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PLEUROTHALLIS* prolifera. 

 Proliferous Pleurothallis. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OrchidevE. § Malaxideae Lindtey. * Pleurothallese. 

 PLEUROTHALLIS. — Suprd, vol. 9.fol. 759. 



P. prolifera ; caule ancipiti, folio oblongo cochleato carnoso prolifero 

 racemo duplo longiore, bracteis cuneatis cuspidatis cucullatis pedicello 

 brevioribus, sepalis conniventibus lateralibus semiconnatis petalis labello- 

 que conformibus dupl6 longioribus, clinandrio dentato. — Lindley Gen. 

 and Sp. of Orchideous Plants, part 1 . ined. 

 P. prolifera. Herbert in litteris. 



Epiphyta, caulibus monophyllis, fiexuosis, palmaribus, basi terefibus, 

 apice compressis obtuse marginatis. Folia crassa, carnosa, avenia, cucullata, 

 ovato-oblonga, acuta, semper prolifera. Racemus simplex, brevis, ex axilld 

 folii in cujus sinu recumbit, pauciflorus, folio brevior, basi squamis paucis, 

 scariosis, ucutis ; rachis ^exwosa; bractese solitaries, membranacece , herbacece, 

 cucullutce. Flores liirido-purpurei, intiis punctati, breve pedunculati. 

 Ovarium brevissimum, turbinatum. Sepala carnosa, conniventia, acu- 

 minata, basi connata, lateralibus semicohcerentibus. Petala linearia, acu- 

 minata, columncB longitudine. Labellum lanceolatum, integerrimum, sepalis 

 paulb brevius. Columna clavata, semiteres. Clinandrium alatum, denticu- 

 latum. Aiithera bilocularis. PoUinia 2, teretia, basi materie pulvered 

 cohcerentia. 



For this curious plant we are indebted to the Honourable 

 and Rev. William Herbert, by whom we were favoured 

 with specimens in January last. Mr. Herbert informs us, 

 that it was found at Boto Fogo, near Rio Janeiro, growing 

 on a steep rock, which the sun could rarely shine upon. 



At SpofForth it flowers six or seven months in the 

 year, producing successive racemes year after year. It 



* So named from ^Xsy^^i, a side or rib, and :&«'aa», to flower; in allusion, 

 we presume, either to the one-sided disposition of the flowers of some 

 species, or to the developement of the inflorescence from what appears to 

 be the rib of the leaves. 



