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A beautiful species, with flowers almost half an inch long, and 

 apparently purple. It would be a Pleurothallis if its petals were not 

 truncated and dwarf. 



24. Stelis hrevilabris ; caulescens, folio lineari-lanceolato mucro- 

 nato, spicis quadruplo longioribus solitariis erectis secundis strictis, 

 bracteis cuspidatis internodiis brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus acutia 

 suj^remo oblongo brevioribus. 



Popayan (Hartweg). 



Related to St. ascendens and lamellata, but easily distinguished by 

 the drooping, ringent, almost 2-lipped flowers. Can it be St, elon- 

 gata, H. B. K. } but the description does not agree. 



25. Pleurothallis convoluta ; folio coriaceo convoluto, spicis plu- 

 ribus folio brevioribus erectis, floribus Isevibus, sepalis marginatis 

 lateralibus ultra medium connatis, petalis duplo brevioribus obtusia 

 diaphanis, labello longiore complicato apice spathulato acuto infra 

 medium utrinque dilatato rotundato. 



Popayan (Hartweg). 



26. Pleurothallis galeata ; caule medio longe et laxe vaginato, 

 folio petiolato cordato-oblongo obtuso, spatha subcoriacea obtusa, 

 spicis filiformibus plurimis nutantibus folio brevioribus, sepalis la- 

 teralibus semiconnatis angustis erectis dorsali antico galeato mem- 

 branaceo, petalis linearibus sepalis paulo brevioribus, labello cucul- 

 lato rhombeo angulis rotundatis utrinque bilamellato apice crasso 

 calloso. 



Popayan (Hartweg). 

 Near PL macrophylla. 



27. Pachyphyllum squarrosum ; foliis recurvis squarrosis, labello 

 obsolete trilobo callo a marginibus longe distante. 



Popayan (Hartweg). 



Much like P. distichum, except in the leaves and the form and 

 callosity of the labellum. 



28. Diahssa, gen. nov. Steli proximum. Calyx tubulosus, bilabiatus, 

 antice ventricosus ; labio altero bifido revoluto. Petala nana. La- 

 bellum indivisum, rectum. Columna nana, recta, biauris. Pol- 

 linia 2. 



Dialissa pulchella. Spithamaea et ultra, cgespitosa. Caules teretes, 

 monophylli, vaginis tubulosis membranaceis glabris vestiti. Fo- 

 lium petiolatum, lanceolatum, striatum, acutissimum, tridentatum ; 

 racemo striato, basi distanter vaginato triplo brevius. Bracteae 

 5 pollicares, falcatae, acutissimaj, perfoliatse, canaliculatse, glabrae, 

 distichae, floribus glabris sequales. Sepalum supremum subcorda- 

 tum, erectum. Petala rhombea. Labellum spathulatum, rotun- 

 datum, linea transversa elevata. 



Popayan (Hartweg). 



29. Gastropodium violaceum. Ramosum, distiche foliosum, foliis 

 carnosis linearibus obtusis mucronulatis, vaginis striatis transverse 



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