Reichenbach described the stem of P.striolata as ‘‘... 
caulibus clavato fusiformibus diphyllis, ...,’’ characters 
which are attributed to the genus Scaphyglottis but lack- 
ing in the genus Ponera. Later (l.c., p. 85) he stated 
that Ponera Felskyi, which is decidedly a Scaphyglottis, 
was closely related to P. striolata. The flowers of S. stri- 
olata are described as white with violet stripes. The na- 
tive habitat of this species was not given. 
Scaphyglottis violacea Lindley in Bot. Reg. 22 
(1836) t. 1901. 
Cladobium violaceum Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 
ed. 2 (1836) 446. 
Scaphyglottis rosea Hooker Icon. Pl. 4 (1841) t. 3138. 
Ponera violacea Reichenbach filius in Bonpl. 2 (1854) 
22. 
Ponera rosea Reichenbach filius in Bonpl. 2 (1854) 22. 
Venezuela, British Guiana and Brazil. 
DounsrruL SPECIES 
Ponera pellita Reichenbach filius in Gard. Chron. 
n.s., 14 (1880) 8. 
Reichenbach, in describing this species, wrote: ‘‘A 
highly curious botanical plant. It has on the whole the 
shape of an Arundina,as Mr. B.S. Williams well observes. 
The shoots may be compared to Palm leaves. They have 
brown sheaths, which, when decayed, fall off, leaving 
nothing but adark brown ring at the base under the naked 
green joint of the stem, shining like bamboo. ‘The leaves 
are from 5 inches long by 4-4 inch wide, linear, bidentate. 
The small flowers, equal to those of Ponera striata, are 
terminal—perhaps also sometimes lateral, as in the just- 
mentioned species. They are much like those of a small 
Maxillaria. It is covered outside on the sepals and ovary 
with stiff hairs, just as in some Eria of the Trichotosia 
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