77 



Flowers yellow, quite smooth, except the ovary, wliicli is ilowny. Near 

 P. decurrens. 

 62 P. ciliata (Knowles and Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 1<J.) ; folio oblongo- 

 lanceolato emarginato coriaceo caule longiore, racemis nutantibus multi- 

 floris folio l)revioribus, sepalis lineari-ianccolatis acutissimis ciliolatis 

 lateralibus connatis, petalis conformibus multo minoribus serratis, labello 



linguiformi concavo serrulato intra marginem incrassato et verrucoso. 



Demerara. Flowers very slightly pubescent, orange-coloured. 



63. P. recurva (Lindl. in Hot. Reg. 1S41, misc. 1.) ; folio obovato coriaceo 

 subobliquo petiolo pluries longiore, spica. brevi recurva, floribus pube- 

 scentibus, sepalis lateralibus connatis, petalis membranaceis rhombeis 

 acutis, labello membranaceo ovato utrinque sinuato obtuso, coluranse 



marginc petaloideo incurvo. Brazil. 1 A small creeping plant, 



with short recurved spikes of dull pale purf)le flowers, which smell like 

 sliced cucumber, 



64. P. villosa (Knowles & Westcott, Fl. Cab. v. 2. p. 78. Specklinia ciiiaris, 



Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. no. -40.) ; foHo coriaceo ovali trinervi 

 cauli sequali laxe vaginato, spicis fasciculatis densifloris folio duplo bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis carinatis longe ciliatis lateralibus fer^ ad apicem usque 

 connatis basi saccatis, petalis oblongis nanis apice ciliatis, labello obo- 

 vato oblongo obtuso ciliato. Mexico. The whole plant is about 



four inches high. The flowers are very small and purple. The sheaths 

 of the stem are altogether like those which are so characteristic of 

 Lepanthes. 



Section 3. Aggregat/E. Peduiiculi in sinu foliorum 

 aggregati uniflori breves. 



* Puhescentes. 



65. P. scabripes {lAniW. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 155.); folio Hneari-lanceo- 

 lato apice tridentato caule longiore, vagina pilosa caulis medium subse- 

 quante, flore solitario pubescente, ovario tomentoso, sepalis quam petala 

 triplo-longioribus acutis lateralibus connatis, labello spathulato rotundato. 

 Brazil. Remarkable for the rough hairy sheath of the stems. 



66. V.vittata (Lindl Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 133.); folio ovali crassissimo, 



caule tereti, spica disticha folio multo breviore, floribus tomentosis, 

 sepalis oblongis planiusculis intus Iscvibus supenore longiore et angus- 

 tiore sub apice calloso lateralibus acutissimis falcatis semiconnatis, petalis 

 obovatis acutis serratis, labello ovato carnoso obtuso Isevi basi excavato 

 biauriculato margine scabro, columna petalorum longitudine, clinandrio 

 cucullato crenulato Mexico. 



67. P. hrevifiora (Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 125.) ; folio carnoso obovato- 

 oblongo apice rotundato subtus purpurascente, floribus sessilibus paucis 

 fasciculatis pilosis, sepahs ovatis lateralibus connatis intus Isevibus, pe- 

 talis ovatis apiculatis, labello carnoso obovato Isevi basi excavato pone 



apicem angulato et subdenticulato. Mexico. Very near P. aph- 



thosa, with which it agrees in the colour of its flowers. The principal 

 diflferences are the following : P. breviflora has much shorter and broader 

 flowers ; they are more hairy ; and they are destitute of tubercles inside 

 the sepals ; the labellum is obovate, and angular, as if about to produce 

 a tooth, on each side near the apex ; finally, the leaves are obovate and 

 stained with purple, instead of being oval and sharp pointed. 



i-1842. V 



