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PLEUROTHALLIS GroByt. THE Grogy 
PLEUROTHALLIS. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala conniventia subequalia: lateralibus v. omnibus 
connatis. Petala minora. Labellum \liberum, cum co- 
Jumna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis difforme. Co- 
lumna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovario continua. An- 
thera apice membranacea. Pollinia duo, nunc materia 
pulverea ad apicem coherentia—Herbe epiphyte, rhizo- 
mate repente filiformi. Caules filiformes monophylli, sepius 
vaginatt. Flores axillares, solitarii, v. fasciculati, v. race- 
mosi, herbacei v. fusct. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
PreurotHaLus Grobyi ; folio oblougo-spathulato racemo 
laxo gracili multoties breviore, bracteis minimis mem- 
branaceis, sepalis costatis oblongis acutis lateralibus 
apice tantum sejunctis, petalis lanceolatis, labello line- 
ari obtuso carnoso superne unisulcato. 
Prevrotuauus Grobyi. Bateman in Bot. Reg. t. 1797. 
This is a Brazilian plant, sent from the Organ Mountains, 
near Rio Janeiro, by Mr. Garpner, to the Glasgow Gar- 
den, in the spring of 1836, and it flowered in the stove 
in July of 1837. It seems almost to connect the P. ene 
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_ * Of the P. picta we have received beautiful flowering specimens at the 
time of writing this, from our often-mentioned friend C.S. PARKER, Esq., of 
Liverpool, 
