624 ORCHIDE^. 



the internodes ; flowers in short, subsessile, contracted racemes at the axils, whitish : pedi- 

 cels concealed by membranaceous bractlets ; perigonial divisions pointed, exterior oblong- 

 linear, interior linear ; lip recurved, obovate, emarginate, 3-callous ; column 3-dentate at the 

 summit. — Stems at length 8'-10' long {Brad/.), hanging from the branches of high trees; 

 leaves 6"'-10"' long, scarcely 1'" broad; racemes S'^-IO'" long, subcylindrical (or reduced 

 to a single flower); perigone 2'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., Bradf., very common; 

 [Gmsaal, Kegel, 1422]. 



Tbibe III. YANDEX. — PoUinaria waxy, attctched to a separable stigmatic glamd. 

 Anther of Malaxidese. — Vegetation usually aerial. 



24. NANODES, Undl. 



" Lip adnate to the column, and cohering with the exterior lateral perigonial divisions. 

 PoUinaria 4, sessile on the gland." — Stem low, leafy : no tubers ; \ixse& fleshy-coriaceous, 

 distichous ; flowers sessile, terminal. 



113. N. discolor, lAndl. — Bot. Beg. t. 1541. — The Trinidad species, though agreeing 

 with the figure, must still be verified, our specimens being in fruit. — Csespitose, creeping, 

 l"-3" long ; leaves ovate-oblong, emarginate-blunt, sheathing, spreading, about 8'" long, 

 densely approximate; flowers small, "violet," solitary (or geminate). — Hab. Trinidad'., 

 Cr., LasCuevas; [Brazil]. 



25. LOCKHARTIA, Hook. 



Lip free, 3-lobed : perigonial divisions free. Column 2-aurioled at the summit : pollinaria 

 2, clavatS, sessile on the gland. — Stem leafy : no tubers ; leaves equitant-distichous, imbri- 

 cate ; inflorescence axillary. 



114. Ii. acuta, G. Bchb. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, flat-compressed; cymes 

 dichotomous, spreading, exserted, confined to one or few of the uppermost axils : bracts 

 cordate-deltoid ; latersd lobes of the lip deltoid-dentiform, middle emarginate. — Bot. Beg. 

 t. 1806. — ITemandezia, Lindl. — Stem l'-14' long, pendulous ; leaves 8"'— 10'", perigone 2'" 

 long, the latter yellowish- white. — Hab. Trinidad I, Bradf. ; [Venezuela]. 



115. Ii. elegans, Hook. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, flat-compressed; peduncles 

 %-\-flomered, exserted : bracts cordate-deltoid ; lobes of the lip lateral short, middle oblong, 

 blunt: "tubercles of its disk numerous." — Bot. Mag. t. 2715. — Femandezia, lAndl. — 

 V-li' long ; leaves 4"-li", perigone 2'" long, the latter ydlovv with purple spots. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Cr., Bradf. ; [Veraguas!; Venezuela!; Brazil]. 



26. DICH^A, Lindl. 



tip free, undivided : perigonial divisions free, connivent. Column naked : " pollinaria 

 4 : caudlculse cuneate, gland minute." — Stem leafy : no tubers ; leaves equitant-eUstichous, 

 spreading ; flowers solitary, axillary. 



116. D. ecUnocarpa, Lindl, Leaves approximate, oblong, cuspidate-acute; "lip 

 sagittate-oblong ;" capsule ovoid, pilose-muricate : its pedicel much shorter than the leaf. — 

 Jubl. t. 322. — Cymbidium, Sw. Limodorum pendulum, Jubl. — Pendulous or decumbent ; 

 leaves 8"'-]0"'long; flowers "pale-yellow, with a blue lip, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all 

 coU., on trees and rocks among mosses ; [Cuba I to Soath Brazil !]. 



117. D. muricata, Idndl. (R.). Leaves approximate, oblong, mucronate-blunt or 

 rounded at the summit ; capsule half-obovate-oblong, pilose-muricate ; its pedicel about 

 half as long as the leaf. — Cymbidium, Sw.— Snberect or scandeut ; leaves 6"'-8"' long ; 

 flowers " larger than in the preceding " {Sw.). 



a. Leaves mucronate-blunt ; pedicels shorter than half the leaf. 



&. latifolia, Lindl. Leaves rounded at the little mucronate point ; pedicels little exceeded 

 by the leaf. 



Hab. Jamaica 1, all coll. (a, ;3) ; Dominica I, Imr. (fi), S. Vincent !, Guild. (j3) ; [Cuba 1 

 to IVeuch islands !]. 



118. n. tricbocsaefa, Lindl. Leaves oblong-linear, pointed, lecxnrted ; "lip concave, 



