collected in the East of Cuba. 327 



petiolato caule valido ascendente uniarticulato longe vaginato bre- 

 viore, racemis folio subsequalibus spatha magna coriacea, bracteis 

 minutis diaphanis, floribus secundis, sepalis 3 : anterioribus basi 

 paulo connatis linearibus obtusis 3-veniis, petalis duplo ininoribus 

 emarginatis, labello minore obtuso unguiculato medio constricto, 

 columna marginata. 



" Filantropia ; mountain-top ; in large clumps ; epiphytal. Flowers 

 light yellow. Sides of Loma del Gato, on trees." (656.) 



In the way of P. rubensy malachanthai xanthochlorat and Jamiesoniy 

 but quite distinct. 



Pleurothallis albida ; effusa, folio coriaceo obovato obtuso basi 

 canaliculato angustato cauli biarticulato sequali, pedicellis aggre- 

 gatis paucifloris capillaribus, bracteis hyaliuis cucullatis acutis, 

 sepalis linearibus acuminatis subsequalibus discretis, labello sessili 

 linear! acuto infra medium constricto, columna cucuUata crispa. 

 "Flowers yellowish white, on shaded rocks." (655.) 

 Much like P.octofnericeformiSi^chh. f., but smaller, with a different 



lip and petals. 



Pleurothallis rubroviridis ; aggregata, folio exacte ovali 3-dentato 

 caule alato breviore, bracteis diaphanis ochreatis obtuse acuminatis 

 patulis, floribus tomentosis 3-sepalis, sepalis subsequilateris intus 

 aphthosis, petalis obtusissimis, labello oblongo membranaceo bi- 

 cristato, columna marginata. 

 " Monte Verde ; epiphytal. Flowers : outer segments green, inner 



dark red ; labellum with green apex." {No number.) 



One of the crowd to which Cubensis, aphthosa, Sind/cetens belong, 

 but smaller in all its parts than any of them. 



Pleurothallis oblonffifolia, Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. ii. 

 "Summit of Nemanima, on trees." (616.) 



Pleurothallis prostrata ; muscosa, folio lanceolato obtuso caule 

 humifuso bivaginato duplo longiore, pedunculis capillaribus flexu- 

 osis folio sequalibus, pedicellis elongatis apice bracteolatis, ovario 

 aspero, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis lateralibus basi connatis, petalis 

 acutis, labello obovato acuto trivenio cucuUato. 

 " Monte Verde, on branches of bushes in dense woods. Flowers 



greenish purple." (629.) 



One of the largest of its section ; leaves an inch and a half long ; 

 sepals 4 lines long. 



Pleurothallis hymenanthay Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1797. 

 "Loma del Gato, on trees in dense woods." {No number.) 



Pleurothallis /a//aar, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia. {Dendrobium tri- 

 buloidesy W., and probably Pleur. spathulatay Ach. Rich, and 

 Galeotti.) 

 " Faralones ; epiphytal. Flowers vermilion-colour. Sepals (two 



