386 Prof. Lindley on new Orchidaceous Plants. 



X 55. Prescottia orchioides ; foliis lanceolatis in caulem ascenden- 

 tibus sensim in bracteas acutissimas ciliatas floribus pcquales mu- 

 tatis, spica elongata multiflora, petalis basi ciliatis sepaloque dor- 

 sab adhaerentibus, laterabbus revolutis, labello erecto antico (!) 

 oblongo concavo unguiculato margine carnoso venis radiantibus 

 parum elevatis. 



Mexico (Hartweg). 



Stem taken with the spike, which is a span long, about a foot and 



a half high. The plant looks like some Platunthera. 



4- 56^' STENoHHtNCHtTs cerMMS ; glabfeW foliis radicalibus Ibnge petio-. 

 latis ovatis acutis 5-nerviis, vaginis scapi 3 acuminatis laxis, spica 

 brevi densa cernua, bracteis lincari-lanceolatis floribus brevioribus, 

 labello lineari-lanceolato unguiculato biauri ante stigma ventricostf 

 apice convoluto serrulato. 

 Quito (Hartweg)j9dxi9gyb Y^ond ad \&m aiowoil guo'iiBnorii sdT 



■f- 57. AcR^A triloba • folus raificaYAus' lahcieoiatis' glahris,' scapo' erecto 

 pubescente, spica oblonga villosa, sepalis lincari-lanceolatis vil- 

 losis, labello cucullato trilobo : laciniis lateralibus runcinatis gla- 

 bris intermedia multo minore ovata reflexa tomentosa. 

 Peru (Hartweg)i oiil .jjiiju iiOs^j ^-i ^iw^j^.^ji ^i^Li.iJ ^iU 



58. Habenaria j9yVifem?rfff«5 ; 'idni's obloiigis ob'ttisls imbricatis reti- 

 culatis ad spicam pyraraidatim ascendentibus, racemo longo denso 

 cylindraceo, bracteis foliaceis ovarii longitudine, sepalo dorsali 

 subrotundo lateralibus reflexis, petalis subrotundo-ovatis, labello 

 ensiformi basi utrinque unidentato, calcare sQbfalcato ovario 

 longiore. '^if^ ft'infi'^'^ 8 ■*? 



Mexico (Hartweg). 



A showy plant with a spike a span long. Near H. petulodes. 



59. Appendicula micrnntha ; foliis distichis ovato-oblongis obtusis, 

 spicis axillaribus solitariis nutantibus folio brevioribus, bracteis 

 subulatis reflexis, labello ovato acuto. 



Philippines (Cuming). 



This has the smallest flowers of any that I have examined. It is 

 near Blume's App. reflexa, which is said to have an obtuse mucro- 

 nate lip. 



60. Trichoglottis philippinensis ; foliis subrotundo-ovatis emargi- 

 natis mucrone interjecto, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis patuHs, pe- 

 talis reflexis linearibus brevioribus, labello esaccato pubescente 

 secus axin \dlloso oblongo convexo apice hastato-trilobo dentibus 

 baseos brevibus rotundatis. 



Pkilipjnnes (Cuming). 



A plant with the habit of a Vanda, but with very short, roundish, 

 leathery, somewhat imbricated leaves. The flowers are solitary in 

 the axils, an inch and a half from the point of the dorsal sepal to that 

 of the labellum. The species differs from Blume's figure and descrip- 

 tions in not having a very short spur or sac at the base of the lip, 

 but in nothing else that seems essential. 



