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niibns tluplo minoriljus, labello apice linear! carnoso obtuso basi oblongo 

 canaliculato scssili. Peru. A very fine species, found in the pro- 

 vince of Chachapoyas by Matthev/s. The flowers are three-quarters of 

 an inch long, and, apparently, purple and green. The length of the 

 leaves from three to five inches, their breadth one to one and a half. 

 'Jliis requires to be compared with Dendrobium acuminatum of H. B. K., 

 the No. 13. of this enumeration. 



3. P. Mans (Lindl. in Bot. Keg. sub. t. 1/97.); caule brevi, folio oblongo 



basi angustato obtuso racemo flexuoso G-9-floro duplo breviore, bracteis 

 minutis ochreatis, pedicellis arcuatis elongatis, floribus bilabiatis : labio 

 postico 2-dentato antico oblongo obtuso, petalis cuneatis, labello ovato- 

 lanceolato acuminato pubescente basi concavo, columna clavatfi clinan- 



drio ciliato. Brazil. A fine species from the Organ Mountains. 



The leaf is three inches long, the scape nine to twelve. The ovary and 

 pedicel together are about half an inch, and the sepals nearly the same 

 length. The flowers are purple and green. 



4. P. ohloiKjifoUa (Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2.) ; folio oblongo obtuso 



carnoso racemo erecto laxo duplo breviore, sepalis acuminatis lateralibus 

 connatis, petalis truncatis triveniis, labello angusto glabro apice carnoso 



contractiore. Jamaica. Resembles P. racemiflora. Flowers red. 



Fruit narrow, obovate, six-ribbed, very smooth. Bracts cucullate, acute. 



5. P. macrorhiza (Lindl. in Hooker's Bot. Miscell.) ; foliis lineari-oblongis 



acutis carnosis basi valdc angustatis cum petiolo articulatis, peduncido 

 2-3-floro erecto capillari foliis subaequali v. longiore basi cum petiolo 

 lax^ vaginato, sepalis ovato-oblongis : lateralibus fere ad apicem con- 

 natis, pet.ilis cuneatis, labello ovato obtuso basi cucullato petalis dupl5 

 longiore. Peru. Flores verosimiliter flavi, pro genere magni. 



•6. V.fusca (Lindl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2.) ; folio obovato-lanceolato 

 caule longiore, racemo solitario laxo paucifloro folio longiore, sepalis 

 2 oblongis acutis incequalibus, labello obovato lanceolato acuto piano, 



clinandrio subcucuUato denticulato. Brazil. Flores fusco-pur- 



purei intus lutei maculati. 



7. V. Jtexuusa (Sjiecklinia Jlexuosa, Poppig, t. 90 ) ; caule brevissimo mono- 

 phyllo, folio late lanceolato acuto, racemo capillari erecto tandem 

 flexuoso, sepalis intus villosis . infimis ultra medium connatis, petalis 

 semilurtatis, labello oblongo superne angulato, columna apice dentata. 

 Penc. On trees. 



6. V.picta (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub f. 1797-); fo^io spathi\lato marginatoretuso 



racemis laxis duplo breviore, bracteis minimis, sepalis acuminatis late- 

 ralibus apice tantilm sejunctis, petalis lineari-lauceolatis acutis, labello 



lineari obtuso carnoso supra 1-sulcato. Demerara. 



9. P. Grobyi (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1797-) ; folio obovato emarginato caule 

 triplo longiore recerao laxo erecto multoties breviore, bracteis minimis 

 membranaceis, sepalis t* ostatis oblongis acutis lateralibus apice tantiim 

 sejunctis, petalis lanceolatis acutis, labello lineari obtuso carnoso superne 



unisulcato. Brazil. In some specimens the raceme is less zigzag, 



and the flowers smaller than in others. 



I 'I' Disepalae ; labello trilobo v. repando. 



10. Y. pachrjylossa (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 146.) ; folio ovato-lanceo- 

 lato apice tridentato caule siio longiore scapo breviore, scapo filiformi 

 erecto distanter 4-floro, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis mcmbrana- 



