516 A. CoGNiAUJt: 



lineari-spathiilatis, acutis, sepalis aequilongis; labello indiviso, rotuii- 

 dato vel latiore quam longo, mucronato, margine undulato-subinte- 

 gerrimo, basi bicalloso; clinaudrio cucullato, indiviso. 



Epidendrum jamaicense Lindl. Fol. Orch. Epid. (1853) p. 82; 

 Griseh. Flor. p. 618. 



Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores ad Dunrobbin Castle: Purdie; 

 Grenada ad Annandale et Grand-Etang (ex Broadway in Gard. Ch?'on. 

 1908 II p. 229). 



D. Ämi)liii?lottidea Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. III (1883) p. 530. — 



Spec. 288 — 295. 



288. Epideiidrum Wriglitii Lindl. caulibus teretiusculis, inferne 

 deniidatis, superne disticho denseque foliatis, usque 12 dm. longis, 

 4 — 7 mm. crassis; foliis coriaceis, oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, obtu- 

 sissimis, 5 — 11 cm. longis, 15 — 30 mm. latis; pedunculo communi 

 simplici, satis gracili, inferne vaginis pluribus membranaceis arcte 

 adpressis obtusiusculis 3 — 6 cm. longis vestito, superne dense pkiri — 

 multifloro, 15 — 35 cm. longo; pedicellis patulis vel erecto-patulis, sub- 

 filiformibus, cum ovario 3 — 5 cm. longis; bracteis subcoriaceis, lineari- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, 6 — 15 mm. longis; sepalis tenuiter membrana- 

 ceis, patulis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, 7 — 9-nervulosis, 14 — 15 mm. 

 longis, 3Y2 — 4 mm. latis; petalis paulo minoribus; labello rigidiusciilo, 

 valde inflexo, indiviso, ovato, abrupte anguste loageque acuminato, 

 valde concavo, dorso carinato, 4 — 6 mm. longo, disco tenuiter carinato 

 basi minute bicalloso; columna subclavata, 7 mm. longa. 



Epideiidrum WrighUi Lindl. ! in Ann. and May. Nat. Ilist. ser. 3. 1 

 (1858) p. 331, Orch. Wright. p. 6. 



Epidendrum nasutum Rchb.f.I ex Gri.seb. Cat. (1866) p. 262 

 (nomen) , in Hamh. Gartenx. XIX (1868) p. 281; Sauv. Fl. Cuh. 

 j). 228. 



Flores intense flavo-aurantiaci vel nibescentes. Fl. I, VII, VIII. 



Hab. in Cuba supra arbores ad Cabobas, Santa La Madelina: 

 Poeppig, TVrigbt n. 1693; Haiti in arboribus et in rupibus ad Perodin, 

 prope Gouaives ad Citadelle La Ferriöre, inter Grande -Riviere et Dondon, 

 prope Dondon, alt. 200—1300 m.: Poiteau, Picarda n. 1618, W. Buch 

 n. 401, P. E. Christ n. 2017. 



289. Epideiidrum anceps Jacq. caulibus valde compressis anci- 

 pitibusque, inferne denudatis, superne pluri — multifoliatis, 1 — 6 dm. 

 longis, 3 — 6 mm. crassis; foliis distichis, coriaceis, oblongis vel ob- 

 longe- lanceolatis, acutis vel rarius obtusis, 5 —12 cm. longis, 1 — 4 cm. 

 latis; pedunculo communi simplici, satis gracili, inferne vaginis longo 

 amplexicaulibus obtusiusculis valde compressis dorso acute carinatis 



