614 ORCHIDE^. 



crispate."— jBo<. Eeg.t. 1765. — "Mowers green: lip yellow, streaked with purple." — Hab. 

 Bahamas (iB<^^.). 



48. E. rufum, Lindl. "Tubers pyriform, 'Si-Z-leaved ; leaves laneeolate-lig<ulate^ 

 shorter thau the sw^e; flowers in a sligMly branched panicle, hrownisli-yellow ; ■^an- 

 gouial divisions elliptical, pointed; Uip %-loled: lateral lobes short, half-ovate, middle 

 obovate, revolute at the margin, rounded at the base; colnmn membrauaceous-margined." 

 —" V high, or more ; leaves 6"-8" long; lip fleshy, 2-costate at the base." — Hab. Baha- 

 mas (LindL), 



49. S. altissimum, Baiem. " Tubers cylindrical, 'i-Z-leaved,scape\a^, paniculate ; 

 perigonial divisions oblong, pointed ; lip Z-lobed : lateral lobes dimidiate, blunt, flexuose, 

 middle dilated, mnoronate, undulate, recurved, 2-costate at the base." — Hab. Bahamas 

 (Lindl), in roclcy districts. 



50. E. bahamense, Gr. Tubers pyriform, %-leamd; leaves linear-oblong, hhint, 

 much shorter than the scape ; flowers paniculate : bracts small, deltoi'd, sterile distant ; pe- 

 rigonial divisions spathulate, blnntish, interior broader; lip %-lohed, slightly 2-callous at the 

 base: lateral lobes basilar, half-ovate, somewhat pointed, embracing the atiimsm, middle 

 broader, obovate'-'i-lobed, complicated, contracted at the base ; column with deltoid wings 

 above. — Cymbidium diumum, Lindl. (yum Sw. : G. Rohb., who saw Jacquin's original, in- 

 forms me that the latter belongs to M virens, Lindl.). — Nearly allied to U. ^hosniceum, 

 Liiidl. !, but flowers half as large, the lateral lobes of the lip much smaller than the middle 

 lobe, and calli of the lip>-base less prominent, tapering, not abrupt at the summit. — 2' high ; 

 tubers IV', leaves 6"-8", perigone 8'" long, all divisions of equal length, the exterior %"', 

 the interior 3'" broad ; flowers numerous, brown-purple in drying ; pollinia 4. — Hab. 

 Bahamas I, Swains, 



51. E. pUcatum, Lindl, {S. exic. Catesb,) " Tubers ovoid, %-leaved; leaves spathu- 

 late-lanceolate, pointed, shorter than the scape ; flowers in a simple, corymbiform raceme, 

 red-variegated; perigonial divisions spathulate-lanceolate, pointed; Up 3-lobed: lateral 

 lobes oblong-laueeolate, undulate, middle cordate-deltoid, cuspidate, creuate, plaited, vrith 2 

 large keeled caUi at the base." — Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 88.flg. sin. — "l|'high; leaves 6", 

 perigone about 1" long ; lip crimson." — Hab. Bahamas (Girted.) ; [Cuba]. 



52. E. bifidum, Anil., Sw. I Tabers shortly oblong-lanceolate, Z-i-leaved; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, blunt, much shorter than the scape ; sterile bracts distant, long, ap- 

 pressed-sheathing, floral ones minute ; flowers in a branched raceme, rosy-variegated ; peri- 

 gonial divisions lanceolate-oblong : lyi 3-partite above the claw : lateral segments ovate- 

 roundish, embracing the column, middle toger, exserted, obovate, remform—'i-lobed at the 

 summit. — Redout. Lit. t. 84. — 1'-3' high; tubers 1" long; leaves 4"-6" long, 5"'-8"' 

 broad; pedicels 3"'-4"', ovary 4'", perigone 6'", lip 8'" long, the latter 4'" broad at the 

 abruptly dilated summit, its lobes round : colour rosy with the lip purple above, but difi'er- 

 ently described by Plumier (Ed. Burm. t. 186. f. 1), and in E. bifidum, Lindl. (Bot. Ueq. 

 t, 18./. 9).— Hab. S. Kitts !, Sw. ; [Haiti! to Guiana!]. 



53. E. bicornntum, Soot:. Tubers elon^iei, 4-6-nodal, linear-fusiform, %several- 

 leaved ; leaves thick, lancealate-abloim or oblong, blunt ; sterile bracts distant, appressed- 

 sheathing, floral ones smaller, spreading, oblong ; flowers in a simple raceme, white with a 

 variegated lip; perigonial divisions elliptical, cuspidate ; lip i-fld, prominently %-callousat 

 the base : lateral lobes oblong, blnntish, clasping, middle much longer, exserted, oblong 

 pointed.— Bot. Mag. t. 3332.— I'-S' high; leaves 8"-4" long, 10"'-6"' diam. ; leaves 4"-5" 

 long, l"-li" broad; fertile bracts 2'", ovary with the pedicel 1", perigone 12"'-10"' long; 

 lip white with red dots and the conical calli yellow. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf, on rocks and 

 decayed trees, abundant along the coast, and iu the Boca islands. 



54. E. indiTisum, Bradf, ins, (n. sp.). Tubers 3-4-nodal, limear-fusifbrm, 4-6- 

 leaved ; leaves thick, oblong -linear, blunt ; sterile bracts distant, appressed-sheathing, floral 

 ones smaller, spreading, oblong ; flowers in a simple raceme, white ; perigonial divisions 

 elliptical-oblong, pointed ; lip undivided or minutely anricled above the base, 2-callous at the 

 base, subulate-lanceolate, acuminate.^— 'Swibj allied to the preceding, but lower 6"-10'' 

 Wgh, leaves 3" long, 5"'-6"' broad, perigone 6'" long, " pure-white ;" £» scarcely exserted. 

 —Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf. 



