564 A. CoGNiAux: 



rhaclii brevissime denseque puberula; bracteis subcoriaceis, patentis- 

 simis, ovato-lauceolatis, acutissime longeqne aciiminatis, glaberrimis, 

 12 — 25 mm. longis; floribus patulis, distichis, segmentis glaberrimis; 

 sepalis ovato-oblougis, subabrupte acutissimis, tenuiter 7-nervulosis, 

 7 — 8 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis; petalis ligulato-subspathulatis, acutis, 

 sepalis aequilongis, 2 mm. latis; labello late obovato, basi leviter sac- 

 cato, superne valde undulato-lobulato, apice recurvo, 7 — 8 mm. longo, 

 6 — 7 mm. lato, disco superne transverso tenuiterque cristato, callis 

 basilaribus majusculis, oblongis, contiguis; columna 6 mm. longa, an- 

 tice ad medium non incrassata, usque ad basin anguste bialata. 



Evelyna longibracteata Lindl.f Herb, ex Oriseb. Flor. (1864) 

 p. 623. 



Flores pallide flavi. Fl. III— V. 



Hab. in Jamal ca in praeruptis et locis turfosis ad Lancaster, 

 prope Troy, alt. 500—800 m.: Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7999, 8556, 

 8071, locis non indicatis: Macfadyen, March n. 1204. 



Var. ? latifolius Cogn. robustior; caule 5 mm. crasso; foliis late 

 lanceolatis, 9-nerviis, 18 — 22 cm. longis, 3 — 5 cm. latis; floribus per- 

 fectis ignotis; fructibus patentibus, fuscis, oblongis, crassiuscule 

 6-costatis, glabris, 12 — 14 mm. longis. — An species distincta? 



Evelyna longibracteata "broader-leaved" Griseb.! I.e. 



Hab. in Dominica: Imray n. 275. 



352. Elleaiitlms attenuatus Johnston: caulibus simplicibus, 

 6 — 9 dm. altis, 3 mm. crassis, glabris laevibusque; foliis membrana- 

 eeis, lanceolatis, longissime acuminatis, basi breviter angustatis, 9 — 11- 

 nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, 15 — 20 cm. longis, 3 — 4 cm. latis, 

 vaginis scabriusculis , 4 — 5 cm. longis; spicis cylindraceis, laxiuscule 

 multifloris, nutautibus, circiter 7 cm. longis; bracteis membranaceis, 

 patulis, lanceolatis, acutis vel acutiusculis, glabris, 1 — IY2 cni. longis; 

 floribus patulis, subdistichis, segmentis subaequilongis, circiter 1 cm. 

 longis; sepalo dorsali anguste lanceolato, acuto, lateralibus triangulari- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis; petalis lineari- lanceolatis, acutis; labello late 

 ovato, obtuso, margine crenato, callis basilaribus elongatis, remotis. 



Elleanthus attenuatus Johnston! in Proe. Amer. Acad. Arts and 

 Sc. XL (1905) p. 684, in Proc. Boston 80c. Nat. Bist. XXXIV (1909) 

 p. 200 t. 26 f. 2. 



Bracteae rubescentes; flores i>urpurei. Fl. et fr. VII. 



Hab. in Margarita in sylvis humidis ad mont. San Juan alt. 

 640 — 740 m.: Miller et Johnston n. 270, Johnston n. 233. 



353. Elleanthus liiiifolius Presl: caulibus simplicibus, glabris, 

 20 — 35 cm. longis, vix 1 mm. crassis; foliis saepius membranaceis, 



