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or greenish feinted with amber; median 8*5 i mm. 1., L*5-2 mm. br.; 

 lateral 3*2 8*5 mm. 1., L*5-2 mm. br. Lip shortly ami broadly clawed, 

 broadly ovate, Btrongly 8-nerved, the lateral nerves with descending 

 branches on the outer Bide, with a narrow triangular apex, 2*6-2*8 nun. I , 

 2 mm. br., white tinted with green outside; and pink inside, or white with 

 reddish markings. Column white, tinted, 1*5 mm. 1., on the posterior 

 side towards the anther winged at the base, wings broadest below, with 

 small wings on the sides at the base, with a rather long capitate rostellnm ; 

 stigma roundish. Anther very shortly stalked. Capsule (not ripe) spindle- 

 ;ped, about 1 cm. 1. 



11. STENOPTERA Presl. 



Epiphytic herb ; rhizome short with clustered fleshy roots. 

 Stein leafy, simple, with a sheath above the leaves. Leaves 

 crowded at the base of the stem, tapering into a short clasping 

 stalk. Flowers very small in a dense ovoid bracteate spike. 

 Perianth united below to form a tube, which is attached to back 

 of the column. Sepals free above, incurved, somewhat erect, 

 median shorter. Petals shorter than the sepals. Lip on the upper 

 side of the flower, erect from the tube. Column straight, grooved 

 anteriorly, not winged ; rostellum erect, ample, conical, with a 

 broad stigma at the base ; clinandrium with membranous sides 

 which are connate with the margins of the rostellum into a cup. 

 Anther erect on the margin of the clinandrium, roundish-ovate, 

 cells contiguous ; pollinia powdery-granular, on the dehiscence of 

 the anther remaining attached to the apex of the rostellum. 

 Capsule oblong, erect. 



Species 8 or 9, natives of the mountains in tropical America 

 from the West Indies to Brazil and Peru. 



S. ananassoeomos Beichb. f. in But, Zeit. xxi. 131 (1863) ; 

 Griseb. Fl, Br. W. Ind. 640 ; Cogn. in Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 4, 254, 

 & in Sijmb. Ant, vi. 358. (PI. 5, f. 5, 6.) 



On trees, pendent ; in fl. March ; Beaufort, Wullschlaegel, 1077 ! Prior ! 

 Iron Eiver, Golden Spring, 900-2500 ft., J.P. 2283, Syme ! Cuba, Brazil, 

 Venezuela. 



Plant very small, about 1^ in. 1. Leaves elliptical, acute, ciliate, 

 with 3 branching nerves, fleshy, semi-transparent, waxy, l - 5-2"5 cm. 1., 

 7-11 mm. br. Scape erect, densely clothed with short hairs, as long as 

 the leaves. Spike very short, capitate, many-flowered (5-11 or more), 

 6-10 mm. 1. Bracts ovate, acuminate, glabrous, margin ciliate or 

 fimbriate, longer than the flowers, 8-10 mm. 1., about 5 mm. br. Sepals 

 lanceolate, 1 -nerved, with short hairs at apex and at back, lateral 5 mm. 1., 

 median shorter. Petals oblanceolate, adhering to, and shorter than, the 

 median sepal. Lip similar to petals, shorter than lateral sepals. Column 

 3'5 mm. 1. 



