EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATION 
PLEUROTHALLIS FANTASTICA Ames. Plant, one half 
of natural size, drawn from the type. 1, flower, 
much enlarged. 2, leaf and inflorescence, natural 
size. 3, labellum, enlarged, lateral lobes deflexed. 
4,labellum and column (anther removed), enlarged. 
5, column (anther removed) showing the triangular 
rostellum overhanging the stigmatic orifice. 6, pol- 
linia, very much enlarged. Floral analyses drawn 
from material preserved in alcohol. 
Drawn in August 1936 by BLancur Ames 
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