PLEUROTHALLIS RACEMIFLORA. 



trees. Tlie stems are numerous, from one 

 to six inches in length, each having one 

 joint, where it ends in an oblong leaf; 



at the upper end. At the base of the leaf, 

 from a spathe nearly an inch long, proceeds 

 the flower stem, which is naked for six 

 inches, having several reed -like joints. 



length, containing thirty or forty flowers, 

 all hiuiii-inif ilnwnwurds, and of a very deli- 



