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48. P. luteola (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. no. 2.) ; folio ovato canali- 

 culato acuto tridentato petiolo suo breviore, pedunculo trifloro folio 



! adpresso eoque breviore, floribus glabris, sepalis lateralibus connatis 



omnibus carinatis, petalis spathulatis emargmatis labello hnean obtuw 



f canaliculato glabro. Brazil 1 The small yellow flowers exhale the 



smell of a sliced cucumber in the middle of the day. 

 • 49. P. bicarinata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 11.); folio oblongc , co- 



riaceo planiusculo leviter carinato basi subcordato petiolo acute cana- 

 liculato univaginato breviore, sepalis lineanbus eequahbus lateralibus 



I carinatis ad aplcem fere connatis, sepalis lineari-obovatis minut* ^ serratis 



glabris, labello obovato carnoso medio exarato denticu o mflexo utrmque 



prone basin. Brazil. Flowers dull greenish-yellow. The leaf is 



TeTnche long, the stem six, with a large withered sheath in the middle 

 50. V ochreata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t 1797.); fo Jo ■ «~ "»»^ 

 complicate mucrone acuto racemo denso flexuoso n «^du^o lo^ore, 

 bracteis cucullatis imbricatis acutis, sepalis carinatis ^^^^^ 

 • semiconnatis, petalis lineari-oblongis nanis ™^™^ ^ 



Brazil. Calyx red or vermilion colour. 



size, yellow. 



P. obovata (Specklinia obovata, Lindl. in dou **g. ™. '*"""•;" , ''' 

 folio coriaceo obovato emarginato basi angustato eanaliculato cauk , Ion 

 -iore spicis brevibus f asciculatis , flonbus glaberrimis sepalis petalisqut 

 Sbracuminatis, labello linear! abrupte acuto medio pauMum con- 

 stricto, columna cucullata alata subdentata.— Brazv l~-^ ^f^ 

 are obovate and very thick; the flowers are small, pale yellow, scentless, 

 and in numerous fascicled short spikes. H P ntato caule 



"^SSL latere™, pe£U J*^^^ 1 *^ 

 SZndt rttlo^ %£. The height of the .argea, 



S^CI^tave^ £ 'SL- *- - .he ooio. of eaeh 



lateral lobe. 



drawings of M. Descourtilz 



natis supremo subrettexo, petans j acuto caf . 



acutis, labello integerrimo lm^formi medio incur o _P__ 



noso recurvo supra glabro subtus barbate. _ £«™' yarvi 



three inches high. Leaves fleshy, keeled ^J^te ra ther obtuse! 



in number from two to many. Sepals ovate-lanceo^te, ra 



the lateral ones combined half way up >; colour P^^ C p P wer , 



base, and, if examined with a glass °/ v mode 7f r m t S Jiliate, acute, or 

 pillose. Petals much smaller than the ^^rneaXincurved in 



^J^-if!L5S=ffi ^ 535- arcuato caule 



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