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robustuni 2- 3 cm. longuiii aiigustato, apice obtuso vel subrotundato 

 non vel vix emarginato, 12 — 22 cm. longo, 3 — 8 cm. lato; racemis 

 2 — 3, fere usqiie ad basin densiuscule multifloris, folio paiilo brevio- 

 ribus, basi spatha leviter coriacea obtusiiiscula dorso acute carinata 

 1 — 2 7-2 cm. longa inclusiv; bracteis tcnuiter scariosis, ochreatis, ob- 

 tiisiusciilis, 2 — 3 mm. Jongis; floribus secnndis, breviter pedicellatis; 

 sepalis ligulatis, trinerviis, glabris, non carinatis, 7 — l^j.^ mm. longis, 

 2^., mm. latis, doisali obtuso, lateralibiis acutis basi breviter counatis; 

 petalis diaphanis, ligulatis, apice truncatis vel leviter emarginatis, 

 uninerviis, 3 mm. longis, 1 '/.2 mm. latis; labello oblongo, obtuso, uugui- 

 culato, medio constricto, non carinato, 2Y2 inni- longo; columna gra- 

 cili, marginata, 2 mm. longa. 



Pleurothallis iiuiraginata Lindl ! in Ann. and Mag. Nat. H/st. 

 ser. 3. I (1858) p. 326, Orch. Wr. p. 2, Folia Orch. p. 4; Griseh. Flor, 

 p. 607, Cat. p. 257; Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 225; Urb. FL Portor. p. 170. 



Flores albi vel flavescentes. Fl. II, IX; fr. II, III. 



Hab. in Cuba supra arbores ad cacumen Loma del Gato et ad 

 El Palenquito, alt. 600 m.: Wright n. 656, Eggers n. 4826; Jamaica 

 ad arbores et in rupibus ad Manchester, inter Face et Chester Vale: 

 Purdie, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7836; Haiti ad Gonaives alt. 

 700 m.: W. Buch n. 413: Sto. Domingo in arbore vetusta ad Loma 

 Isabel de la Torre alt. 790 m.: Mayerhoff n. 241, Eggers n. 2764; 

 Portorico in arboribus sylvaö primaevae prope Cayey ad ripam 

 fluminis Plata circa Cidra, prope Adjuntas in fruticetis Coffeae arabicae 

 ad flumen Cidra, prope Utuado ad Isabon, prope Lares circa Guajataca: 

 Siutenis n. 2110, 4195, 6216, 6473. 



113. PleurothaHis gelida Lindl. fere glaberrima; caule erecto, 

 robusto, compresso, ad medium articulato, 15 cm. longo; folio coriaceo, 

 oblongo, obtuso, basi in petiolum brevem angustato, circiter ^2 dm. 

 longo, 6 — 7 cm. lato; racemis geminatis, fere usque ad basin densius- 

 cule multifloris, folio subaequilongis, basi spatha coriacea obtusa 

 3 — -4 cm. longa inclusis; bracteis ovario brevioribus; sepalis linearibus, 

 acutis, dorso leviter carinatis, intus et margine pilosulis, 2 mm. longis, 

 dorsali cymbiformi, lateralibus inferne breviter vel usque ad medium 

 connatis: petalis obovato-oblongis, apice emarginatis, trinervulosis, 

 sepalis dimidio brevioribus; labello cuneato-pandurato, apice reflexo 

 retuso, petalis aequilougo, disco ad medium bicarinato; columna crassa, 

 incurva, petalis breviore. 



Pleurothallis gelida Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXVII (1841) Mise. 186, 

 Fol. Orch. p. 4; Oriseb. Flor. p. 607; Kraenxl. in Rchb.f. Xen. Orch. 

 III p. 116 t. 267. IL 



Hab. in Jamaica: Hort. Loddiges. 



