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PLEUROTHALLIS PICTA. PAINTED PLEURO- 
THALLIS. 
SEK KKK KK EK KEE EERE EE EK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcnibEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala conniventia, subequalia; lateralibus vel omnibus 
connatis. Petala minora. JLabellum liberum cum co- 
lumna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis diflorme. Co- 
lumna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovario continua. An- 
thera apice membranacea. Pollinia 2, nunc materie pul- 
verea ad apicem coherentia.—Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate 
repente filiformi. Caules filiformes, monophylli, sepius 
vaginati. Flores axillares, solitarw, vel fasciculati, vel ra- 
cemosi, herbacei vel fusct. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
PLEUROTHALLIs picta ; folio oblongo coriaceo caule vaginato 
racemoque longiore, spatha diphylla, racemo_pluri- 
floro, sepalis reflexis inferiore trilineato extus basi vil- 
loso duobus superioribus ultra medium unitis maculatis, 
petalis columna longioribus ovato-lanceolatis, labello 
_ ovato carnoso velutino-maculato obtuso intus basi pro- 
funde canaliculato, clinandrio dentato, anthera ova- 
rioque pubescenti-tomentosis. 
A very pretty Mexican Epipnyre, allied to our PLevro- 
THALLIs peduncularis, (Journ. of Bot. v. 3. Tab. 9,) and to 
Dr. Linptey’s P. strupifolia, (Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. n. 3,) 
but, as we think, abundantly distinct from both. It was 
introduced from Mexico by Mr. Parkinson to the collection 
at Woburn, whence Mr. Forges sent the accompanying 
flowering specimen in June, 1839. 
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