570 A. COGNIAUX: 



1. Folia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata; petala noii undulata; labellum 

 petalis vix aequilongum. 



a. Scapus saepius ramosus; sepala inferne longe angustata, dor- 

 sale aoutura; labellum basi longiuscule angustatum, lamellis 

 ramosis . 357. B. patula Hook. 



b. Scapus saepissime simplex; sepala inferne leviter angustata, 

 dorsale obtusum; labellum basi subi-otundatum, lamellis sim- 

 plicibus 358. B. florkla R. Br. 



2. Folia late lanceolata; petala margine undulata; labellum petalis 

 satis longius 359. B. Shepherdii Hook. 



B. Columna basi in pedem producta; mentum distinctum; labellum 

 ovatum, basi truncato-subcordatum, lamellis angustis, erassiusculis. 



360. B. alta Hitchc. 



IL Labellum obscure trilobatum, disco tenuiter 5-costato non lamellato. 



361. B. tenera Griseb. 



357. Bletia patula Hook, pseiidobulbo gioboso, sulcato, trans- 

 verse pluriaunulato, 3 — 5 cm. crasso, vagiuis pluribus membranaceis 

 vestito; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutissimis, basi anguste cuneatis vel 

 saepius in petiolura caualiculatum longe angustatis, crassiiiscule 5 — 7- 

 nerviis, 4—6 dm. longis, 2 — 41/2 cm. latis; scapo teretiiisculo, vaginis 

 paucis brevibus abrupte apiculatis vestito, simplici vel saepius superne 

 leviter ramoso, foliis satis longiore, laxe plurifloro; bracteis triangu- 

 laribus, acutis vel acuminatis, 2—5 mm. longis; floribus patentissimis, 

 longiuscule pedicellatis, segmentis inferne erectis superne satis recurvis; 

 sepalis lanceolatis, 7-nervuIosis, inferne longe angustatis, dorsali acuto, 

 30 — 35 mm. longo, 7 — 8 mm. lato, lateralibus vix brevioribus et latio- 

 ribus, abrupte acutis; petalis sepalo dorsali aequilongis, ligulato- 

 spathulatis, apice rotundato-subtruncatis et minute apiculatis, 7 — 9- 

 nervulosis, non undulatis, 9 — 10 mm. latis; labello petalis aequilongo, 

 ambitu obovato, profundiuscule 3-lobato, lobis lateralibus ovatis apice 

 rotundatis, lobo terminali producto, lato, basi valde constricto, apice 

 emarginato, valde crispo, disco usque ad apicem 5 — 6 -lamellato, 

 lamellis latis, tenuibus, ramosis, lobulatis; columna apoda, latiuscule 

 bialata, 2 cm, longa. 



Bletia imtula Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1836) t. 3518; A. Rieh, in 

 Sogra, Oiih. XI p. 241; Lindl! Orch. Linden. />. 10, Orch. Wright. 

 2). 5; Griseb. Cat. p. 263; Saiiv. Fl. Cuh. p. 229; Uro. Fl. Porfor. 

 p. 178. 



Bletia Shepherdii Griseb.! Cat. (1866) p. 263 (non Hook.). 



Flor de pasmo incol. Portor. 



Flores purpureo-violacei vel purpureo-lilacini. Fl. I, 111, V — IX, XII; 

 fr. I, III, V, XII. 



Hab. in Cuba locis arenosis ad Yatera, in praeruptis ad Mount 

 Friendship, ad Jagüay in calcareis gregaria: Linden n. 1761, Wright 



