STENOMESSON CuRVIDENTATUM. CuRVE- 
TOOTHED STENOMESSON. 
KEEEEE EERE ERE REE EEE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynta. — 
Generic Character. 
Vide infra No.. 2641. 
Specific Character. 
_ Srenomesson curvidentatum ; foliis lanceolato - ovalibus, - 
compressis, subacutis, viridibus ; scapo tereti, 6-unci- 
ali, glauco, versts basin crassiore; spatha bifoli, 
semunciali, marcescente ; germine brevi, breviter pe- 
dunculato, glauco, loculis circiter 10-spermis; tubo 
sesquiunciali, inferne pallidé virescente curvato, su- 
perne aureo viridi-costato recto ; laciniis $-uncialibus, 
reflexis, obtusis, aureis ; stylo filamentis vix longiore, — 
corolla 3-unciz longiore ; filamentis stylo superincum- 
bentibus, alternis longioribus; antheris brevibus luteis ; 
corona aurea tubo semunciam longiore, dentibus inter- 
stamineis bifidis implexé incurvatis. W. H. 
This species flowered at Spofforth in October, 1825, 
having been imported from Peru by Mr. Tare, of the Sloane 
Street Nursery. It is a smaller species than flavum, and 
produces fewer flowers, but more conspicuous. _ It is distin- 
aes by its reflex petals, the much greater length of the 
laments, and the curiously incurved bifid teeth of the cup. 
The editor of the Bot. Reg. expressed an opinion, that the 
P. latifolium and recurvatum ot Ruiz and Pavon (our Car- 
PODETEs recurvatus and Lereriza latifolia) would fall under 
this genus. The two plants are only known to us by the 
figures and descriptions in the Flora Peruviana ; but, if 
those be correct, they cannot unite with the species which 
form 
