flexuosa—Specklinia flexuosa, Pép- 
P. uniflora ; folio lineari-lanceolato sub- 
i, pedunculo unifloro folii longitu- 
, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 
— subequalibus inferiore emarginato, labello 
lineari-lanceolato obtuso basi concavo.— 
Brazil, Descourtilz. Next P. hymenantha. 
—P. glanduligera ; folio ovali carnoso 
tridentato racemis brevibus 2 — 3-floris 
yioribus, petalis lanceolatis serratis, labello 
ovato unguiculato obtuso apice piloso basi 
utri i auriculis minimis 
ulosis.— Rio Janeiro, Loddiges. 
—Flowers pale yellowish green, faintly 
- glumacea ; folio lanceolato petiolo 
oo te, spici nutante multiflora. foliis 
3ylà longiore, sepalis linearibus acumina- 
‘Subequalibus inferiore bicarinato, pe- 
talis oblongis, labello ovato concavo obtu- 
—Brazil, Descourtilz—Flores flaves- 
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"» petalis truncatis triveniis, labello 
= glabro apice carnoso contractiore. 
ca, Loddiges.—Resembles P. ra- 
..» near which it may be placed. 
Sted. Fruit narrow, obovate, six- 
very smooth. Bracts cucullate, 
ciliata (Knowles and Westcott, Flo- 
NOTES ON SOME GENERA AND SPECIES OF AMERICAN ORCHIDACEJE. 355 
ral Cabinet, t. 19), folio oblongo-lanceo- 
ato emarginato coriaceo caule longiore, 
racemo nutante multifloro folio breviore, 
sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis cili- 
olatis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis con- 
formibus multó minoribus longé ciliatis, 
labello linguiformi obtuso concavo subci- 
liato, —Demerara. í 
§ 3. Acaules ; macropode. 
P. truncata ; folio ovato-lanceolato acu- 
minato racemis geminis æquali, caule plu- 
ries longiore, sepalis lateralibus in unum 
ovatum connatis superiore cucullato duplò 
minoribus, petalis lineari-oblongis, labello 
truncato involuto.— On trees in woods 
West side of Pichincha, Jameson. Flow- 
ers orange-colour.—Hooker, Te. Plant. t. 
5 
P. cauliflora; folio subrotundo-ovato 
petiolato racemis secundis fasciculatis 
dupló breviore, spathà oblonga obtusa 
vaginatá, sepalo inferiore oblongo emar- 
ginato superiore ovato obtuso multó mi- 
nore, petalis linearibus, labello subro- 
tundo membranaceo concavo retuso cum 
ungue producto column articulato.—On 
trunks of trees near Lloa, western decli- 
vity of Pichincha, Jameson.—Hooker, Ic. 
Plant. t. 50. 
P. pubescens ; folio lanceolato coriaceo 
canaliculato racemis brevibus nutantibus 
fasciculatis dupló longiore, calycis pubes- 
centis sepalo supremo lanceolato laterali- 
bus apice tantüm liberis equali, petalis 
lanceolatis serratis, labello oblongo mem- 
branaceo glabro acutiusculo lobis latera- 
libus brevibus rotundatis inflexis, clinan- 
drio serrulato.—Mexico. Mr. Darker: 
Flowers dull purple, and downy externally; 
striped with bright purple, and smooth in 
the inside. 
P. Mathewsii; folio oblongo acumi- 
nato basi rotundato racemis breviore caule 
longiore, sepalis petalisque eequilongis se- 
taceo-acuminatis, labello transverso obtu- 
sissimo medio carnoso cordato ine di- 
latato membranaceo. — Peru, Mathews, 
1902 
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P. decurrens. Poppy, 
188. Next P. 
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