PLEUROTHALLIS. ( 24 ) BRACHYSTACHYZ. 
136, P. pubescens Pcs maf = Comp. Bot. Mag. 2. 355); folio lanceolato 
coriaceo canaliculato racemis nutantibus sahara ag . "longio re, se’ 
pubescentibus dorsali laseea ists age bidenta t: anceolatis a 
a ‘i 
fi ae co, Barker. v. v. ¢. 
a ue — of this plant eta disappeared, I can add nothing to 
the original specific character. Flowers dull purple, striped with bright 
purple, smooth inside. 
** Folium caule longius v. subcequale. 
137. P. strupifolia (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. 3. picta, Bot. 
Mag. t. 3897. P. bicolor, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, — Palio longis- 
— _loriformi, racemis brevibus fasciculatis pendu lis a d spatham usque 
flori nonlin = pubescentibus dorsali lanceolato recurvo antico oblongo 
bidentato, petalis nanis lineari-lanceolatis integris, labello ae obtuso 
carnoso excavato lobulo utrinque juxta basin exo—— , Loddiges 
(Rio), v. v. c.———Leaves like 2 long straps, . 18”; sometimes ‘aeser reed broader. 
Racemes 8”—4”, with ts, Dorsal sepal, 
petals and lip white ses pt and striped with purple ; — sepal all purple 
speckled. The native ee § is uncertain. According to the labels at 
Woburn it is Mexican oe B, M.); but the pata a r in which recor 
were kept by the late D. of Bedford’s gardener renders it gear to place 
any confidence in his statements. 
(Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. 1); folio coriaceo 
revi recurv4, 
obovato-oblongo imo caule crasso multd longiore, spica b 
acutis pubescentibus lateralibus connati osis, petalis nanis 
——— labello membranaceo o = edio constricto umne 
e petaloideo incurvo——Native country uncertain. v. v.c.——A good 
deal like P. obovata. Flowers Teatheey, yellowish brown. 
139. P, ochreata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg, sub t. 1797); folio crasso 
oblongo-lanceolato complicato. mucronato spica dens’ nutante genes 
— a re, sepalis alato-carinatis acutis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis 
truncatis apiculatis, labello .... . .—— Brazil, Martius (on the rocks 
of he Borvs do Mont onte Santo in the province of Bahia), ¥. s. sp. in hb. Martius 
yx red. Petals yellow. 
140. P, ciliata (Knowles’ Floral Cabinet, t. 19); folio coriaceo ovali, 
racemis nutantibus pauciflori: apace ahaa ovario pubescente, sepalis glabrius- 
culis dorsali lanceolato antico mult latiore acuto basi  sibboso, petalis nanis 
seasili — pr erdbeengeen o per medium 
excay v. ¢.——Leaf Oy" ell” Flowers orange 
coloured, pubescent moe near ake “err 
141. P. Bufonis (x1 Allg. Gartenz. July 22, 1854); folio 
oblongo erasso recurvo carinato seceaace Se chop Tikigiors, sepalis cla isp 
puberulis antico antico oblongo bidentato, petalis one ae — 
ciliatis, labello err acuto sae seer oa pels 
green, og a a Petals potted siicihe urpie 
at the edge. Lip deep purple, dotted ena oop? 
142, P. hypnicola (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. ?P. fusca, Lindl. in 
Comp. Bot. Mag. 2. wea folio pengameneo eneo obovato acuto in petiolum longum 
angustato caule dupld longiore, 
0 ca 
I acutissimis cauli subsequa- 
foe pedicellis quam flores dupld Tongio- 
netis, read es nanis rhombeis unguiculatis 
7 pra sae most gloomy parts of airs omens 
virgin 
stem 2, dark cheanué colour ne ah 
of P, bypnicola. But I have 
