454 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID.JE. 
4. Prescorria colorans. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 1915. 
P. folio solitario ovato-oblongo acuminato basi cucullato petioli longitu- 
dine, spicà densà longissimá erectà, petalis subulatis ascendentibus. 
Hab. in Brasilia, Loddiges, (v. v. c.) 
Scapus bipedalis, glauco-purpurascens. 
5. Prescorria petiolaris. Lindl. l. c. 
P. foliis latis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis petiolo longissimo brevioribus, 
spicà densissimá elongatà multiflorà, petalis sepalisque revolutis. 
Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1875, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
A very large species. The leaves alone are nearly 18 inches long, 
including the petiole, which is more than twice as long as the blade. The 
spike in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium is more than a foot long. 
6. Prescottia stachyodes. Lindl. l. c. 
P. foliis oblongis acutis basi cucullatis petiolo equalibus, spicà imbricatà 
basi rariflorà, petalis sepalisque revolutis, labello conico auriculis elon- 
gatis, bracteis ovarii longitudine. 
Cranichis stachyodes. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1427. t. 29. f. 4. 
Hab. in Antillis ; in locis lapidosis muscis obtectis, montium ceruleorum Ja- 
maice, Swartz; Tortola, Schomburgk, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Schomburgk.) 
Scapus sepe bipedalis. 
7. PnEscorria oligantha. 
P. foliis petiolatis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis luridis, scapo fili- 
formi, vaginulis minutis acutis, spicà filiformi, floribus numerosis om- 
nium minutissimis approximatis, sepalis conniventibus, labelli galeati ob- 
tusissimi auriculis elongatis. 
Cranichis oligantha. Swartz. prodr. 120. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1425. t. 29. f. 2. 
Hab. in Jamaica ; inter dejecta arborum vegetabiliumqe in montibus sum- 
mis, Februario florens, Swartz. 
Scapus semipedalis. Flores albido-rubri, ex Swartzio. 
8. Prescorria leptostachya. Lindl. l. c. 
P. foliis oblongis acutis petiolis suis duplo longiore, spicà tenui rariflorà 
petalis sepalisque revolutis, labello oblongo emarginato basi valde gibbo, 
bracteis ovario multd brevioribus. 
Hab. in Brasilia ; in fruticetis sabulosis ad Bahiam, Salzmann, (hab. s. sp.) 
A slender-spiked plant very near P. stachyodes, from which its short- 
stalked leaves and minute bracts distinguish it. 
9. Prescorria tenuis. 
P. foliis rosulatis ascendentibus ovalibus acutis, spicd imbricata basi rari- 
florà, sepalis lateralibus erectis, petalis sepaloque dorsali ovato-triangu- 
laribus subaequalibus reflexis, labello subrotundo mucronato, bracteis 
ovarii longitudine. 
Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1862, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
A small slender species about 9 inches high. The spike thin, and less 
than 1£ inch long. 
