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habit of P. Grobyi, and of no beauty. It grows in dense tufts on the 



branches of trees. 



1 6. P. scariosa {Bendrobium scariosum, Llave 2. 39.) ; caule brevissimo folio 

 elliptico carnoso supra hyalino margine scarioso, pedunculis 3-4 filifor- 

 mibus flexuosis secundifloris, sepalis concavis, petalis planis, labello tri- 

 partite Mexico. Planta exigua. Folia enervia. Spatha mem- 



branacea brevissima in sinu folii. Sepala luteo-virescentia. Petala 

 nivea, linea longitudinali limboque purpurascente variegata, ex La Llave. 



17. P. aristata (Lindl. in ann. nat. hist. 4. 116. 2. 329. t. 15.) ; csespitosa, 

 folio ovali acuto apiculato basi angustato caule longiore, racemo capillan 

 flexuoso erecto 4-6-floro folio ter longiore, bracteis vaginantibus cuspi- 

 datis, pedicellis elongatis, sepalis aristatis subciliatis laterahbus semi- 

 connatis, petalis lanceolatis acuminatis semipinnatifidis duplo brevioribus, 

 labello lineari glanduloso-hispido apice rotundato basi glabra utnnque 

 auriculato. Demerara. Flowers purple, apparently streaked with 



yellow. » ,. , , x 



18. P. laxa (L. 13.) ; "caule monophyllo, folio oblongo acuminato, racemis 



laxis, capsulis nudis." Jamaica. P. alpestri valde affims; utraque 



bracteis cucullatis distincta. Racemi foliis subsequales. Flores secundi, 

 atropurpurei, lineati. Bractese cucullatoe. Sepala lateralia semiconnata. 

 LabeUum ovatum, canaliculatum, apice reflexum, coerulescens. 



19. P. alpestris (L. 14.) ; " caule monophyllo, foho ovato- lanceolate, race- 

 mis laxis, carinis capsularum muricatis." Jamaica.-— -Racemi to ho 



sjepe longiores. Flores parvi, secundi, luteo-vindes. Sepala lateralia 

 semiconnata. Labellum ovatum, obtusum, concavum, minutum, atropur- 

 pureum. 



Spicatce ; nempe pediceUis quam bractea3 brevioribus 



v. vix longioribus. 



f Disepalae. 



i racemifiora (L. no. 8. Ex. Fl. t. 123.); folio oblongo *** &***»■ 

 rnio secCdo multifloro duplo breviore, bracteis vaginatis appressis, 

 : m ^A e ! uto . lanceo i ati8 : laterahbus connatis petahs ovatis subrcquahbus, 



ibunguiculato linguseformi obtuso piano, chnandno dentato. 



#* 



> labello s 

 || Jamaica. 



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r.mumacea ^indl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. 2.); Mo lanceolato pctio o 

 longiore, spica nutante multiflora foliis 3-pl6 longiore, sepalis .uneanbus 

 acuSinaiis P sub T alibu 8 ^l^M 

 SS C P0= %£*£%$£ t" -ce of the glume of a 



¥*?anceolata (L. no. 5.) ; caule ascendente tereti ^"fi^g*" 

 erecto basi augu^to fere triple longiore^ racemo ^^^°J™££ 

 " , nutante e spatha maxima conacea dimidiam fohi ^ «J^J 



. Peru . Taking the stem and spike ogether -this plant » * foot 



and half high, while the leaf is about seven inches long. "y^J™ 

 of HumbSa and Stelis lanceolata, quoted in the Gen «*Jfc*J»5 

 to Stelis disticha of Poppig, according to a specimen in WiUdenow 



herbarium. gu brotundo-ovato petiolato ra- 



P. cauhflora (Hook. ic. pi. t. ov.), iouu rt j,i nntr A ft htusa vaei- 



eemis secundis fasciculatis dupl6 breviore, spatha oblonga obtusa vagi 



