PLEUROTHALLIS. (22 ) BRACHYSTACHYE. 
Stem 4”. I have been ee to dissect the only flower in my possession of 
this curious and very distinct species ; but that it has a shag, hAgBY & glandular 
purple lining to es risky, sepal is scniee without dissectio 
120. P. truncata (Hooker ic. pl. t. 55. Rehb. f. in alms Sept. 1, 
1855) ; folio ovato-lanceolato acuminato hanes longiore, sepalis marginatis 
dorsali oblongo obtuso antico retuso ventricoso obsolet bicarinato, petalis 
oblongis nanis basi angustioribus, labello sessili transversd oblongo lateribus 
scorn be =Amneeon , bh. 8. sp.——A v very distinct t plant immedi 
'v its e ik 
nd tran 
lip, which may be co wens toa broad ahah attached by the middle Tan one 
ea and rolled up. (Column terete, truncate —= a great two-lobed convex 
el, 
a P. sphenochila; folio oblongo signed ee petiolato caule duplo 
breviore, racemis gracilibus strictis, se sepalis ris lineari-lanceolatis, petalis 
nanis lanceolatis, labello duplo breviore ssi erent lamellis 2 —_ rectan- 
i inalibu i 
Leaf 4": Stem 6’. Bracts ovate, ean, hg ae owers the size of P. eid 
122. P. cochlearis (Rchb, f. in Bot. Zeit, 1852. p. 764); folio agen 
lanceolato ei cuneato, spicd pauciflora, sepalo areal lanceolato 
branaceo an co carnoso cochleato, petalis lanceolatis acutis, labello facittato 
complicato je ere exico, Hort. Dresd. negate 3”—4", Is 
whitish with 5 jak tha —— Petals v tite. with one purple line. Lip purple 
with a green gold 
a - secunda ers Endl. n. g. & sp. 1. 49. 85); folio lato ovali 
e pauld breviore racemis strictis secundis lo ongio “28 ne 
2 latd 6 ovatis subequalibus diaphanis, petalis Trectibas acumina L 
pauld inoviorbus labello subrotundo cordato acuminato concavo sons bd 
culato—. Oppig (in the dry woods as Cuchero, on trees) ——Stem 
Racemes from m3 to 8. Flowe age rose, e veins in the sepals. 
in P. na’ navilinguis (Rebb. f. in Bonpl. = ¥, mee os oblongo- 
eato acuto racemis 3 dupld longiore, sepalis 2 equalibus, petalis ligulatis 
obtusi ‘atmeatia a rh labello — anticé acuto naviculari renada, 
m with three sheaths. (Column ani with a tri- 
anata elevated are behind.) 
125. P. obova: ta (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. P. albida, id. in Taylor's 
Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. III. i. 327. P. octomerisformis, Rchb. f. in ‘Bonpland. d. Ji 
pon tite Specklinia —— Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, mise. 137) ; folio obovato 
uso in petiolum culatum angu senate angulato eequali, pedicellis 
plurimis paucifloris eco, sepalis linearibus glabris acuminatis disjunctis, 
petalis minoribus conformi ineari acuto infra 
so Cuba, = 655 (om shaded re rocks). ak 
(3 Caracas th dane : . 
sc princes =o ag csp i 
tn ar 
Fhe sbove Gharacter is Habel, 
mutatis mutandis ; Fendler' ntl ee to be 
the ta stink a "7 which is in fruit onl 
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