ORCHIDE. 249 
GuaTEMALa, Ysabal (Godman & Salvin), Chojoja, near Mazatenango (Bernoulli).— 
VENEZUELA; GuIANA; West InpiEs, common. Hb. Kew. 
This is so like P. zeylanica, Lindl., as to be scarcely distinguishable. 
5. Polystachya masayensis, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 217; Walp. 
Ann. vi. p. 642, et Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 50 (varietates). 
NICARAGUA, summit of Masaya (rsted). Hb. Kew. 
40. CYRTOPODIUM. 
Cyrtopodium, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 216; Benth. & Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 541. 
Of this genus upwards of twenty species are known, and they are widely dispersed in 
Tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and America. 
1. Cyrtopodium punctatum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 188; Rehb. f. in 
Linnea, xviii. p. 404; Walp. Ann. vi. p. 666; Bot. Mag. t. 3507. 
Epidendrum punctatum, L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1349. 
South Mexico, Jalapa (Leibold), Malpays de Naulingo (Schiede)—CoLomB1a to 
Gurana and Brazit, and in the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2. Cyrtopodium woodfordii, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1814; Bot. Reg. t. 1508. 
Cyrtopera woodfordii, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 189. 
Cyrtopera longifolia, Rchb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. p. 668, et in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 784 (var.? pachy- 
stelidia). 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Warscewicz).—VENEZUELA; GUIANA; BraziL; West 
INDIES. 
41. GOVENIA. 
Govenia, Lind]. in Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1709, et Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 161; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. iii. p. 542. 
A Tropical-American genus of about a dozen species, ranging from Mexico and the 
West Indies to Brazil. 
1. Govenia alba, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, iii. p. 25. 
Mexico (Galeotti). 
2. Govenia andrieuxii, Rchb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. $35, et Walp. Ann. vi. 
p. 998. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 864) ; 
South Mexico, San Felipe (Andrieux, 88), without locality (Schaffner). Hb. Kew. 
3. Govenia brevilabris, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. p. 619. 
Eucnemis brevilabris, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 161. 
SoutH Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 774), without locality (hb. Pavon), Hb. 
Kew. 
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