634 OROHIDEiE. 



repand-truucate ; pollinaria obovate, solid : caudicula shorter, oblong, antrorsely channelled: 

 gland as broad^ ovate. — Hab. Jamaica !, fPi/s. 



48. LEOCHILUS, Knowt., Westc. 



lAp free, cucullate below, sessile, undivided : perigonial divisions spreading, free, or the 

 exterior lateral cohering. Column low, 2-armed below the stigma with spreading branches ; 

 rostellum ovate : pollinaria 3 : caudicula linear, gland ovoid. — Scape toera/ to aerial tubers; 

 flowers in a short raceme. 



169. Ii. cocUearis, Idndl. (R.). Leaves short, oblong, pointed, usually exceeded by 

 the filiform,- erect, simple or divided scape ; branches of the latter few-flowered ; perigonial. 

 divisions ovate, blunt, exterior lateral cohering ; lip obovate, blunt, crested at the base : 

 crest semilunar. — Sw. Adnof. t. %.f. 6. — Bodriguezia, Idndl. Epidendrum labiatum, Sm. — 

 6"-li" high ; leaves variable in size ; flowers pale-yellow or "purple- and yellow-variegated" 

 (Sw.) : lip 3"'-4"' long : the Trinidad form has larger flowers and the leaves as long as the 

 scape. — Hab. Jamaica I, M'Nab, Wullschl., on trees ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad I, Cr., 

 Brad/.; [Haiti; Guadeloupe!]. 



49. KODRIGUEZIA, R.P. 



Character ot Leochilus, hut lip clawed, its claw parallel to the column, the latter slender 

 clavate, devoid of spreading appendaa;es ; perigonial divisions exterior lateral cohering.^ 

 Scape lateral to aerial tubers; flowers racemose. 



170. R. secunda, Kth. Tubers elliptical-oblong, compressed ; leaves oblong, bluntish 

 or emarginate-bluntish, about as long as the scape ; raceme many-flowered, one-sided ; 

 flowers rosy ; perigonial divisions spathulate-oblong, as long as the lip, the latter conli'acted 

 above the spathulate claw, its blade shorter, emarginate-roundish, callous at the base; 

 column shortly 2-appendiculate at the rostellum. — Bot. Reg. t. 930. — 8"-1 2" high ; leaves. 

 10"'-6"' broad; perigone 6"' long.— Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; Ttm\is.i\, Bradf. ; [Pa- 

 nama!; New Granada!; Guiana!; Brazil!]. 



50. ASPASIA, Undl. 



Up adnate by its claw to the column, its blade spreading, flattish : perigonial divisions 

 exterior superior, and 3 interior usually cohering and adhering to the base of the column. 

 Column naked, margined : pollinaria 2, dorsaUy furrowed : base of the caudicula embracing 

 the gland. — Scape lateral to aerial tubers, simple. 



171. A. variegata, Lindl. Tubers " 2-leaved ;" leaves ohlong-linear, shortly acumi- 

 nate, about as long as the 1-3-flowered scape; perigonial divisions oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, 2 interior cohering with the exterior superior, equalling the clavate column ; lip 

 with 2 pubescent tubercles at the base, 3-lobed : middle lobe much larger, roundish. — Bot. 

 B^g. 1. 1907.^ — Scape 4"-6" high ; flower variegated, spotted-greenish, with a violet-spotted, 

 white lip, 8"'-10'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, from specimens introduced from that island; 

 [Guiana ! to Brazil]. 



51. NOTYUA, Undl. 



Lip " free," or a little adhering by its claw to the column, its blade entire : perigonial 

 divisions exterior lateral cohering. Column slender, naked : anther dorsal: "pollinaria 2,_ 

 solid : caudicula clavate-linear : gland minute." — Scape lateral to l-leaeed, aerial tubers ; 

 flowers racemose. 



173. N. punctata, Lindl. "Leaves oblong, flat; rhachis of the pendulous raceme 

 flexuose : flowers whitish ; perigonial divisions bluntish, exterior lateral cohering to about the 

 middle ; Zip clawed, cordate-ovate, blunt, callous at the base." — Bot. Reg. t. 759. — Pleuro- 

 thallis, Lindl. — "Leaves about 3'" long, li" broad: racemes as long or longer: flowers 

 distant, 4'" long." — Hab. Trinidad (Lindl.). 



173. W. incurva, Lindl. "Leaves flat; flowers pale-yellow; perigonial divisions 

 pointed, exterior lateral cohering to about the middle ; Up clawed, cordate-ovate, keeled 

 below the pointed summit, reflexed at the margin, devoid of a callus at the base."— 

 " Flowers larger than in other species."— Hab. Triaidad (Lindl.). 



