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P. propinquum ; foliis longiuseule petiolatis suboblongo-ellipticis 
apice acuminatis acutis basin versus subattenuatis basi ima acutis utrin- 
que glabris siccis eu membranaceis, centrali nervo ad apicem ducto 
nervos utrinque ad j alt. nervos 5 subalternos subadscendentes su- 
premos ad apicem duin mittente, petiolo glabro ad limbum alato, alis 
cito deciduis, amento quam folium 4 breviori, braetea cucullata extus 
ochraceo-pubescenti, stam. 4, ovario ovato-globoso apice in stylum 
ovarium fere «quanti attenuato, stigmat. 3 lineari-lanceol. recurvis, 
bacca nigra globosa mucronata.—In Peruvia orient. prope Tarapoto 
(Spruce, n. 4032, Herb. Cand.).—Frutex, ramuli glabri, foliorum 
limbi 0,135 longi 0,065 lati, petioli 0,022 longi 
2. Stylus nullus ; anthere articulate. 
* Bractea rotundato-peltata subsessilis. 
P. lenticellosum ; foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis apice acuminatis 
acutis basi zequaliter subattenuatis acutiusculis utrinque glabris siccis 
coriaceis opacis, centrali nervo ad apicem ducto ad 3 alt. nervos utrinque 
4 alternos subadscendentes supremos ad apicem ductos mittente, pe- 
ro 
rachi foveolata, foveolis margine ciliolatis, bacca obovato-trigona vertice 
subtilissime puberula.—In Novee-Granate prov. Barbacoas, alt. 710 
(Triana, n. 3, Herb. Cand.), et prov. Cauca, alt. 1000 (Triana, n. 29). 
— Frutex, ramuli lenticellosi glabri, foliorum limbi 0,115 longi 0,04 
lati, petioli 0,005 longi 
(Toi be concluded in next Number.) 
MONSTROSITIES IN OPHRYS INSECTIFERA, Linn. 
By J. TRAuERNE MoconipGE, Esq. 
(Puate XLVII. Fre. 1-5.) 
While making a series of observations at Mentone, in south France, 
on varieties intermediate between Ophrys aranifera and apifera, Huds., 
which form part of the group united by Linnzus in his species O. in- 
sectifera, I met with some markedly aberrant or monstrous specimens. 
The forms commonly ineluded under the title of Spider Orchids are 
most abundant at Mentone, and it is from among individuals of this 
variety that the specimens figured were selected. 
