PLEUROTHALLIS. 
R. Brown in Hort. Kew, V. 231, LO, 4.——Specklinia, Lindl. 
cee Ps Pawn phyechopers, ee eheteges mers, 
isi en. jant — 
alum dorsale liberum, lateralia sepe coherentia, basi in mentum s. 
alis Lab 
gidbutun producta. Petala libera nana, v. sepalis subsequalia. ellum c. 
basi magis minisve product4 column articulatum, varié tuberculatum v. 
practi, spits petalis minus, Column a elongata aut nana, teres aut mem- 
b o-alata, truncata aut clinandrio arginata; rostello por- 
recto plano, erecto, aut elongato convexo. Anthera terminalis aut subdorsalis, 
opercularis, Pollinia libera, cereacea, sepits d ones aut pyriformia, 
I axima pro parte ignota aut indescripta) Caules a rhizomate orti, 
seepissime monophylli, bnudi v. a ina, c inter muscos in rhizoma 
serpens quasi abscondita Lebcammte ahd 3 rhizoma nune elongatum ge ers 
ereeee mee Folia — « Bega: axillares, spathacei, sessiles, s 
aut racemos 1 Steli ide. 
It will be seen from the above ——— that, for the present, 1 think it 
necessary preserve d difficult genus without dismemberment. 
ie as a cally sage e aggregation of species, but because, in 
the present state of our ng ae eS and — Srnec upon dried speci- 
i 
ze 
re 
‘ils : 
é 
i 
ere is a posit of oe with [. coriaceous leaves, long herbaceous 
spathes, and numerous racemes of fleshy flowers, rising above the leaves, 
These are the peepee of the pea although some approach very nearly 
e mean genus Stelis; they form my Spa 
2. Many others there are, =— ms — large ogame pecie usually 
h forth mbran: 
racemes, 0 usually 
smaller ones in clusters, all without conspic ses olka por the 
Mas f Presl), and Macnorark FASCICULATE. 
3. Then come large leaved plants with winged stalks, sometimes resem- 
These are Srcaria. 
i tees tollows a Sar aay of bee anlerr: ble Octomerias, all 
with fasciculate soar and leaves ee the base; to these ie applind 
the name of AGGREG. 
Jan. 25, 1859. 
