PONTHIEVA 37 



raised on the column, ascending ; blade abruptly dilated, concave 

 and more or less folded on itself. Column short, somewhat 

 terete, dilated at the apex ; rostellum erect, dilated, posteriorly 

 concave ; stigma under the rostellum, broad, hollowed out ; 

 clinandrium short. Anther erect behind the rostellum and 

 shorter than it, with cells contiguous ; pollinia 4, joined in pairs, 

 powdery-granular, pendulous from a gland of the rostellum. 

 Capsule erect, obovoid-ellipsoidal or ellipsoidal. 



Species about 22, natives of the warmer regions of America 

 from the southern United States to Chile, including the West 

 Indies. 



Petals, margin ciliate. 



Lip roundish with linear apical lobe 1. P. glandulosa. 



Petals glabrous. 



Lip obscurely 3-lobed at apex, with 2 minute erect 



lobes at base 2. P. Harrisii, 



Lip kidney-shaped with linear lobe at apex and 



2 minute auricles at base 3. P. paucifiora. 



Lip 3-lobed at apex, saccate at base 4. P. ventricosa. 



1. P. glandulosa B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 200 (1813) ; 

 sepals glandular-pubescent, median 3-nerved, lateral incom- 

 pletely 4:-nerved ; petals, margin ciliate ; lip clawed, very broadly 

 roundish, almost transversely oval, with linear apical lobe, disc 

 with linear median crest. — Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 444 ; Griseb. 

 Fl. Br. W. Ind. 638 ; Cogn. in Symb. Ant. vi. 363 ; Ames Orch. 

 S. Fla. 14, t. 4. Neottia glandulosa Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 842 (1805). 



On damp shady banks; in fl. and fr. Dec. -Feb.; Macfadyenl 

 McNabl St. Ann, Purdie\ Fairfield, Wullschlaegel, 10691 Priori near 

 Cinchona, J.P. 13, Morris I near Castleton, J.P. 2377, Symel Browns 

 Town, Miss T. M. Barrett \ Cinchona, 5000 ft., Fawcettl Mt. Diabolo, 

 2300 ft., FawcettM Harris ! Cinchona ; Hall's Delight, 1000 ft. ; Clydesdale, 

 4000 ft. ; Harris I Bloxburgh, Blue Mts., Miss B. Gosset ! Fl. Jam. 7549, 

 7861, 7862 (7266, 7532, 7562, 9787, fide Cogniaux).— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto 

 Rico, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high, glandular-pubescent above. Scape glandular- 

 pubescent above, 2 to nearly 4 dm. 1. Leaves broadly oval to oblanceolate- 

 elliptical and oblanceolate, obtuse or acute; blade 4-15 cm. 1., 2-4 cm. br. 

 Sheaths (3-6), those near the base (1 or 2) generally foliaceous and passing 

 into the oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate-acuminate sheaths above, glabrous 

 at the lower part of the stem and glandular-pubescent above. Baceme 

 6-20 cm. L, glandular-pubescent, with few to many wide-spreading flowers. 

 Bracts oval or elliptical, acuminate, 3-nerved, half as long as the stalked 

 ovary, 10 mm. 1. or less, 2*7 mm. br. Ovary densely glandular-pubescent, 

 about 1-1*5 cm. 1. Pedicel 3-4 mm. 1. in flower, 7-8 mm. 1. in fruit. 

 Flowers white, about ^ in. 1. Sepals glandular-pubescent ; median 

 elliptical, obtuse, 5-7 mm. 1., 2-2*5 mm. br. ; lateral obliquely ovate, 

 obtuse, 5-5-7 mm. 1., 3*3-4 mm. br. Petals on the outer side dilated and 

 semi-cordate, curved inwards, clawed, several nerves springing from claw 

 and more or less branching; extreme length of blade 4-6 mm. 1., 2 '5-3 '5 

 mm. br. ; claw attached to column for about 1 mm. above base. Lip 



