PLEUROTHALLIS. ( 32) ACUMINATZ. 
and extend 3” ears the bracts. “Stem somewhat 4-cornered. Leaf 
+ 5” x 14”. e 2/— 5M, a? 
1838. P. a ora (Lindl. in — Ann. Nat. Hist. ser, IIT. i. 326 
folio ovali obtuso _. laxe vagin auld breviore, racemo capillari doves 
distantibus, sepalis disjunctis a ake sé acuminatis, petalis linearibus 
ati elongatis, lab iors subrotundo ee Coen 
Wright, 659, h. s Flo 
dark red o: 
9, P. aah ciples (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, mise. 146) ; folio angusto 
oral petiolato het gg be capillari multo breviore caule —— ‘opal acutis- 
embranaceis antico bidentato, nt talis nanis obovatis osis dorso 
ae abe satan talis dup 3 longiore un Sasol to nities ernie’ 
obtuso linguiformi basi slciaato per ari villoso dorso verrucoso Mexico, 
Barker, v. v. e——Raceme with scarcely more than four flowers, divided from 
each other by intervals of nearly an inch, with — ausparent ‘purple sepals. 
Leaf 3” x 7’’. Upper sheath as long as the stem itself. 
190. P. rhodotantha (Rehb. f. in Linnea xxii. 825); folio coriaceo 
oblongo basi picis 5—6 capillaribus elongatis multifloris, sepalo 
dorsali oblongo acuto galeato lateralibus lanceolatis acutis i is, 
lis n ° a labello trilobo abbreviato Jobis lateralibus in 
paginam a, Schlim, 1442 
at 9000’)——-Stem 5-angled. Flowers yellow streaked with rose. 
§ IX. Acuminara ; foliis basi angustatis, caulibus a aut 
angulatis, racemis folio longioribus, sepalis acumina 
A. LEPANTHIFORMES. 
191. P. Dinotherii (Rchb. f. in Bonpl. May 1, 1854) ; folio membranaceo 
eri ( 
acuto petiolato caule prolifero multd breviore, vaginis vittatis, oe — 
laribus elongatis, sepalis shoe hegre acuminatis dorsali — 
c umnaé longioribus, i tahalis longiore oe oe cbinso bela ro) 
ehbibrieico eru, Warezewitz. h. 8. sp. —— a ee 
Stem 3”, with about 6 shortsheaths. Flowers much mall hae fe P. fe 
cula. (Column with a 3-lobed hood, of ohiok the iis: divisions are roun 
and much larger than the dorsal, which is flat and trun cate.) Compare this 
with P. diptera, No. 279. 
192, B. dura; folio. duro petiolato caule simplici multé breviore, vaginis 
s, sepalis 
193, Oe be, (Lindl. in Bot. ae his mis.) folio ovali acuto” 
petiolato caule —- multd breviore, reviore, spicis densis secundis nutantibus, 
‘0 glabro ligulato 
