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PLEUROTHALLIS PROLIFERA. PRoLIFEROUS 
PLEUROTHALLIS. 
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Class and Order. 
GynANnpRIA Monanprlia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Orcuiwes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala conniventia, subequalia, lateralibus vel omnibus 
connatis. Petala minora. Labellwm liberum, cum co- 
lumna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis difforme. Co- 
lumna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovyario continua. 
Anthera apice membranacea. Pollinia 2, nune materia 
pulveria ad apicem coherentia—Herbe epiphyte, rhizo- 
mate repente filiformi. Caules filiformes, monophylli, sepi- 
us vaginatt. Flores avxillares, solitarii, v. Jaseiculati v. 
racemosi, herbacei vel fusci. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PLEvuROTHALLIs prolifera ; caulibus ancipitibus, folio ob- 
longo cochleato carnoso prolifero racemo duplo longi- — 
ore, bracteis cuneatis cuspidatis cucullatis pedicello 
brevioribus, sepalis conniventibus lateralibus semi- 
connatis, petalis labelloque conformibus duplo longio- 
ribus, clinandrio dentato. Lindl. ae 
Prevrotuauus prolifera. Herbert, MSS. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1298. Hyjusd. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. Part I. p. 6. 
Descr. A parasite, with simple, compressed stems, four 
to five inches high, partly clothed with two or three large 
sheathing, membranous, striated scales, throwing out a few 
flexuose, simple, whitish, fleshy fibres from the base, and 
bearing a single leaf at the extremity, three to four inches 
in length, of an ovate form and acute, between ee 
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