75 



48. P. luteola (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1811. misc. no. 2.) ; folio ovato canali- 



culato acuto tridentato petiolo suo breviore, pcdunculo trifloro folio 

 adpresso eoque breviore, floribus glabris, sepalis lateralibus connatis 

 omnibus carinatis, petalis spathulatis emarginatis, labello lineari obtuso 



canaliculato glabro. Brazill The small yellow flowers exhale the 



smell of a sliced cucumber in the middle of the day. 



49. P. bicarinata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 11.); folio oblongo co- 

 riaceo planiusculo leviter carinato basi subcordato petiolo acut^ cana- 

 liculato univaginato breviore, sepalis linearibus aequalibus lateralibus 

 carinatis ad apicem fere connatis, sepalis lineari-obovatis minute serratis 

 glabris, labello obovato carnoso medio exarato dentici\lo inflexo utrinque 



prope basin. Brazil. Flowers dull greenish-yellow. The leaf is 



Ave inches long, the stem six, with a large withered sheath in the middle. 



.50. P. ochreata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1797.); folio crasso lanceolato 

 complicato mucrone acuto racemo denso flexuoso nutante duplo longiore, 

 bracteis cucullatis imbricatis acutis, sepalis carinatis acurainatis laterali- 

 bus semicounatis, petahs lineari-oblongis uanis mucronatis, labello . . . 



— Brazil. Calyx red or vermilion colour. Petals only half the 



size, yellow. 



51. P. obovata (Specklinia ohovata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. 137.); 

 folio coriaceo obovato emarginato basi angustato canahculato caule lon- 

 giore, spicis brevibus fasciculatis, floribus glaberrimis, sepaUs petalisque 

 hnearibus acuminatis, labello lineari abrupt^ acuto medio paululiim con- 



stricto, columna cucuUata alata subdentata. Brazil. The leaves 



are obovate and very thick; the floM^ers are small, pale yellow, scentless, 

 and in numerous fascicled short spikes. 



.52. P. hypnicola; foho obovato lanceolato basi angustato apice 3-dentato caule 

 longiore, racemo capillari folio breviore paucifloro, pedicellis elongatis, 

 sepahs obtusis lateralibus liberis, petalis obovatis rhombeis nanis, labello 



ovato acuminato unguiculato. — Brazil. Resembles P. fusca. Mr. 



Miers found it in Brazil among Hypna. The height of the largest 

 plants is four inches. 



53. P. auriculata ; folio oblongo lanceolato in caulem paulo longiorem decur- 



rente, spica cernua 4-5 -flora folio multo breviore, sepahs Isevibus ovatis 

 acutis concavis laterahbus semicounatis, petalis brevioribus oblongis ob- 

 tusis, labelh tripartiti lobo medio ovato lateralibus angustissimis falcatis 



acuminatis apice glandulosis. Brazil. Flowers dull brown. Petals 



white. Lip brown, with a very dark globular gland at the point of each 

 lateral lobe. I only know this from the drawings of M. Descourtik. 



54, P. harbata (Westcott in Phytologist, 1. 54.); " foliis lanceolatis ovatis 

 apiculatis, sepalis subsequalibus patentibus lateralibus rcflexis basi con- 

 natis supremo subreflexo, petalis sepalis multo minoribus subciliatis 

 acutis, labello integerrimo linguseformi medio incurvo apice acuto car- 

 noso recurvo supra glabro subtCis barbato." Bara. Plant about 



three inches high. Leaves fleshy, keeled. Flowers minute, varying 

 in number from two to many. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, 

 the lateral ones combined half-way up ; colour purple, except at the 

 base, and, if examined with a glass of moderate magnifying power, pa- 

 pillose. Petals much smaller than the sepals, rather ciliate, acute, or 

 acuminate. Labellum entire and strongly bearded beneath, incurved in 

 the middle ; apex fleshy, acuminate, reflexed, and in colour similar to 

 the sepals and petals. Clinandrium slightly laciniate. 



55. P. pruinosa; folio lineari-lanceolato obtuso canahculato arcuato caule 



