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one of the species named by Richard & Galeotti, but their descrip- 

 tions certainly do not apply to the specimens. 



Habenaria Guadalajarana. Habit of the last; leaves ovate, 

 sheathiug, shortly acuminate or acute, 1^ inches long or less: raceme 

 rather slender, 4 inches long, the bracts equalling the ovaries : sepals 

 2h or 3 lines long, the upper broadly ovate, acute, sharply carinate, 

 the lateral oblong-lanceolate, acute ; middle lobe of the lip narrowly 

 ligulate, slightly shorter than the subfiliform lateral lobes and lower 

 segments of the petals, the upper divisions of the petals narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, acute, slightly falcate ; spur clavate, equalling the ovary : 

 processes nearly a line long ; appendages at base of the column very 

 thick and verrucose. Guadalajara, in wet bottoms; Augiast. (276.) 

 — Flowers greenish yellow. With this- in the Cambridge set is a 

 small specimen with fewer and smaller flowers and narrower acumi- 

 nate leaves, which belongs to some other species. 



Makanta arundinacea, Linn. Tequila, in the shade of rocks. 

 (418^) 



Pitcairnia Palmeri. Acaulescent, somewhat furfuraceous through- 

 out, the basal bracts ending in retrorsely spinose filiform appendages : 

 leaves of sterile shoots few (6 to 8), very narrowly linear, entire, 

 sparsely villous, 4 inches long; leaves of flowering stems (6 to 15 

 inches high) all bract-like, erect, very narrowly attenuate and convo- 

 lute ; floral bracts narrow, shorter than the reflexed pedicels (4 to 8 

 lines long) : sepals narrow,, acuminate, nearly glabrous ; petals nearly 

 thrice longer (1^ inches), narrow, light red, curved upward : stamens 

 and style included : capsule 3 lines long. Rio Blanco, in crevices of 

 shaded rocks, often abundant ; June. (16.) 



Pitcairnia .Jaliscana. Acaulescent: basal bracts spinosely mar- 

 gined and appendaged; leaves furfuraceous beneath, entire, linear, 12 

 to 15 inches long by 3 or 4 lines broad: flowering stem many-bracted, 

 mostly glabrous, about 2 feet high including the half as long glabrous 

 raceme ; floral bracts mostly colored, dilated, acuminate, much exceed- 

 ing the ascending pedicels: petals bright scarlet, linear, nearly 2 

 inches long, twice longer than the linear acuminate more or less col- 

 ored sepals : stamens and style slightly exserted : capsule narrow, 6 

 lines long. Rio Blanco, in the crevices of rocks in deep ravines ; 

 August. (348.) 



Nemastylis tenuis, Benth. & Hook. Perianth pink with a shade 

 of yellow on the outside. Rio Blanco, in grassy openings, very abun- 

 dant ; July. (165.) — " Coquistle " ; the bulbs are collected for food. 



Nemastylis versicolor. Radical leaves elongated (to 2J feet 



