534 A. COGKIAUX: 



6384, 6704, Stahl ii. 709; Guadeloupe supra arbores in sylvis 

 luimidis ad Sofaya, Pointe-Noire, Eavine-Chaude, 250 — 900 m. alt: 

 Duss n. 3845; Martinique in sylvis ad Montagne-Pelee, Le Lorrain, 

 Calebasse, Piton-Gele, Grand'Anse: Jacquin, AVest, Hahn n. 96, 97, 

 Duss n. 1031; St. Lucia: Anderson; St. Yincent: Guilding, Eggers 

 n. 6672, H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 883, 1148; Grenada: Sherriug, 

 Eggers n. 6506; Tobago: A. Seitz n. 17, in arboribus inter Adelphi 

 et Belmont: Broadway n. 2480, 3410; Trinidad: Siebern. 380, Crueger, 

 Bradford; Margarita ad Juan Griego 450 m. alt: Johnston n. 231. — 

 Florida, Amer. cont. trop. 



314. Epideiidrimi ramosum Jacq. caulibus fasciculatis, lignosis, 

 irregulariter ramosissimis , basi teretiusculis et denudatis, superne satis 

 conipressis multifoliatis, usque 1 m. longis, 2 — 5 mm. crassis; foliis 

 coriaceis, linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis, apice obtusissimis et obli- 

 que emarginatis, interdum tantum 1 cm. longis et 2 mm. latis, inter- 

 dum usque 11 cm. longis et 12 mm. latis; pedunculo communi gracili, 

 satis compresso, fere usque ad basin laxiuscule plurifloro, 1 — 4 cm. 

 longo; bracteis cuciillatis, elliptico-ovatis, obtiisis, dorso rotundatis, 

 6 — 8 mm. longis; floribus laxe imbricatis; sepalis coriaceis, late ob- 

 longis vel ovato-oblongis, acutis vel obtusiusculis, 5 — 7 mm. longis, 

 2 — 2Y2 EQ'ii- Ifttis; petalis linearibus, acutis, 5 — 7 mm. longis, 2/4 — 1 mm. 

 latis; labello iufero, crassiuscule coriaceo, indiviso, ovato-cordato, 

 acuto, margine integerrimo, 3^, — 5 mm. longo, 2 — 3 mm. lato, disco 

 basi breviter bicarinato; columna crassa, 2 — 27-2 nim. longa; Capsula 

 abrupte breviterque rostrata, 10 — 12 mm. longa, 7 — 8 mm. crassa. 



Epidetidrum ramosum Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. (1760) p. 29, Sei 

 SHrj). jJ. 221 1. 132 et Pict. t. 202; Siv. Prodi: p. 120, Flor. III p. 1505; 

 Lindl. Orch. Wright. p. 6; Griseh. Flor. p. 618, Cat. p. 263; Säur. Fl. 

 Cub. p. 228; Pckb.f. in Per. Deutsch. Pot. Ges. III p. 278: Duss Fl. 

 Antill. Franr. p. 592; Cogn. in Marl. Fl. Präs. IIP 5 p.l72; Urb. Fl. 

 Portor. p. 176. 



Fpidendrnm rigid um Lodd. Pot. Gab. t. 1600 (uon Jacq.). 



Flores virescentes vel flaviduli. Fl. I— IH, X— XII; fr. II, III, V, VI. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali prope Monteverde: Poeppig, Wright n.630, 

 3333 part.; Jamaica in arboribus et in rupibus ad Mc. Neies Estate, 

 ad Cinchona, prope Mabess Kiver, ad Moody's Gap, inter Newhaven 

 et YinegarHill, ad Clydesdale, 700 — 1650 m. alt: Swartz, Macfadyen, 

 Purdie, March n. 1277, Morris n. 28, 2012, Eggers n. 3544, Harris in 

 Herb. Bot Dep. n. 7535, 7799, 7881, 9897, 10089; Haiti prope Furcy 

 in praeruptis ad saxa 1500 m. alt: Poiteau, Picarda n. 287, 290; 

 Portorico ad rupes et ad arbores in sylvis primaevis, raro locis 

 apricis in Sierra de Luquillo regione media montis Jimenes, prope 



