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with drooping zigzag spikes. The P. floribunda of Poppig is the same 

 as P. macrophylla, no. 44. 

 41. P. caulescens (Lindl. in Hooker's Bot. Misc. 2.); caulibus ascendentibus 



Miosis gracillimis, foliis membranaceis patentibus vaginantibus linean- 

 lanceolatis vix costatis, racemis 2-3 terminalibus erectis subsecundis cau- 

 lium longitudine, bracteis ochreatis ovatis acutis, sepalis lanceolatis : 

 lateralibus subconnatis, petalis ovatis acutis duplo brevioribus, labello 



postico unguiculato ovato obtuso obsolete trilobo complicato. Peru. 



This is another of the species which bear many leaves on a stem 

 instead of one ; they do not however appear to possess any other cha- 



racter m common. 



42. 



) 



viore, bracteis membranaceis ochreatis, floribus pendulis, sepalis acumi- 

 natis lateralibus apice tantum liberis, petalis minimis oblongis acutis, 



labello lineari 

 pubescent e . Brazil . 



Flowers cinnamon-coloured. The leaves are 



very like those of Leptotes bicolor. 

 43. P. rupestru (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1797.); && tereti mucronato 



antice 



semiconnatis 



bifurco : cruribus parallelis porrectis acutis. Brazil. 



benti-virens. Sepala purpurascentia. Petala purpurea. 



magno carnoso 

 Scapus ru- 



• 



Section 2. Effus^e. Spicae v. racemi folio multo breviores. 



* Laves ; nempe, floribus omnino pube orbatis. * 



44. P. macrophylla (L. no. 11. P \ floribunda, Popp. & Endl. t. 84.); caule 

 semitereti folium oblongo-lanceolatum petiolatum coriaceum erectum 

 dupld excedente, racemis fasciculatis numerosissimis patulis folio triplo 

 brevioribus spatha saccata basi inclusis, sepalis ovato-oblongis inferion- 

 bus ad basin liberis, labello subrotundo basi apiceque acuminato. 



Peru. A specimen in the herbarium of Willdenow identifies Poppig s 



P. floribunda and the macrophylla of Humboldt and Kunth. 



45. P. decurrens (Poppig & Endl. t. 83.) ; caule anguloso folium subrotun- 



dum utrinque acutum ad medium cordatum lobis adnatis decurrens 



triplo excedente, spicis in sinu medii folii paucis abbreviatis oliganthis, 



sepalis sequilongis inferiore ex duobus ad apicem connatis consistente 



latiore bimucronato. Peru. A large species looking like P. 



Mathewsii. 



46. V.secunda (Poppig & Endl. t. 85.); caule tereti folium oblongum acu- 

 minatum basi acutum tripl6 excedente, racemis folio brevioribus capilla- 

 ribus paucifloris, floribus erectis secundis, sepalis lat& ovatis inferioribus 

 ad apicem connatis, labello cordato subrotundo longe unguiculato. 

 Peru. 



47. P. prolifera (L. no. 1.) ; caulibus ancipitibus, folio oblongo cochleato 

 carnoso prolifero racemo duplo longiore, bracteis cuneatis cuspidatis 

 cucullatis pedicello brevioribus, sepalis conniventibus : lateralibus semi- 

 connatis, petalis labelloque conformibus duplo longioribus, clinandrio 

 dentato . Brazil. 



