PLEUROTHALLIS. (4) SPATHACEA. 
spicis paucis (3—7) til 1td breviore, bractei i lax, 
4 2 
bus, sepalo dorsali lateralib 1t mi lahell — tundo emar- 
ginato 3-nervi u cba od constricto intra isthmum calloso, petalis obovatis 
beh ary Jameson ; on trees near Cuchero and ——. 
Po 
pliant is the same as = re of Jameson, in an unexpanded state. The length of 
the age Fal is evidently erage Ihave only the tops of stems with leaf and 
hed. 
flowers attac Leaf 6 and 8” x 3”. Spikes 10”. (Column exces- 
oe short and sgt. 
P. expansa; wes oblongo peti (3) 6 breviore, 
besstets membranac ircularibus, ect eters interlib cemiconnat 
= paulo snidooins, labello ougtiiae Frage in ga arum constricto 
tringue ad isthmum intra marginem callo: ipso a amen eae 
petals oblongis——Perw (on trees in — valley of Lloa, oes crgec h. s. sp. 
ry like the last, but the flowers are larger, and appear to spread their 
pa a manner unusual among this ‘¢ group. I have no stems. (Column 
extremely — taper.) 
expanded into a somewhat circular head, toothed at the back, within 
—— = => bbe . the stigmatic cavity. Pollen-masses 2, pyriform, 
plane , connected by some loose mucilage. Anther 
rene ire i vealed, Aowiy at the back.) 
10. P. caulifiora ora (Hooker ic, pl. 1. t. 50); folio — ae _— 
lato spicis geminis secundis mu gees spatha elongata is late 
libus connatis obtusis dorsali multd brevioribus, ee saad cols 
ecallo i ibus duplo mi P. f trees near 
oa, on the western slope of waa J ) ¥. 8. Sp. ke’ 
more slender he Barb sas ag = very nearly te 
miterete, 
Vs 
anther-bed. Pollen-masses paclioen 4 eementy Raf loose mucilage. ) 
11. P. roseopunctata — in Orch. ose No. 1); | folio angst 
ge =e is Seanad rsali 
0 
dge not so as mes 3-veined petals, with a fleshy 
nan tks ek Ok — orga hoger g Rostel protruding 
horizontally.) 
2. Labctlien tamara Sioa. retusum. 
12. P. gelida (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, foe genes a ba ee one eles 
: labello cuneato medio uate aa TLoddiees, v. v. c«——A_ foot 
high. = Ster a lightly rates tg ail einai e middle. 
obtuse. 
Petals oblong, 
anther-bed.) 
