632 ORCHIDB^. 



cohering (while Lindley describes them as dislinctin his own form). — 1'-2' high; leaves 3'" 

 broad; flowers "very variable in colour, red, yellow, or pale" {Jacg.) : lip 6"'-8"' long, 

 9"'_10"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf. ; Antigua 1, Wullschi., Bradf., Dominica I, Imr. ; 

 [Mexico, Venezuela !, New Granada !]. 



157. O. variegatum, Sw. (Z.). Leaves channelled-equitant, falcate-oblong, pointed, 

 crennlate, much exceeded hy the simple, or divided, many-flowered scape ; perigonial divi- 

 sions interior obovate, exterior spathulate, lateral cohering to or near to the summit ; lip 

 lamellate-crested at the base ; lateral lotes rounded, small or about one-third as large as 

 the middle one, the latter reniform,-%-lobed ; wings of the column half-ovate. — SI. t. 148. 



/. 2. — Very variable in the form of the lip and the column-wings : hence I regard 0. velu- 

 tinum, Lindl. (R.), as a narrower-leaved form with puberulous flowers, my specimens showing 

 on the same axis the lateral lobes of the lip approximate to the middle one or distant from 

 it. 8"-li'high; leaves short, 5"'-4"'(-2"') broad; flowers spotted-rosy and white-varie- 

 gated: lip 6'" long, 8"'-10"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; [Cuba!, Haiti!, Swedish 

 islands]. 



158. O. sylvestre, Lindl. ! Leaves channelled-equitant, falcate-linear, pointed, en- 

 tire, much exceeded by the simple, or divided, many-few-flowered scape ; perigonial divi- 

 sions interior obovate, exterior spathulate, lateral cohering to near the summit ; lip lamel- 

 late-crested at the base : lateral lobes roundish, much smaller than the middle one, the 

 latter cordati-reniform, repand, Z-lobed ; wings of the column half-ovate, pointed. — Very 

 near the preceding, but lateral lobes of the lip half as large. 8"-15" high ; leaves short, 

 1"'_2"' broad; flowers rosy: lip 6'" long, 8'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschi.; [Cuba I] . 



** Leaves terete, acuminate. 



159. O. Cebolleta, Sw. "Leaves terete, striate, acuminate, subsoUtary, much ex- 

 ceeded by the divided, many-flowered scape ; perigonial divisions all distinct, obovate-oblong ; 

 lip crested at the base : middle lobe reniform-2-lobed, distant from the small, lateral ones ; 



, wings of the column falcate." — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 217. Bot. Reg. 1. 1994. — Epideudrum, 

 Jacq. — The S. Lucia plant (Hb. Banks), quoted by Lindl., was afterwards distinguished hy 

 him from Jacquin's species as 0. ascendens, Lindl., said to differ by smaller flowers and 

 linear-incurved colnmn-wings. " Leaves 4"-12" long, 5"'-3"' diam. ; flowers yellow, usually 

 spotted." — Hab. S. Lucia (Lindl.) ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



*** Leaves flat ; perigonial divisions all distinct. 



160. O. luridum, Lindl. I Root flbrous ; scape lateral, panicled ; leaves thick, broadly 

 lanceolate-oblong, with a bluntish point ; perigonial divisions distinct, clawed-obovate, un- 

 dulate ; lip crested with 5 or more tubercles : base with its obsolete, lateral lobes narrower 

 than the transversely oblong, emargimate middle lohe ; wings of the column fleshy, 

 rounded. — Bot. Reg. 25. 1. 16. — Epideudrum gnttatum, L. — 3'-4' liigh ; leaves 1' long, 4" 

 broad, or " narrower j" flowers usually dull-yellow, brown-spotted : lip 10"' broad, middle 

 lobe half as long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. ; Trinidad!, Sch., Bradf.; [Cuba! to Vene- 

 zuela!]. 



0. carthaginense, Sw. (Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 214), distinguished by the base of the lip as 

 broad as the clawed middle lobe, and by paler flowers, does not occur in our West Indian 

 collections ; the homonym of Sw.'s Flora is probably 0. luridum, not yet separated at that 

 time. 



161. O. ampliatum, Lindl. Aerial tubers roundish, compressed; scape lateral, 

 panicled ; leaves leathery, lanceolate-oblong, blunt ; perigonial divisions distinct, clawed- 

 obovate ; lip crested with tubercles above the slender claw : lateral lobes minute, middle 

 transversely-oblong, 2-loied ; wings of the column membranaceous, 2 lateral, transversely 

 oblong, denticulate, one on the back of the anther.— Bot. Beg. t. 1699. — 1'^2' high; 

 leaves 6" long, 14" broad; flowers yellow : lip 6"'-8"' broad, middle lobe as long.— Hab. 

 TnmisAX, Bradf . ; [Costarica to Venezuela], 



162. O. altissimum, Sw. Aerial tubers elliptical-oblong, compressed, 1-Ieavedj 

 scape high, racemose, or with ascending, few-flowered branches ; leaves oblong-lauceolate, or 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate ; perigonial divisions distinct, ohlong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 

 undulate; lip as long, crested with tubercles at the contracted hose : lateral lobes reduced 



