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96. PELEXTIA. 
Pelexia, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 482, quoad species calcaratas; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 
iii. p. 597. 
About seven or eight species, inhabiting Tropical America, from Central America 1 
and the West Indies to Brazil. 
1. Pelexia, sp. ? 
Nrcaraeua, Chontales (Tate, 313). Hb. Kew. 
97. PHYSURUS. 
Physurus, L. C. Rich. in Mém. Mus. Par. iv. p. 55, nomen; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iti. p. 597. 
A genus of about twenty described species, inhabiting Tropical Asia and America. 
1. Physurus calophyllus, Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 64. 
Costa Rica, Costa de Congo ( Wendland). 
2. Physurus claviger, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1856, p. 211. 
New Span (hb. Pavon). | | 
8. Physurus loxoglottis, Rehb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 64, et Xenia 
Orch. ii. p. 182, t. 178. 
GUATEMALA, ravine near the city of Guatemala (Wendland). 
4, Physurus tridax, Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch.-Centr.-Am. p. 64, et Xenia Orch. ii. 
p- 182, t. 178. 
Costa Rica, Desengano (Wendland). 
_ 6, Physurus vaginatus, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 449. 
GuaTEeMALa (Skinner); Nicaragua (Late). Hb. Kew. 
6. Physurus vesicifer, Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 63. 
Costa Rica, Volcan de Barba at 9000 feet (Wendland). 
98. GOODYERA. 
Goodyera, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 197; Benth. & Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 602. 
This genus is represented in Europe, Madeira, Temperate and Tropical Asia, North 
America, New Caledonia, and the Mascarene Islands. About twenty-five species are 
known. 
1. Goodyera striata, Rchb. f. in Linnea, xviii. p. 409. 
Physurus brachyceras, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, 11. p. 33. 
SourH Mexico, Oaxaca at 4000 feet (Galeotti, 5237), without locality (Leibold). Hb. 
Kew. 
