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folded on itself down the middle, each half somewhat round, 5-nerved ; 

 blade about 3-4 mm. 1. to base of lobe (1 mm. 1.), 4-5 mm. br. ; claw 

 1"3 mm. 1. above its attachment to the column. Column (including 

 rostellum) 4-4-5 mm. 1., curved, rostellum long-pointed, winged posteriorly 

 on the siie of the anther, wing broadest at the middle ; stigma oblong. 

 Anther stalked, nearly reaching apex of rostellum. Capsule obovoid- 

 ollipsoidal, tapering to base, narrowly 6-keeled, 1-3-1 '6 cm. 1., 4-5 

 mm. br. 



2. P. Haprisii Gogn. in Fedde Bepert. vi. 304 (1909) ; sepals, 

 median glabrous, 5-7 nerved, lateral sparsely glandular-pubes- 

 cent, 7-nerved ; lip boat-shaped, obscurely 3-lobed at apex, obtuse, 

 with 2 minute, erect lobes near base, with a transverse callus 

 near apex. — Cogn. in Symh. Ant. vi. 362. (PI. 5, f. 7-11.) 



In peaty soil in damp places in woodland ; in fi. April, May ; Greenhill 

 Wood, 4000 ft. ; near Mabess Kiver, 3000 ft. ; below Vinegar Hill ; Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 7618, 7883. 



Plant 14-24 in. high. Scape 3-5 dm. 1., somewhat sparsely glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves several (3-8), ovate-elliptical, acute, glabrous, 

 margins slightly wavy ; blade 6-11 cm. 1., 3 to about 5 cm. br. ; stalks 

 with sheath to 6 cm. 1. Cauline leaf much smaller than the radical. 

 Cauline sheaths, 2 or 3, subfoliaceous, tubular below, passing into the 

 bracts above, acute, glandular-pubescent. Raceme 9-10 cm. 1., glandular- 

 pubescent, many flowered. Bracts elliptical, shortly acuminate, acute, 

 sparsely glandular-pubescent, 3-nerved, about half as long as the stalked 

 ovary, lower about 8*5 mm. 1., 3-5 mm. br. Pedicels 4-5 mm. 1. 

 Ovary densely glandular-pubescent, 7-8 mm. 1. Flowers erect-spreading, 

 cream-colour or pale brick colour and lip marked with green. Sepals, 

 median elliptical, shortly acuminate, 4-5 mm. 1., 1*5-2 mm. br. ; lateral 

 subfalcately obovate-elliptical, obtuse, 5*5-7 mm. 1., 3-4 mm. br. Petals 

 attached by a short claw to the column at 2-7 mm. above its base, 

 narrowly triangular, on outer side dilated and semi-auriculate, basal lobe 

 obtuse, from apex to end of basal lobe 3 mm. 1. Lip attached to column 

 about 2 mm. above base, 2*5-3 mm, 1., 1 mm. br. Column (to apex of 

 rostellum) 3-4 mm. 1., the long pointed rostellum much thickened upwards, 

 hollow and broadly winged towards anther ; stigma round. 



3. P. pauciflora comh. nov. ; sepals glandular-pubescent, 

 median 3-nerved, lateral incompletely 5-nerved ; lip clawed, 

 kidney-shaped, with a sinus above from which projects a short 

 blunt linear lobe, and with very small auricles at base. — 

 Cranichis pauciflora Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1431 ; Griseh. op. cit. 639 ; 

 Gogn. in Symh. Ant. vi. 356. (PI. 5, f. 12, 13.) 



On damp shady banks, amongst mosses; in fl. and fr. Nov.-Jan. ; 

 Swartz ; Distin I St. Mary, McNah ! J.P. 13, 476, Morris ! Cinchona, 5000 ft., 

 C. Nichclls 1 Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., Harris ! FL Jam. 7532, 7804, 9787.— 

 Cuba. 



Plant ^-1^ ft. high, glandular-pubescent above. Scape 1-3 dm. 1., 

 glandular-pubescent above, glabrous below. Leaves few (about 3), oval or 

 elliptical, obtuse, blade 1-5-6-5 cm. 1., 1-2-5 cm. br., stalk 5-13 mm. 1. 

 Sheaths few (about 3), tubular below, free portion ovate, obtuse near base 

 of stem to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, above, 1-2 • 5 cm. 1. Raceme some- 

 what one-sided, few-flowered, glandular-pubescent, 2-10 cm. 1. Bracts 

 broadly oval to obovate, shortly acuminate, 3-nerved, with scattered 



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