620 ORCHIDE^. 



88. B. sangfuinea, R. Br. — SI. t. 121./. 2. — Dendrobiuin, Sw. Epidendruin, Sie. — 

 Tuber oval-oblong, 2-leaved; scape 8"-15" high; leaves lanceolate-oblong, or oblong- 

 linear, i-4 as long as the scape ; raceme 5-12-flowered ; perigone 8"'-10"' long : exterior 

 divisions lanceolate, or oblong, interior broadly- elliptical; lip undivided, obcordate-roundish, 

 subsessile. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coU,, on trees, iu the low lands, Westmoreland; [Cuba I]. 



11. CATTLEYA, Undl. 



Character of Bpidendrum, but lip free, sessile, convolute below around the column. — 

 Scape tei-minal from a %-\-leaved aerial tuber ; leaves leathery ; ^ova^ few-solitary mp- 

 ^orted iy spathaceous hracts, 



89. C. Skinneri, Batem., var. parvifiora. Hook. . Tubers subcompressed, lanceolate- 

 oblong, often several-nodal, 2-leaved ; leaves oval, or oval-oblong, blunt ; spathe 2-leaved, 

 supporting the 2-6 (-8) -flowered scape ; perigoiie rosy : divisions pointed, exterior oblong- 

 lanceolate, interior oblong ; lip imdivided, elliptical-oblong, pointed, convolute at the base. — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4916. — C. Deckeri, Kl. Epidcndrum Hnegeliauum, var., 6. Rchb. : o has 

 larger flowers aud a " blunt lip," and is possibly the S of our form, in which all pollinaria 

 "proved imperfect" (Bradf). — Stem 6"-8", leaves 4"-6", perigone 1" long. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad!, Cr., Bradf., common ; [Guatemala, along the damp coast]. 



12. LJELIA, Lindl. 



lAp free, sessile, 3-lobed, channelled-convolute around the column below the division. 

 Pollinia 8; caudiculae 4. — Scape terminal from an aerial tuber; \ea,ves JlesAy ; flowers 

 large, supported by spathaceous bracts. 



90. Ii. superbiens, Lindl. " Tuber elliptical-oblong, 2-1-leaved ; leaves obloug ;" 

 flowers corymbose, rosy vrith a purple and yellow-variegated lip ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 



J large, exceeding the pedicel, inferior sterile ; perigonial divisions lanceolate-oblong, blnntish, 

 flat i lateral lobes of the lip broadly oblong, middle about half as long, broader than long, 

 emarginate-blnnt, crested at the base : crests 5, longitudinal, broad, truncate, dentate ; 

 column dentate at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 4090 ; in our form the flowers are less nu- 

 merous. — Bletia, G. Bchb. — Stout; bracts 2"-2i", flowers 2^" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., 

 Wils. ; [Mexico to Costarica]. 



13. BRASSAVOLA, R. Br. 



Lip free, clawed, nearly undivided : claw channelled, convolute around the column. Pol- 

 linia 8. — held solitary, narrow, fleshy ; ys&OTeseenae terminal. 



* Stem cylindrical, sheathed, 1-leaved towards the summit : no aerial tubers. 



91. B. cucuUata, S. Br, (72.). Leaf subcylindrical, linear-acuminate ; flower soli- 

 '\ tary ; perigonial divisions long, lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; lip shortly clawed, cucullate- 



subulate, fimbriate at the margin below its long, lineajr-aoumiuate, terminal appendage. — 

 Bot. Mag. i. 543.— Epidendrum, L. Bletia, G. Rchb. — Csespitose, about V high ; leaf 

 6"-10" long, 2'" diam. ; perigone yellowish-white, 3"-24" long. — Hab. Dominica !, bur., 

 S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad I, .BraisJ'., abundant ; [Mexico to Venezuela]. 



92. "&. cor&a,ta,j Lindl. [R). Leaf complicated-linear, acuminate, recurved ; ^weM 

 corymbose ; yexigomai. divisions lanceolate-linear, acuminate, about as long as their distance 

 from the axis; lip subcordate-roundish, cuspidate, entire, scarcely as long as the claw.^ 

 Bot. Mag. *. 3782.— Bletia, ff.iSoM.- 8"-12"high; leaf 6"-8"long! its sides 4'" broad , 

 perigone greenish with a white lip, li" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, JM'iVai, Wullschl.; [Brazil]. 



93. B. Sloanei, Or. Leaf " channelled-halfcylindrical, linear-acuminate, straightish ;" 

 flowers corymbose ; perigonial divisions lanceolate-linear, acuminate, shorter than their dis- 

 tance from the axis ; lip subcordate-roundish, mucronate, entire, longer than the claw. — 

 SI. t. 221. /. 3. Bot. Mag. t. 3229.— B. nodosa. Hook, {non Lindl. in Bot. Reg.). B. 

 subulifolia, Lindl." (" leaves very nairow ") : Cymbidium subulatum, Sw., if erroneously de- 

 scribed, may possibly belong to this ; it is, however a quite doubtful Orchid, of which, in 



