472 PLAGIOCHILA. 
et Abitagua precipue, alt. 2000-3000", ad arborum truncos ramu- 
losque. In m. Pichincha primum legit w. JAMESON. 
F 65 x 4:25, 75x 5-0; ¢ 3—-sy; per 5°5 x 425mm, 
Caudex in cortice repens. Caules 5-6-pollicares, suberecti pendulive, 
parce et subdichotome ramos. 
Folia maxima flavida subopposita late imbricata, angulo recto fere 
divergentia, late semicordato-ovata, vel (auricula magna semiorbicu- 
lari excepta) ambitu fere triangularia, apice angustiusculo obtusa, 
basi parum decurrentia, basin versus utrinque integerrima, ceeteroquin 
spinuloso-dentata-ciliatave, ciliis haud numerosis (20-25) grandius- 
culis, 3-10 cellulas longis, basi 1-4 ec. latis, seepe varie directis sub- 
tortisve; cellule medii folii majusculz oblonge, apicales lateralesque 
subequilateree. 
Flores 9 terminales (dichotomiales). Bracteze 2-3-jugee, foliis paulo 
majores, conferte, basi postica latiores, gibbee undulateque, crebrius 
ciliate. 
Perianthia omnino immersa, oblongo-orbiculata, compressa, ad medium 
usque bilabiata, labiis semiorbiculatis dentato-ciliatis, ciliis preelongis 
paucis, hine latissime alata, ala 1°25™™ lata spinosa. Pedunculus 
perianthio duplo fere longior. 
Andrecia in ramis terminalia, seepeque etiam media. Bracteze oligandree 
foliis minutius crebriusque ciliate, ciliis ad 40. 
A Pl. procera differt foliis pellucidis vel medio solum subopacis, cellulis 
distincte majoribus, dentibus paucioribus irregularibus basin versus 
utrinque omnino nullis. 
17. PLAGIOcHILA ExIMIA, Mitt. in lit. 
Hab, ad arborum truncos in monte Tunguragua, alt. 2400™, 
F 50x35; ¢ dem. 
Forsan Pl. procere Ldnbg. mera varietas, differt autem sequente modo. 
Plante flavo-virides elate graciliores, magis flaccida, valde et subalter- 
natim ramos, innovationibus sub flore Q pro more solitariis. Folia 
paulo minora semicordato-ovato-oblonga, haud subtriangularia, auriculé 
sat minore (minime semiorbiculari) appress& rarius reecurva ; margine toto 
dentato-spinoso-ciliata, ciliis 60-70, 4-8 cellulas longis, peracutis (cellula 
apicali prelonga), alternis seepe brevioribus, cilio ad auricule con- 
vexitatem majorem ceteris multo longiore—ad 12 cell. longo. Bracteze 
crebre et preelonge spinoso-ciliatee. -Perianthium (juvenile) campanulatum 
bilabiatum ore ciliatum, ciliis mediocribus, omuino exalatwum.—Anne 
eadem ac Pl. flaccida Lg. Spec. Hep. 78, t. 16? 
18. PLaGiocHina conspicua, Tayl. in hb. Jameson. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos et super montem Tunguragua, 
ad arbores, alt. 1500-2700 (R.s. 1857). In Andium devexis sylvaticis 
antea legit JAMESON. 
F 5°25 x 3°25 x 2:0; ¢ Ass; per 6:0 x 40mm, 
Caudex validus prostratus divisus, Caules 3-4-pollicares erecti pendulive 
densifolii, inferne simplices vel vage ramosi, superne dichotomi, 
angulo furcarum recto vel subdivergente, ramis interdum fasci- 
culatis, 
Folia aurea fulvave, crispula, subopposita, patentia, confertissima, longe 
semiovato-triangularia subobtusa, basi subsemicordata, auricula 
