616 ORCHIDE^. 



63. E. cochleatum, L. Tubers ovate-lanceolate or ovale, compressefl, costate, snp- 

 ported by scales, i-leaved; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering at the base, about as long as 

 the scape, the latter supported by a spathe; flowers greenish, with a purple or purple-varie- 

 gated lip, racemose : bracts small ; perigonial divisions recurved, lanceolate-linear, acumi- 

 nata, longer than the lip ; lip undJivided, coehleate, cordate-roundish, pointed, 2-calloHs at 

 the base. — Catesb. Carol. 2. I. 'i'i. fig.dextr.-^V-%' high; leaves l"-lf" broad; perigone 

 1"— IJ", lip 8"' long. — Hab. Bahamas {Catesb^ ; Jamaica !, Al., Wullschl., on trees and 

 rocks : [Cuba !, Haiti!, and Mexico to Venezuela],. 



§ 3. JAp adnate to the column ; stem equal at the lose : leaves alternate ; inflorescence 



terminal. 



* Stem spathaceous-iracteaie below the infiorescenee ; spathes much longer than, the 



fertile bracts. 



63. E. trinitatis, Lindl.l Stem leafy, 3-edged; leaves lanceolate, blvmt; flowers 

 pale with a yellow lip, in a terminal, simple, peduncled, nodding, many-flowered raceme : 

 peduncle supported by a single, long, complicated, oblong-linear, herbaceous spathe ; peri- 

 gonial divisions exterior elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, interior shorter, setaceous; lip 

 Z-lobed, falcate : lateral lobes subquadrate, pointed, middle longer, subulate, 3-callons at 

 the base. — I'-l J' high ; leaves 4", spathe 3", perigone 3'" long. — Hab. Trinidad (Lindl.) ; 

 [New Granada !, P(?.]. 



64. E. rivulare, lAndl. I Stem leafy ; leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, pointed; 

 flowers greenish and red-variegated with a pale lip, in a few-flowered, simple raceme : pe- 

 duncle concealed by distichous, contiguous, keeled-complicated oblong-linear, herbaceous 

 spathes ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, pointed, interior as long, linear ; 

 lipi-lobed: lateral lobes svhqaairate, flmbriate-cut, spreading, mirfaf/e linear, S-denlate 

 at the dilated summit. — I^'-a' high ; leaves 5"-8", spathes 10"'-18"', perigone 8'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Prf., Dolphin's Peak; [Cuba!, Haiti!]. 



65. E. lauceolatnm, Bradf. ms. {u. sp.). Stem leafy ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; 

 flowers whitish, in a few-flowered, short raceme : peduncle concealed by a few distichous, 



contiguous, keeled-complicated, oblong -linear, pointed, herbaceous spathes ; perigonial divi- 

 sions exterior lanceolate-linear, acuminate, interior as long, linear-acuminate ; lip S-lobed, 

 as long as the perigone ; lateral lobes half-oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, ascending, middle 

 half as long again, narrowly linear-acuminate. — Allied to the preceding, I'-lV high ; 

 leaves 4"-6" long, 6"'-9"' broad ; spathes 6"'-4"', perigone 1" long, as long as the filiform 

 ovary : its bract minutely ovate. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf., Pitch Lake. 



66. E. discoidalej Lindl. I Stem leafy ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, pointed; flowei*s 

 in a terminal, shortly peduncled, branched, or simple raceme : peduncle concealed by several 

 approximate-distichous, keeled-complicated, oblong-linear, pointed, herbaceous spatlies j pe- 

 rigonial divisions blunt, exterior spathulate-oblong, interior as long, spathulate-linear ; lip 

 Z-lobed : blade broader than long : lateral lobes renvform, spreading, middle as long, half 

 as broad, subquadrate, retuse-truncate. — Habit of S. nutans, Sw., but distinguished by the 

 spathes, and a peculiar, callous, roundish area, occupying the blade of the lip below the lobes. 

 — I'-li'high; leaves 6" long, about 14" broad; spathes IJ"-!". perigone 8"'-10"' long ; 

 bracts small, lanceolate-acuminate. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



67. E. nutans, Sw. ffi.). Stem leafy; leaves oblong, ilimtish, clasping ; ^wcts 

 yellow-green, in & many-flowered, flexuose panicle : its racemose branches nodding, interior 

 supported by a large, scarious, oblong-lanceolate spathe: sterile spathe usually none ; pe- 

 rigonial divisions bluntish, exterior spathulate-oblong, interior as long, spathulate-linear ; 

 lip S-lobed : blade a Utile broader than long ; lateral lobes trapezoid-ronndish, spreading, 

 middle smaller, subquadrflte, retuse-truncate. — 1'-2' high ; leaves 8"-6", spathes 2", peri- 

 gone 8"'-10"' long ; Up 2-caUons at the base ; bracts lineal-, 2"'-8"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf, Wullschl; on trees. 



68. E. pallidiflornm, Hook. ! Stem leafy below ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong, 

 bluntish ; flowers pale-yellow " with a red stain at the top of the column," in a short, loose, 

 simple, or branched raceme : peduncle distantly bracteate, with lanceolate-linear, scarious 

 bracts ; perigonial divisions spathulate-lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptical, bluntish ; lip 



