548 A. CoGNiAtrx: 



canaliciilatis , saepius patenti-recurvis, 8 — 16 cm. longis, in sicco 

 2 — 4 mm. crassis; pedunciilo commiini gracillimo. stricto, teretinsculo, 

 simplici vel rarius leviter ramoso, inferne vaginis satis nnmerosis 

 brevibus pallidis abrupte acutis vestito, superne laxe plurifloro, 4 — 6 dm. 

 longo; pedicellis filiformibus, cum ovario 12 — 18 mm. longis; bracteis 

 membranaceis, triangulari-ovatis, acutis, 3 — 4 mm. longis; sepalis late 

 oblongis, obtusiusculis, 5-nerviis, 9 mm. longis, 3 1/2- — 4 mm. latis; 

 petalis oblonge -subspathulatis, acutiusculis, 3 — 5-nervulosis, 9 mm. 

 longis, 3 — 31/2 mm. latis; labello 14 — 15 mm. longo, fere usque ad 

 basin trilobato, lobis integerrimis , apice rotundatis, terminali late ob- 

 ovato, basi angusto, 8 — 9 mm. lato, crassiuscule 5-venoso venis basi 

 contiguis valde ramiferis, lobis lateralibus divaricatis, valde obliquis, 

 paiüo angustioribus, basi postica semicordatis; colunma 6 mm. longa, 

 fere usque ad basin late bialata, alis apice valde dilatatis. 



Tetraniicra rigida Lindl.! Oen. and Sp. Orch. (1881) p. 119; 

 Oriseb. Flor. p. 622 (pari., excl. syn.J. 



Cymbidium rigidum Wüld. Bpec. IV (1806) p. 106. 



Bletia rigida Rchb.f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI (1862) p. 438 (pari., 

 excl. syn) , Xen. Orch. II p. 66. 



Hellebo7'ine foliis rigidis, angustis et canaliciilatis Plum. Cat. 

 (1703) p. 9. 



Limodorum foliis subulatis Plum. PI. Amer. ed. Biinn. (1758) 

 p. 176 t. 181 f. 1. 



Magueycillo incol. Doming. (ex Eggers). 



Sepala petalaque viridi-purpurea; labellum roseum, lobe medio vio- 

 laceo-striato. Fl. V, VI. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince, Marquissant: Plumier, 

 Mackenzie, Jaeger n. 136, Ehrenberg, Jacquemont, Picarda n. 42 et 

 998, Buch n. 807; Sto. Domingo in praeruptis calcareis ad Sierra 

 del Palo Quemado, prope Tamboril in calcareis montis Cerro Gordo 

 ad terram, prope Llano Rafael ad viam, prope Santiago in Cuesta de 

 Piedra solo calcareo, ad Constanza 1190 m. alt.: Eggers n. 1884, 1884", 

 1884^ 1884'', H. von Türckheim n. 2921; [?Desirade: Duchassaing ex 

 Rchb.f.; Trinidad: Bradford ex Griseb. — An T. elegans?]. 



330. Tetraniicra elegans (Hamilt.) Cogn. caulibus erectis, rectis 

 vel vix arcuatis, satis gracilibus, 1 — 2 cm. longis, basi squamis pluri- 

 bus scariosis breviusculis acutisque vestitis, superne 3 — 4-phyllis; 

 foliis crassiuscule coriaceis, anguste lineari- subulatis, acutis, semi- 

 cylindraceis, supra profunde canaliculatis, saepius erectis, rectis vel 

 paulo arcuatis, 7 — 18 cm. longis, IY2 — 3 mm. crassis; pedunculo com- 

 muni gracillimo, stiicto, teretinsculo, simplici, inferne vaginis satis 

 nnmerosis brevibus pallidis obtusisque vestito, superne laxe pauci- 



