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natis, interioribus linearibus acutis, labello parvo subcordato-orbiculari . 



Caraccas. 



90. P. scainYm^im (Lindl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. 2.); folio cordato-lanceolato 

 apice tridentato caule duplo longiore, floribus subsolitariis, sepalis ovatis 

 convexis subsequalibus lateralibus omnino connatis, petalis brevioribus 



ungui 



vena intermedia apice varicosa. Peru.- The habit of this plant is 



the same as of P. succosa, but the leaves are more horizontal. 



91. Y.cordata (L. no. 4.) ; caule tereti sulcato folio subrotundo conaceo 

 horizontal alte cordato acuminato multo longiore, floribus fasciculatis e 

 spatha brevi coriacea subexsertis. Peru. One of the largest spe- 

 cies, with stems a foot high, and almost destitute of sheaths. 



92. V.undulata (Pbppig & Endlich. 1. p. 48.) ; caule semitereti folium 

 ovato-lanceolatum acuminatum cordatum undulatum membranaceum 

 horizontale triplo excedente, floribus in sinu folii fasciculatis paucis pe- 

 dunculos spatha truncata membranacea inclusos jequantibus, sepalis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis inferioribus ad apicem usque connatis, 

 labello oblongo apice obtuso bidentato erecto piano. — —I*™/' ™ 

 is very near P. cordata, if not the same. Pbppig and Endhcher state 

 that it differs in the leaves being coriaceous and undulated. 



93. P. atropurpurea (Specklinia atropurpurea , Lindl. inBot. Reg. sub 1. 1797.)', 

 vaginis caulis 2-3 ventricosis, folio oblongo piano 7-9-venio, flore soh- 

 tario subsessili, petalis 3-cuspidatis, labelli lamina sagittata.— Jamaica. 



Folium 2 i poll, longum, basi angustatum. Vaginae infundibulares, 



pollicem long*, in caulem 2-pollicarem. Flores atropurpurei. Ovarium 



, hexapterum ; alis apice truncatis petaUnis minoribus. Alabastrus semun- 



^ ciam longus, angustus, falcatus. Sepala anteriora basi gibbosa, oblongo- 



linearia. Petal? nana, vix 2 lineas longa, ovata, 3-cuspidata obhqua, 

 saepius vena altera excurrente, altera in dimidio majore petah abbreviate 

 T,,Lii„ m unomir.nlatum. in columnam pronum, cum ejus basi articula- 



axi 



ticis obtusis. Columna petaloideo-alata 



(Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sab fol. 1 797.) ; cauhbus stnctis tolio 

 aneusie ooioneo apice tridentato paulo longioribus, peduncuhs sub- 

 Sgatis unnforis flore vix longioribus, sepalis « campamflati 8 lateralibus 

 se°Snnatis supremo oblongo brevioribus, labello subhastato obtusis- 

 simo apice vittisq. duabus elevatis carnosis papulosis. VraziC- 



Flowers 



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Lceves ; c. labello trilobo. 



95 P sicaria (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 187.) ; foHo oblongo angusto 

 DlaTo 7n caulem triplb lon|iorem triquetrum canaliculatum deorsum 

 aCnUmlgastato 1 : pedu.Sulis ^^^J^Z^S^ 



sepalis linean 



sed 



SKT3S MS Tc^rmTbliwiato ^jjf-fS 



ctinandrio serrato. Trinidad. This species is remarkable in is 



8 em be?ng exactly like a bayonet blade with the point downwards t 

 siem ueiu e j , An „ aTa nre crreenish yellow with pale 



96, 



grows nearly a foot high. The flowers are greenisn yenuw „ 

 purple stripes along the petals, andnone at a 1 on thjlJJ-. 



retusum 



lanceoiaio cnmuov i^^v * 

 luto, pedunculis plurimis 



ntegr 



filiformib 





