70 



ceis inferiore bicarinato bidentato, petalis carnosis obovatis convexis 

 trinerviis apice rotundatis dorso sub apice verrucosis, labello petalis 

 duplo longiore unguiculato crassissimo obtuso linguiformi basi auriculis 



duabus membranaceis aucto medio villoso dorso verrucoso. Mexico. 



■ This is a large-flowered species. It has purple semitransparent 



sepals six lines long, and about four flowers on a slender scape, divided 

 from each other by intervals of nearly an inch. 

 1 1 • P. pandurifera ; ceespitosa, folio oblongo marginato basi angustato apice 

 tndentato caulis longitudine, pedunculo setaceo folio triplo longiore apice 



.... * infimo 



obtusissimis . labello nuuhmin lnhn Wat 



chnandrio 



son 



Brazil. An inha- 



ld bv Mr. Miers. It 



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looks like a small starved specimen of P. Grobyi. 



V.quadrifida (Dendrobium quadrifidum, La Llav. 2. 40) ; caule elongato, 

 folio cuneato-oblongo carnoso lucido vaginante, racemis fasciculatis lon- 

 gissimis erectis, bracteis acutis vaginantibus, perianthio 4-partito : sepa- 

 Iis apice reflexis, petalis sublinearibus erectis acutis, labello 3-lobo cari- 



nato cum columna elastice articulate Mexico. Flores lutescentes 



molles odorem citrinum vespere spirantes. 



ttt Trisepalae (nempe sepalis lateralibus ultra medium 



liberis.) 



(Dendrobium 



nophyllo ; folio oblongo acuto ; spicis subgeminis ; foliolis calycinis 



extenonbus lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis." Peru. Caulis, 



adjecta spica, sesqmpedalis, vaginatus. Vaginae acutee, apice laxius- 

 culte, subpolhcares. Folium basi angustatum, coriaceum, bipollicare, 

 b-y-Iineas latum. Soicse terminaW a. fi.™n ;„„„.«, <,^^~ u„^ <, nn +i,;c 



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brevibus mvolutaa. Flores pedicellati, bracteohs subtruncatis. Flores 

 vix patuli . Sepalum supremum concavum ; lateralia plana, basi cum 

 ungue labelli connata, semipollicaria. Petala tripld quadruplove breviora. 

 Labellum lanceolato-oblongum, obtusum, basi unguiculatum, subcanali- 

 culatum, plicis tnbus longitudinalibus instructum. Ex Kunth. 

 r-elegans (Dendrobium elegam, H. B K. 1. 358) ; "caule monophyllo, 

 tolio oblongo obtuso, spicis quaternis vel quinis, foliolis calycinis exte- 



notions oblongis obtusiusculis." New Granada. Caulis 8-9-poll. 



Vaginae submarcidaB, subbipollicares. Folium 5-6-poll. sesquipoll. latum, 

 bpice erect*, 6-/ -poll, basi bractea ovato-oblongl membranacea glabra 

 TS1 T fu8cescenti cinct *. Plores subsfcundi cernui. Sepala 

 ™KTw *ir T7 Pr, C . tis( l- violaceis P icta : ^teralia trinervia, basi 

 pS t ^u ^^ 3 hl i eas lon ? a » supremum latins 5-nervium. 

 w!, du A m v a ' 1 rotun , data - labellum unguiculatum, sepalis duplo 

 fl b S' V ^r 8 , lateral * us c °nnatum ; lamina libera, cum ungue 



KEft p^eK 1 •vsa carinata - <****> 



15 ' leZ a Zr ata &*• i in ^ 0t 'x^ g ' 1838 ' misc - 70.) ; folio obovato bicon- 



IS° K gl w Ca ule P Ws lon giore racemo laxo erecto multo breviore 

 apice obsoletissime tndentato. ^oi;. -kti^. __•_*• t^ in...- 



cannatis 



semiconnatis, petalis hnearibus obtusis apice callosis, labello lineari 

 obtuso canaliculate. Guatemala. A verv small snecies with the 



