuscule pluri — multifloro; pedicellis plus minusve patulis, cum ovario 

 20 — 28 mm. longis; bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 6 — 12 mm. 

 longis; sepalis submembranaceis, patulis, lanceolatis, acutissimis, dis- 

 tincte 7-nervulosis, 18 mm. longis, dorsali 5 mm. lato, lateralibus paulo 

 latioribus; petalis lineari-subspathulatis, acutis, trinervulosis, 17 mm. 

 longis, 2Y^, — 2^/^ mm. latis; labeUo carnosulo, 10 — 11 mm. longo, 

 16 mm. lato, basi subcordato, trilobato, lobis lateralibus amplis, sub- 

 quadratis, margine leviter undulatis, lobo termiuali minore, subrectan- 

 gulo, apice trilobulato, lobulis triangulis, acutis vel obtusis, inter- 

 medio minore, disco obtuse tricostato, basi bicalloso; columna clavi- 

 fornii, 11 mm. longa. 



Epidendriini tridentatum Fawc! in Journ. of Bot. X. XXIII 

 (1895) p. 12, in Jamaica Bull. II (1895) p. 217. 



Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores ad Blue Mountains, Woodcutters 

 Gap, Hardware Gap alt. 1300 m., fl. IV, X, XII: W. Harris in Herb. 

 Bot. Dep. s. n. et n. 7575. 



C. Tenuifolia Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. 111 (1883) p. 530. — 



Spec. 287. 



287. Epidendrum jamaicense Lindl. caulibus superne foliatis, 

 circiter 30 cm. longis; foliis oblonge -lanceolatis, acutissimis, 7 — 12 cm. 

 longis; racemo simplici, foliis breviore; bracteis herbaceis, lanceo- 

 lato-linearibus, acuminatis, pedicellis aequilongis; floribus membrana- 

 ceis; sepalis lanceolato-spathulatis, acutis, 16 mm. lougis; petalis 



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