576 A. CooNiAux: 



Cyrtopera Woodfordii Lindl! Oen. and 8p. Orch. (1833) p.l83; 

 Griseb. Flor. p. 630, Caf. p. 265; Sauv. FL Gab. jj. 230; Broadivay 

 171 Gard. Chorn. ser. 3. XVIII (1895) p. 612, XLIY (1908) p. 228; 

 Duss, Fl. Antill. Fran^. p. 597. 



Palmita de San Juan incol. Porto?: 



Flores rubro-brunei ad colorum viridera vergentes. Fl. VI — YIII, 

 X, XL 



Hab. in Cuba orientali prope Monteverde et ad Cieneguita 

 prov. Santa-Clara: Wright n. 3286, R. Combs n. 618; Jamaica: Di&tiu, 

 Purdie, Wullschlaegel, Morris n. 2397; Haiti locis hiimidis umbrosis- 

 que in Morne Beilance prope Gonaives alt. 1000 m.: W. Buch u. 814, 

 loco non indicato: Poiteau, Picarda; Portorico in declivibus et ad 

 margines sylvae primaevae ad Playa Grande, in Sierra de Luquillo in 

 regione media montis Jimeues, prope Yabncoa in monte Piedra Azul, 

 prope Maricao: Eggers n. 1246", Sintenis n. 499, 1583, 5314; Guade- 

 loupe ad Gourbeyres, Gommier, les Palmistes, Trois-Rivieres, alt. 

 250 — 600 m.: Duchassaing, Duss n. 3338; Dominica: Imray, Eggers, 

 Ramage; Martinique locis humidis ad Fontaine Absalou, in sylvis 

 ad Grand' Anse: Hahn n. 1528, Duss n. 378; St. Vincent: H.H. et 

 G. W. Smith n. 401; Grenada ad Vendome et Mt. Roj^al: Broadway; 

 (^Trinidad ad Savanna de Aripo: Orueger, Bot. Gard. Herb. n. 2233. — ] 

 Florida, Ainer. austr. trop., Afr. occ. 



LVHL Cyrtopodium R. Br. 



R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2. V (1813) p. 216; Benth. et Hook. 



Gen. III p. 541; Pfitz. in Engl, und Praiitl, Natürl. Pflanxenfain. 

 II 6 p. 158; Cogn. in Mart. FL Bras. III 5 p. 356. 

 Sepala libera, patentia, subaequalia vel lateralia pedi columnae 

 brevissime aduata. Petala sepalo postico subsimilia. Lab eil um pedi 

 columnae affixum saepiusque breviter adnatum, quacum mentum 

 format inter sepala lateralia plus minusve prominens, distincte trilo- 

 batum. Columna erecta, basi in pedem mentum formautem producta, 

 semiteres, angulis acutis vix alatis; clinandrium obliquum, integrum. 

 Anthera terminalis, opercularis, iucumbens, convexa vel unigibba, 

 imperfecte bilocularis; pollinia 2 vel 4, per paria plus minusve con- 

 nata, late ovoidea vel globosa, cerea, in anthera inappendiculata, 

 anthera dehiscente glandulae rostelli latae fere membranaceae vel in 

 stipitem brevem crassum productae affixa. Capsula oblonga, reflexa, 

 erostris. — Herbae terrestres, Americae tropicae incolae, rhizomate 

 in pseudobulbos fusiformes incrassato, caulibus breviter paucifoliatis. 

 Folia louga, plicato-venosa, in petiolum contracta. Scapi e rhizomate 



