OBCHIDACEAE. 91 



1. Encyclia fucita (Lindl.) Britton & Millspaugh. 



Epidendrum fw:atum Lindl. Bot. Beg. 24: Mise. 15. 1838. 



Pseudobulbs slender, ovoid to oblong, 2-5 cm. long. Leaves 1 or 2, linear, 

 1-3 dm. long, 1-2.5 cm. fride; scape slender, usually branched, 3-7 dm. long; 

 pedicels slender or filiform, 1-2 cm. long; sepals yellow or brownish yellow, 

 oblong or oblong-oblaneeolate, obtuse, 1.5-2 cm. long; petals oblanceolate, 

 similar to the sepals but a little shorter ; lip yellow, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, about 1 cm. long, the middle lobe suborbieular, tipped; column 

 wingless; capsule oblong, 1.5-2.5 cm. long. 



On trees in coppices and scrub-lands, Abaco. Great Bahama, and Andros : — 

 Cuba ; recorded from Hispaniola and Porto Rico. SM-iLD-rLOWEitED Enciclia. 



A fruiting specimen from Abaco, probably of this species, was determined by K. 

 A. Rolfe as E. prvmulinum Batem, of Mexico, and recorded, under that name in 

 Bull. N. T. Bot. Gard. 4 : 116. 



2. EncycUa bahamensis (Griseb.) Britton & MiUspaugh. 



Epidendrum bahameiise Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 614. 1864. 



Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 10 cm. long or less. Leaves 1-3, coriaceous, 

 linear, blunt or acutish, 1.5-5 dm. long; 1-3.5 cm. wide; scape usually much- 

 branched, paniculately many-flowered, 5-9 dm. long; pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. 

 long; sepals oblong, 7-nerved, obtuse or obtusish, 15-19 mm. long; petals 

 obtuse, oblong or spatulate-oblong, narrowed toward the base, about as long 

 as the sepals; lip sessile or nearly so, deeply 3-lobed, 16-19 mm. long, its lateral 

 lobes triangular-ovate, much shorter than the orbicular-obovate, rounded or 

 retuse, nearly sessile, middle one; column narrowly winged to the base; capsule 

 oblong, 1.5-3 cm. long. 



On trees. Great Bahama, Abaco, Andros, Eleuthera, Ship Channel Cay, Crooked 

 Island, Little Inagua and Inagua. An^ Andros specimen was referred to Epidendrum 

 odoratissimum Lindl., by Mrs. Northrop. Bahama Excyclia. 



3 Encyclia rufa (Lindl.) Britton & ;Millspaugh. 



Epidendrum rufum Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 31: Misc. 33. 1845. 



Pseudobulbs ' ' pyrif orm. ' ' Leaves 2 or 3, Ugulate, obtuse, 1-5-18 cm. long, 

 about 18 mm. wide; scape little branched, paniculately many -flowered, 2-3.5 

 dm. long; pedicels slender, about 1 em. long; flowers yellowish-brown; sepals 

 oblong or oblong-spatulate, acute, 19-25 mm. long; petals oblong-cuneate, about 

 as long as the sepals; lip short-elawed, about 2 cm. long, deeply 3-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes short "acute," much shorter than the obovate, rounded middle 

 one; column narrowly winged to the base. 



Bahamas, collected by Skinner (according to Cogniaux) and also attributed to 

 the Bahamas by Grisebach : — Hispaniola. IS'ot known to us from the archipelago. 

 Cogniaux's reference to this species as recorded by Britton from Abaco (Urban, 

 Symb. Ant. 6 : 494 ) is an error. The type specimen is said by Lindley to have 

 been sent from Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Our specimen from Hispaniola was collected 

 at Bayeuxj Haiti, by George V. Nash (No. SOO) and determined as Epidendrum rufum 

 Lindl., by R. A. Rolfe at Kew. Rdfous Excyclia. 



4. Encyclia tampensis (Lindl.) Small, Fl. Miami 56. 1913. 



Epidendrum tampense Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 1847: under pi. 35. 1S47. 



Pseudobulbs narrowly ovoid, terete, 4r-7 cm. long. Leaves 1-3, linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, 0.5-2.5 dm. long, 8-18 mm. wide, acutish or obtuse, rather 

 rigid; scape slender, branched, often 5 dm. long or longer; pedicels rather 

 slender, 7-12 mm. long; lateral sepals yellowish-brown, narrowly oblanceolate, 

 acutish, about 2 cm. long; petals similar to the sepals but somewhat narrower; 

 lip nearly sessile, deeply 3-lobed, white lined with purple, a little shorter than 

 the petals, the middle lobe renifotm-orbicular, short-clawed, rounded or apicu- 

 late, the lateral lobes oblong, obtuse; column about 8 mm. long, 2-auricled at 

 the top and narrowly winged. 



On trees and shrubs, Abaco, New Providence : — Florida ; Cuba. Recorded by 

 Coker as Epidendrum fucatum Lindl. Tampa Excyclia. 



