Tab. 5385. 

 PLEUROTHALLIS Reymondi. 



JReymonoTs Pleurothallis. 



Nat. Ord. Orchldeve. — Gynandria Monandria. 



Gen. Char. Sepalum dorsale liberum, lateralia ssepe cohserentia, basi in men- 

 turn s. gibbulum products. Petala libera nana, v. sepalis subeequalia. Label- 

 lum c. basi magis minusve producta columns articulatum, varie tuberculatum v. 

 divisum, saspius petalis minus. Columna elongata aut nana, teres aut membra- 

 naceo-alata, truncata aut clinandrio membranaceo-marginata ; rostello porrecto, 

 piano, erecto, aut elongato-convexo. Anthera terminalis aut subdorsals, oper- 

 cularis. Pollinia libera, cereacea, ssepius duo obovata aut pyriformia, raro 4 

 (maxima pro parte ignota aut inscripta). — Caules e rhizomate orti, scepissime 

 monophylli, subnudi v. arete vaginati, nunc inter muscos in rhizoma serpens quasi 

 abscondita (Prorepentes) ; rhizoma nunc elongatum polyphyllum (Caulescentes). 

 Folia coriacea. Flores axillares, spathacei, sessiles, solitarii, aut racemosi, nun- 

 quam minimi ut in Stelide. Lindl. 



Pleurothallis (Restrepioideae) Reymondi ; folio coriaceo lineari-lanceolato ob- 

 tuso acuminato caule breviore, vaginis asperis manicatis, sepalis pubes- 

 centibus oblongis dorsali majore antico bifido breviore, petalis bilobis lobo 

 altero rotundato altero elongato clavato, " labello oblongo minuto basi con- 

 cavo ante excavationem bicornutulo." Lindl. 



Pleurothallis Reymondi. Reichenb. fl. in Walp. Ann. v. 3. p. 520. Lindl. 

 Fol. Orchid. Pleurothallis, p. 21. 



Duboisia Reymondi. Karst. in Allg. Gartenz. 1847. p. 394. 



Dubois Reyinoudia palpigera. Karst. in Bot. Zeit. v. 6. p. 397. 



This is one of the most remarkable in the structure of its 

 flowers of the numerous species of Pleurothallis, now including, 

 according to Reichenbach fils, no less than seventy-eight species. 

 Our living plant was received from Mr. Schiller, and it appears 

 to have been introduced from the Caraccas by Mr. Wagener, 

 who detected it at an elevation of 6000 feet above the level of 

 the sea. 



Descr. The root is a creeping rhizome, bearing aggregated, 

 rounded, slender, terete, simple stems, ten to twelve inches long, 

 clothed with long, pale, straw-coloured, black, setose, cylindrical 



june 1st, 1863. 



