622 ORCHIDE^, 



100. B. purpurea, DC. Leaves, linear or liijear-lanoeolate (12"'-4"' broad) ; flowers 

 purplish-rosy with a crimson-purple middle lobe of the, lip ; perigonial divisions subacute^ 

 exterior ovate-laneeotaie, interior ovate ; lip 1{-9)-cresfed : middle lobe cuneate-roundish, 

 crispate. — Red. Lit. ii. t. 83 : flower bad. — Scape few-branched or simple : proportions of 

 the preceding. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



101. B, Terecunda, R. Br. Leaves linear-lanceolate (10"'-12"' broad) ; flowers 

 purple; perigonial divisions. exterior ovate, pointed, interior oblong, blunt; lip 5-cresfed : 

 middle lobe broader than long, undulate. — Jacg. Ic. Rar, t. 602. — ^Limodorum altum, J acq. 

 — rSeape S'-S' high, few-branched ; perigone 10"'-8"' long. — Hab. Jamaica (jSkj.) j [Cuba , 

 to Caribbean islands]. 



102. B. Shepherdii, Hook. Leaves lanceolflte-oblong (2"-2i" broad) ; flowers pur- 

 ple; perigonial divisions exterior ovate, pointed, interior oblong, bluntisA; Up 5-crested: 

 middle lobe broader than long, crispate. — Bot. Mag. t. 3319. — B, patula, Lindl. PI. 

 Wright. — Scape 3' high, simple or few-branched ; perigone l"-ls" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 2)^.; [Cuba]. 



17. TETRAMICRA, Imdl. 



Lip free, sessile, expanded, 3-lobed. Pollinia 8. — Stem terrestrial: no tubers ; leaves 

 narrow, rigid; flowers racemose. 



103. T. rigida, Lindl. (R.). Scape distantly sheathed, few-branched above or simple ; 

 leaves few, half-cylindrical-linear, channelled, acuminate, recurved ; lip exserted, S-partite : 

 lateral segments spreading, ovate, middle large, obovate-roundish, 5-striate. — Mamlt. 

 Prodr. Icon. Bqt. Mag. t. 3098. — Bletia, G. Rchb. Cyrtopodium elegans. Ham. (Bras- 

 savola. Hook.). — :l'-3' high, rigid; leaves 4"-8" long, 1^'" broad; perigone 6'" long, 

 greenish with a rosy, purple-striate lip. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., W-ullschl., on rocks ; 

 Trinidad I, Bradf. ; [Haiti I ; Desirade]. 



104. T. -parnHorA, Lindl.l Scape distantly sheathed, simple, slender; leaves few, 

 short, complicated, oblong-linear, pointed, much recurved, fleshy ; lip shortly exserted, 

 deeply %-fid, callous at the base: lateral lobes half-ovate-oblong, middle larger, ovate, 

 bluntiah.— Bletia, G. Rchb.—6"-&' high; leaves 6"'-10"' long, 2'" broad; perigone 3"' 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf. 



105. T. montana, Gr. Stem leafy above, distantly sheathed below, simple; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, plaited-siriate, flattish, sheathing at the base ; raceme few- 

 flowered ; lip ovate-oblong, slightly S-lobed above, crenulate : middle lobe shorter, ovate, 

 blunt. — Bot. Mag. t. 2823. — ^Cymbidium, Sw. Bletia, (?. Rclih. Octomeria serratifolia. 

 Hook.! — 1' high; leaves 2"-3" long, 3"'-5"' broad; perigone 5"'-6"' long, white, yel- 

 lowish-variegated. — Hab. Jamaica !, &c;'., Wils.; [Haiti!]. 



18. PHAJUS, Lour. 



lip shortly adnate to the base of the column, spurred, 3-lobed, or subentire. Pollinia 

 8. — Stem terrestrial; leaves broad,,plaited-chartaceous ; flowers large. 



106. P. grandifolius. Lour. (R.). Scape distantly sheathed below ; leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, pointed ; flowers in a loose raceme, white ( W-ullschl.) ; perigonial divisions oblong- 

 lanceolate, pointed ; lip obovate, obsoletely 3-lobed above, undulate : middle lobe retnse : 

 spur short.— £o!!. Mag. t. 1924.— Bletia Tanlcervilliie, R. Sr.—\^' high; perigone nearly 

 2" long, spreading.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Wullschl., Al., rare ; Bethany ; [trop. Asia to Hong- 

 kong; trop. America]. 



19. EVELYNA, Paipp., Endl. 



lip free, sessile, convolute below, saccate at the base. Pollinia 8, at length powdery : 

 caudiculse very short. — Stem leafy, no aerial tubers; leaves plaited-ckartaceons ; flowers 

 supported by large bracts, in terminal heads or spikes. 



107. B. capitata, Pospp., Endl. (fl.). Stem leafy to the summit; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, uppermost lanceolate; terminal head depressed-hemispherical: bracts 

 imbricate, foliaceous, owate-lmceoMe, acuminate, about as long as the " purple " flowers ; 



