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mibus duplo minoribus, labello apice lineari carnoso obtuso basi oblongo 

 canalicular sessili. Peru. A very fine species, found in the pro- 

 vince of Chachapoyas by Matthews. The flowers are three • quarters ot 

 an inch long, and, apparently, purple and green. The length of the 

 leaves from three to five inches, their breadth one to one and a halt. 

 This requires to be compared with Dendrobium acuminatum ot ti. 15. K , 

 the No. 13. of this enumeration. 



3. P. Mans (Lindl. in Bot. Keg. sub. t. 179/.); caule brevi, folio oblongo 



basi angustato obtuso racemo flexuoso 6-9-floro duplo breviore, bracteis 

 minutis ochreatis, pedicellis arcuatis elongatis, flonbus bilabiatis : labio 

 postico 2-dentato antico oblongo obtuso, petalis cuneatis, abe llo oyato- 

 lanceolato acuminato pubescente basi concavo, columna clavata clinan- 



drio ciliato. Brazil. A fine species from the Organ Mountains 



The leaf is three inches long, the scape nine to twelve. The ovary and 

 pedicel together are about half an inch, and the sepals nearly the same 

 length. The flowers are purple and green. , 



4. P. oblongifolia (Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2. ; folio ob ongc ob uso 



carnoso racemo erecto laxo du P 16 breviore, sepalis acuminata lat erahbus 

 .- ^.i- * *;» +«™™« lnhplln anffusto elabro apice carnoso 



connatis, petaiis iruucaus "»^'«) — ~~ — -~o " *,..„„,, _„,i 



contraction. Jamaica. Resembles P. racemiflora. ^■red- 

 Fruit narrow, obovate, six-ribbed, very smooth Bracts c«^, acute. 

 5. P. macrorhiza (Lindl. in Hooker's Bot. MisceU.) ; ^.^f^^ 

 aeutis carnosis basi valde angustatis cum petiolo «f « f ^ ^ 

 2-3-floro erecto capillari foliis subsequah v longiore basi cumpeteto 

 laxe vaginato, sepalis ovato-oblongis : laterahbus fere ad ap eem con 

 natis, petalis cuneatis, labello ovato obtuso basi cucullate ^petah du P 16 

 longiore p eru . Flores verosimditer flavi, pro genere magni. 



c. p:°;r; ( iindi. ircomp. * Bo t. m*. v . 20 s ^° h z^™:X 



caule lomriore racemo solitario laxo paucifloro folio longiore, sepalis 



roton^raeu^rin.qualibus, labello obovato lancecdato ^V^ 



clinandrio subcucullato denticulate. Brazil. Flores tusco pur 



purei intus lutei maculati. 



7. Y.flexuosa (Specklinia flexuma, f oppig, u jv j , ^ - * 



piyllo. ^ late, lanceohite acute .racemo -f*"^ 



tandem 



infimis 



v 



flexuoso, sepalis intus villosis innmis uiu» ™™-~r~ ice ^ ntata 

 semilun^tis, labello oblongo superb angulato, columna apice 





8. P^3£Z!.bS sub f. 1797.), «^^^STK 



aeju-etis, ^^^^^T^rZZZ K. /« 



unisulcato. Brazil. 



and the flowers smaller than in others. 



tf Disepals ; labello trilobo v. repando 



10. P. pachyglossa (L 



scapo filiformi 



lato apice tridentato caule ™o ^»r aC uminatis membrana- 

 erecto distanter 4-floro, sepalis hnean-lanceolatis acum 





