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Swartz's herbarium, G. Bchb. fouud only a single leaf. — Perigone smaller than in the pre- 

 ceding, 12"'-14"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Nevis (B. subulifolia, Lindl.). 



94. B. nodosa, Lindl. (R.). Leaf "channelled, lanceolate-acuminate ;" flowers few, 

 large, corymbose; perigonial divisions liuear-acumiuaie, longer than their distance from the 

 axis ; lip ovate-roundish, long-cuspidate, entire, somewhat longer than the claw, the latter 

 often serrulate. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 213. Bot. Reg. 1840. t. 39. — Epidendram, Jacq., 

 Sw.,L. (excl. syn. SI.). Bletia, G. Rchb. B. venosa, Lindl. I: this I know not how to 

 distinguish from B. nodosa, Bot. Reg. — Perigone much larger than in hoth preceding 

 species, 3"-ai'' long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Ma<f., Pd., March, Bancr. ; [Baru ; Mexico to 

 New Granada !]. . 



** Sca^ terminal from an aerial tuber. 



95. B. Toxneriformis, G. Rchb. (in lit.) " Leaf lanceolate-oblpng, bluntish, keeledr 

 3-quetrous, sessile upon a small aerial tuber, aslong as the \-flouiered scape ; flowers" . . 

 — ^Epidendrum, Sw, Bletia, G. Rchb. — "Allied to B.pumilio, G. Kchb,, which has ex 

 serted scapes ; tubers scarcely 2'" long, approximate-serial ; leaf 5"'-6"' long." — Hab. Ja- 

 maica {Sw.), on trees. 



14. L.ffi!LIOPSIS, Lindl. 



Lip free, sessile, emarginate-subentire, convolute below, membranaceous. PoUinia 8. — 

 Scape terminal from an aerial tuber ; leaves leathery ; flowers corymbose, devoid of spa- 

 thaceous bracts. 



96. Ii. domingensis, Lindl. Tubers l(-2)-leaved; leaf oblong-linear, bluntish, 

 cremilate, much shorter than the scape ; perigone pale-blue . divisions exterior lanceolate, 

 intei'ior eUiptiCal-obloug ; lip little exserted, obovate, broadly emarginate, crispate-undulate : 

 veins hairy within. — Cattleya, Lindl. Bletia, G. Rchb. I — li'-2' high; leaf 4 -6", perigone 

 abou); 14"long. — Hab. Jamaica !, JforcA, on trees ; [Cuba!; Haiti!]. 



15. SCHOMBUEGKIA, Lindl. 



Lip shortly adnate to the margin of the column at its base : lateral lobes or lower part 

 convolute. Pollinia 8. — Scape terminal from an aerial, fusiform tuber ; leaves fleshy- 

 leathery ; flowers racemose; often crispate : bracts large, spathaceous. 



97. S. carinata, Or. (». sp.). Leaves oblong, blunt; flowers variegated; bracts as 

 long as the pedicels and ovary, spreading, sterile^ appresaed-sheathing ; perigonial divisions 

 oblong, blunt, crispate, exceeding the lip ; lip undivided, ovate-oblong, pointed, crispate at 

 the margin, h-keeled within : keels straightish, narrow, entire, subequal, tapering above ; 

 column 3-dentate at the summit, exceeded by the lip.^ — Habit of S. glonosa (Bot. Mag. t. 

 3729) ; leaf 8" long, 1^" broad ; raceme 1', bracts 3", perigone 1" long, the latter densely 

 spotted with purple (in drying). — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., S. Anns, on trees. 



98. S. undulata, Lindl. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, rounded-blunt ; flowers violet- 

 purple with a crimson-rosy lip : bracts exceeded at length by the ovary ; perigonial divi- 

 sions oblong-linear, bluntish, crispate, exceeding the lip ; lip S-lobed: lateral lobes roundish, 

 middle hvoaidiy clawed, ovate, bluntish, longitudinally 1-crested: crests undulate; column 

 much shorter than the \rp.—Bot. 2te^. 1845. t. 53.— Bletia, G. Rchb. — 4' high; leaves 

 10"-12" long, 2" broad; bracts membranaceons, 1^" long; perigone 1^' long: divisions 

 3"'_4"' broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Bradf., uncomifion, on trees ; [Venezuela ; New Granada]. 



16. BLETIA, R. P. 



Lip free, sessile, cueullate below its division, gibbous at the base, usually longitudinally 

 crested within. Pollinia 8, — Tuber depressed, terrestrial, terminated by a tuft of plaited, 

 oHartaceous, acuminate leaves ; scape lateral ; flowers racemose. 

 ''^ 99. B. florida, R. Br. (B.). Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate (12"'-4"' broad) ; 

 flowers rosy (or white) with a white middle lobe of the lip ; perigonial divisions exterior 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a bluntish point, interior ovate, bluntish; lip h-crested: middle lobe 

 cuneate-roundish, crispate.— 5o«. Reg. t. 1401.— Scape l'-2' high, simple; perigone 

 1 0"'-8"' lone.^HAB. Jamaica !, Wullschl., on rocky soil ; Tiinidad ! ; [Venezuela]. 



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