Orchidaceae. 537 



Hab. in Jainaica supra arborcs ad liliie Mountains, Cedar 

 Hurst, Clydosdale, WallcMiford, 650 — 1650 m. alt, inter lichenes in 

 saxis ad Catheriue's Peak lOOOni. alt. : Swaitz, Macfadycn n. 4, Marcli 

 n. 1275, Eggers u. 3543, Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep.. n. 7558, 7753, 8124. 



H. Nana Benth. in Bcnlh. et Hook. Gen. PI. III (1883) p. 531. — 



Spec. 817 — 318. 



317. Epi(l(Mi(lruin repeiis Cogn. caulibus repentibus, paulo com- 

 pressis, irregulariter raniosis, deusiuscule multifoliatis, 3 — 6 dm. longis 

 vel longioribus, 1 — P/., mm. crassis; foliis rigidiusculis, lineari-ligu- 

 latis, apice rotiindatis et oblique emarginatis, basi rotundato-subcor- 

 datis, 14 — 24 mm. longis, 4 — 5 mm. latis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, 

 basi 2 — 3-bracteatis; bracteis cucullatis, late triangulari-ovatis, ob- 

 tusis, amplexicaulibus, 5 — 6 mm. longis; sepalis coriaceis, ligulato- 

 lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, 7 — 9-uervuIosis, 7 — 8 mm. longis, 

 2 mm. latis; petalis anguste linearibus, acutissimis, 7 — 8 mm. longis, 

 -/:j— Vi ^^^^11- l'^tis, fuscescentibus; labello iudiviso, ovato-cordato, acute, 

 margine integerrimo, 4 nun. longo, 3 — 3Y2 iimi. lato, disco bicostato; 

 columna crassa, 2^2 n^i^^- longa. 



Epidendrum repens Cogn. in Fedde Rcpert. VII (1909) p. 122. 



Hab. in Jamal ca inter muscos in arboribus repens ad Catheriue's 

 Peak, inter Newhaven et Vinegar Hill, in rupibus ad Woodcutters Gap, 

 1300 — 1650 m. alt: Eggers n. 3679, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. 

 n. 7561, 10086; Haiti ad truncum arboris prope Furcy: Picarda n. 289; 

 Sto. Domingo ad Constanza 1200 ni. alt: von Türckheim n. 3001. 



318. Ei)i(leii(lrum diseolor (Lindl.) Benth. caulibus aggregatis, 

 prostratis, simplicibus, teretiusculis, donse multifoliatis, 3 — 7 cm. longis, 

 2 — 3 mm. crassis; foliis crasse carnosis, ovato-oblongis, apice sub- 

 rotundatis emarginatis, basi amplexicaulibus, 15 — 20 mm. longis, 

 6 — 8 mm. latis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, terminalibiis, inter folia 

 immersis; sepalis carnosulis, lineari-oblongis, acutis, 3-nervulosis, 

 8 — 9 mm. longis, 3 — 37-2 i^i"i latis, dorsali extus alato-carinato; petalis 

 ligulato-oblongis, acutis, 8 — 9 mm. longis, 1^4 — 2 mm. latis; labello 

 indiviso, late ovato-cordato, apice abrupte acuto et minute apiculato, 

 margine minutissime crenulato, 4 — 5 mm. longo, 5 — 6 mm. lato, disco 

 basi minutissime bicalloso; columna crassa, 4 — 5 mm. longa. 



Epidendrum discolor Benth. ex Kew Hand- List Orch. (1896) 

 p. 105 (non Rieh, et GaJ); Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III. 5 p. 177. 



Xanodes discolor Lindl. in Bot. Bcg. XVIII (1832) i. 1541; 

 Griseb.f Flor. p. 624. 



Flores obscure purpurei violacei vel interdum virescentes. 



