Skinneriane, . N. O. Orchidez. 
TAB. CDXLIX. 
PHYSURUS VAGINATUS. 7. sp. 
Caule elongato folioso, foliis remotis oblongo-ovatis petiolatis, 
petiolo basi membranaceo inflato vaginato, spica terminali 
oblonga densiflora glabra, bracteis ovatis acuminatis, sepalis 
petalisque oblongis labello trilobo lobo medio ovato-acuminato 
-apice reflexo, cornu libero ventricoso sepalis breviore. 
Has. Guatemala. G. U. Skinner, Esq. : 
Radix fibrosa, fibris villosis crassiusculis. Caulis erectus, 
spithameeus, fere ad pedalem, foliosus. Folia remota, 
oblongo-ovata, acuminata, tenui-membranacea, petiolata, 5- 
9-nervia, nervis venulis connexis, petiolis brevibus basi 
Insigniter dilatata, vaginata, inflata, tenuissime membranacea, 
hyalina, striata. pica terminalis, oblonga, multiflora. 
Bracteze, inferiores Spe vacue, late ovate, acuminate, 
hyalino-membranacee, longitudine ovarii. Flores glaberrimi; 
sepala oblonga, dorsale cum petalis oblongis agglutinatum. 
Labelluta perianthio brevius, basi calcaratum, trilobum, lobis 
lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio majore, ovato, acuminato, 
acumine recurvo. Calcar labello brevius, liberum, apice 
mcrassatum. Columna brevis, anthera rostelloque ovatis 
acutis. 
Fig. 1. Side view of a flower and bractea. =f. 2. Front view 
of ditto. Sf 3. Upper, and f. 4, under side of the labellum, 
(the spur being removed). f. 5. Column. J. 6. Rostellum and 
anther. /. 7. Pollen-masses :-—all magnified, 
