APOD& CA&sPITOSA. ( 39) PLEUROTHALLIS. 
here a stem i, if pang with a sheath in the middle, so that this species ought 
strictly to g Elongate, but it cannot be well separated from Kefer- 
steiniana an car es osa, 
> Sia (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, mise. Specklini a flexuosa, ese 
n, . sf sp. 90); folio erecto lineari-lanceolato racemis flexuosis 
floris ree con intus pilosis do tice subrotundo ean, 
eee a ae a Bante labello Bigs apice eae tg 
aon P, Kefersteiniana aac f. in ae Jan. 15, 1854); folio papyraceo 
rginato basi angustato racemo capillari laxo flexuoso multd oo — _— 
dake us oblongis intt 
Caracas, at 4000’. Rehb. f. h. s. c. ab i ipso aut.——I discover 
where this species has been po Ey It is merely mentioned . ie mace 
quoted, as having flowered with Mr. Keferstein and in the Ham 
It is certainly a very —— >i sabe The flowers are wattad with pat 
and are about the size of the last. 
carnoso earinato ssuaequi us peseeibta velutinis lateralibus reflexis 
sais 
About 3” high. Flowers minute, sa purple, “ strong beard on the 
underside of the lip appears to re rd great mark of t 
242. P, rupestris (Lindl. in Bot. me sub 1797) ; folio tereti mucronato 
suleato spicd stricta rigida paulo breviore, sepalis ovatis carinatis lateralibus 
semiconnatis, petalis nanis lanceolatis lati labello oblongo utrinque in 
mie obtusangulo lamellis 2 carnosis $ planis basi connatis furcam refe- 
ntibus—— Brazil, Martius (rocks in aiacienl of Mines), v. s. s. olim in hb. 
Martins ——This on 8 ae of a Leptotes. Peduncle reddish green. 
purplish. Petals 
B. wees nani, sepius pluriflori. 
243, P, tribuloides (LO. 6. Dendrobium tribuloides, Greate Fit apa Qoe. 
1525. Pl. spathulata, A. Rich, j in Ann, Se, ser, 3. iii. 16. P. fallax, Rchb. f. 
Bonpl. Aug. 1, aig ha: ee obtuso is mans oblong floribus ni ant 
sepalis 2 vi elutinis us, petalis nanis oblongis, la’ ineari recurvo 
pubescente, ca nti pena ——Cost pegs se (on Mt. a. ; Mexico, 
Galeotti, Le ‘bold; Cuba, — 663 ; 5 Jaman Pasa (on Calabash trees) ; 
Macfadyen. h. s. sp. rs red, buried among scarious sheaths at the 
basse? te leaves. This is No. 16893 of Willdenow’s herbarium. 
4, P, Lingua (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 18ks ocr vos lanceolato petiolato, 
re saapl cland ro palis calvis linearibus acuta’ teralibus apice liberis, 
talis nanis ig apiculatis, labello lineari precept convexo——. 
sey tains), h. s, sp.——Not more than 1” high. 
245. rs areguneiie (Rehb. f. Js — om 1, 1855); folio cuneato 
retuso carnoso, pedunculo bifloro alis villosis congluti- 
natis fsogeiratn petalis Bic bell how thombeo ilies ig preeecig Ss basi 
cato—— Caracas, 
a alle 7 ix 4” spot spotted with site sfone Flowers purple, 
246. P. violacea (Rich. & Gal. in Ann. Se. afte PB I cna ato 
fliformib bus, labello sagittato acuminato unguiculato su angus 1 
price alesis S; ic. iat Liat 3 “3. sapenguen i 
‘see P. P. dubia (Rich. bh. & Gal. in Ann. Se. ser. 3. iii. 16) ; pears: 
pote ses oblongo obtuso, floribus luteis subdistichis minimis — Mexico, 
_ March 15, 1859. 
