PLEUROTHALLIS. (14) SICARIA. 
66. P, Cubensis pea in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. III. 28) ;" folio coriaceo 
angusto oblongo obtuso caule multd breviore, sepalis ibaa dorsali lateralibus 
dimidiatis pauld —— — obtusissimis, labello ovato acuto bilineato 
— Wright, 653, h. ——Leaf 2” x }’. Stem 6”. Peduncles 
2-flowe wered. Bracts lax, truncate, gee aaa (Column clavate with a deep 
thin undivided edge.) 
67. P, — oviridis (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. se 827) ; folio coriaceo 
ovali obtuso caule parum breviore, sepalis subzquilateris intus aphthosis, 
petalis obtutiasimis, labello ene 8 istato—— <r ba, Wright (Monte Verde), 
h. s. sp.—— Something like a tate of the last. Bracts short, ova 
spreadin ng, acuminate, Peduncles 3. lowered Sepals green, petals dark red, 
lip green at point. (Column as in the last.) 
68. P, chrysantha (P. aurea, A. Rich. & Galeotti in Ann. Sc. nat. ser. 3. 
iii. mee caule plano in folium ovato-oblongum retusum expanso, sepalis 
— i alis labe e ra 
M 
—Tam indebted to Prof. Rehb, for a — of A. Richards’ un- 
pabliched figure of this; from which it appears to have a cluster of downy 
flowers within an acuminate spathe. The lip is ps turned upwards near 
th posit tgs as if it were there expanded and thickened. Leaf 34" x 3’ Stem 
t 
9. P, Pantasmi (Rchb. f. in ace. ae 1, 1855); caule plano 
= ovatum expanso apice trian sepalo antico bifido, aot 
rho —s labello ligulato basi —— sad the nervis 2 in basi lamellisque 
a Oerst ownt Pantasmo as 000’), v. 8. sp. sine 
fl.__—The junction of the stem — leaf fi forms an isosceles triangle. It is 
to be much suspected that it is the same as the last, of which I have seen no 
specimen, 
4, Labellum dente utrinque auctum. 
270, Be art cag in. Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. 187. P. tripteris, Rchb. 
in Linnza, xxii. P, trigonopoda, Klotzs ch in in Allg. gartenz. 1853, Nov. 13); 
caule triptero shea in folie oblongum expanso, sepalis disjunctis linearibus 
apice recurvis, petalis lanceolatis apice setrcisdie. labello lanceolato 2 ellato 
oe os es; WV. Gren oo = 
), Purdie Hooker; Venezuela, tvs oe h. s. 
——Le t fer bake shorter than the s m, often p rlifrous whale the 
flowers should be. Flowers yellowish pad wih ene or purple stripes. 
g some differences between my description, to which Iadhere, 
and that of Rchb. and Klotzsch, there ca he. little doubt that their names 
are synonymous. Indeed I have the mene A of gone od Rage coos being 
us gona ies denalseag eine ke os fimgelf in the 
ee oe sige ee ee 
name, without flower, is quite different, near P. 
- afi, Plessis (Lindl. in B. Reg. 189, mise Specklinia linearis, LO. 5); ‘‘caule — 
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