502 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDZE. 
labello apice lunato laciniis falcatis revolutis, calcare filiformi incurvo 
ovario breviore. 
Hab. in Brasilia; in Serra de Piedade ad arbores, prov. Min. Ger. Martius 
(exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. Monac.) 
Stem as stout as a swan's quill, S inches high. Leaves with petiole 
from 4 to 6 inches long. Spike about 4 inches long, with rose coloured 
bracts and flowers of the same colour, but paler. 
4. Pnvsunvs densiflorus. 
P. caule ascendente, foliis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, spicà 
den:À cylindraceá intra folia subsessili, labello apice crasso unguiculato 
sagittato, calcare falcato ovario longiore. 
Hab. in Brasilia ; in sylvis prope Bahiam, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. 
Monac.) i 
Stem about 6 inches high, rooting at the base. Leaves apparently more 
firm than usual, although many-nerved, yet with only 3 principal ribs 
visible when dry. Spike very close, about 4 inches long, not much pro- 
jecting beyond the leaves in the only specimen I have seen. 
5. Puvsunvs bifalcis. 
P. caule erecto, foliis multinerviis ovali-lanceolatis in petiolum brevem 
sensim angustatis scapo zqualibus, spicà laxà elongata, labello apice 
lunato biconvexo laciniis elongatis falcatis, calcare filiformi incurvo 
óvario breviore. 
Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews 1976. (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Stem erect, 6 inches high. Upper leaves as long or longer than the 
slender scape, which bears about 3 loose smooth sheaths. Bracts lanceo- 
late, longer than the ovary. Lateral sepals very narrow, and about the 
same length as the spur, which is but very little inflated. 
6. Puysurvus ovatus. 
P. caule erecto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, spicà conicà 
densissim? imbricatà pubescente, labello apice lunato apiculato : 
laciniis subtruncatis, calcare vesicato. 
Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1877. (hab. s. sp.) 
Stem erect, about 6 inches long, terminated by a slender scape rather 
more than twice as long and finely downy. Flowers very small, arranged 
in an ovate or conical head. 
7. Puvsunvs repens. 
P. pubescens, labello elliptico apice utrinque transversim emarginato lobo 
terminali reniformi apiculato dentato, calcare ovario dimidio breviore 
reflexo, spica elongata, scapo medio folioso ; foliis petiolatis lanceolatis, 
acutis, 
Pelexia repens. Poppig. gen. et. sp. 2. 17. t. 124. f. a—e. 
Hab. in Peruvie subandinz montibus sylvaticis ad Pampayaco et Cuchero ; 
Floret Julio; Poppig. 
A plant from 8 inches to a foot high, with the middle only of the stem 
leafy. Leaves about two inches long and 7 lines broad (or in a narrow 
leafed variety not more than four lines broad) 5-7-nerved, crimson beneatb, 
