SPATHACE. (3) PLEUROTHALLIS. 
A. SEPALA ACUTA CARNOSA. 
* Racemi folio multé breviores. 
1. P. levigata (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 108s spatha maximé, folio 
opa: 
406) h. oe 
very stout, 1’ and more, with a aoe! loose — in the middle. scare 2". 
Lea =". 
adhere slightly. Ripon obovell: neg 3-ve nate longer than the Seine te 
which is me of e point. owers in numerous stiff racem ore than 
half as e leaf. 
a.F, muaapuetle (H. B. K. i. 365. p.7. P. floribunda Péppig & 
Eadlicher n. seh = sp. 1, t. ae i _—_* bre, foto oblongo-lanceolato i in peti- 
olum canaliculat an bello subro 
an “Stem 2’ and more. Leaf1’ x 3’. Flowers sul- 
phur pec ty in numerous short stiff racemes. 
3. P. galeata (Lindl. in Taylor's Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. rid spatha — 
ee folio lato subcordato petiolato, labello rhombeo ob oO pe 
carnoso utrinque tuberculato——Colombia (at the foot = 
unguragua, at about 11000’, Hartweg, 1408) h . 8. sp.—BStem 1}, with a 
— loose sheath i ree cages ddle. Leaf 7 x $4". Dorsal sepal very much 
larger than the lat: which are Seited iia to the end. Petals linear, 
1-veined, sekeebed pecan at the end. owers in loose lax racemes, 
4, P, fraterna; spatha ...., folio lato oblongo petiolato, labello rhombeo 
obtusangulo petalis multd breviore apice carnoso etuberculato——Bolivia, 
es. h. s. sp.——Very like the in size, and general characters; but the 
i in length, 
vi 
do not a 
tee oe dorsal sepal is not remarkably larger. In the only 
specimen great cauline sheath of P. “oh pra nena, kara 
by accident. E <ciekooae long, taper with a thin edged en’ anther- 
bed. Pollen-masses 2, oblong.) 
** Racemi folio equales v. longiores. 
1. Labellum subrotundum. 
5. P. Cassidis (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 384); folio sessili ovato 
cep spath& maxima, Spicis eaune peters rigidis, bracteis obovatis cucul- 
oe ta basin calloso——Popayan (on the  Sacens ent to 
Sotara, on ‘ee ground, ‘ 10, 0,500, Hartweg) h. s. sp. ——A large sto 
isn coauli: than 9”, with a long loose membrano apieernty spp 
middle. Leaf by” a Spathe e 2’ long. (Column very small. "cucu 
longer, but shorter than the obovate petals.) 
6. P. palmiformis ; folio a i, spath maxim4, spicis plurimis 
erectis eon sepalis submembranaceis 0 a otk recto a ee 
parum conna e ue intra marginem 
sus apicem calloso petalis obovatis trinerviis quali Pera (at 12.000 sarah 
eastern 3) 
less rigid than in the last. Flowers not so pte 
so long as petals.) 
7}. affsa (pig & lm. & sp. 1. t. 86); folio oblongo petiolato 
