APODAZ PROREPENTES. (48) PLEUROTHALLIS. 
lanceolatis acuminatis, labello lanceolato apice recurvo basi gibboso 
eee (in the deep antique woods), v. s. defl. in hb. Willd. 16895 ——. 
en in hb. Willd. from Swartz, which I formerly examined by 
rhizome not unlike a Sertularia. one flower there was a somewhat large 
bract at the base of the flower, but I could not find the “squamule due 
spathacee in medio pedunculo” of which he speaks, and whic he do not exist 
in the last species. ‘ Flowers minute, whitish, with yellow tips.” Swa, 
2 . = Gardneri (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, mise.); folio ovali marginato 
angustato pedunculo capillari unifloro multd breviore, sepalis linearibus 
pa ee lateralibus semiconn » pet tai Boyar equilongis versus 
apicem s riper labello rhomb roo 2 magnis triangulari- 
8s juxta 
Brazil, Mie Gardn ——Leaves oe 
petiole 5”. Poduscle is”, destitute ‘of any ee howe pale green, 
from tip to ti 
73. 2. sscaien pee Se! Freese Journ. Bot. 1. 9.); rhizomate 
crasso decumbente vaginis i mbranaceis, folio lineari-lanceolato 
coriaceo carinato er —w aaecs Seer saniric sub-8-floro lo ongiore, sepalis 
ovatis disjunctis lateralibus coherentibus, petalis oblongo-linearibus univeniis, 
labello majore a rhombeo concavo apice carnosiore scabriusculo—— 
Peru, Jam 1 (Mountain — between Azogues and Pante, at 11,000’, 
pogo j Harte (Mountain of Azogues at Hato de la Virgin near Cuenca), 
sp.—Rhizome as thick as a goosequill, sometimes erect, sometimes 
maa en t, and erin ng out great coarse white roots. Flowers evar Gt 
cone distant, in a loose raceme of 3 or 4 flowers; sometimes even solita 
274. P. clandestina ; folio ovali v. obovato marginato pedunculo ci 
dupld ecu sepalis acutis lateralibus connatis basi gibbosis multd ma; 
us, petalis equilongis setaceo-acuminatis, Jabello obovato plano margine 
, column& membranac eucullo lace Vi 
purple margin. ‘The ip ie booauiak perpiay with a yellow termination, and 
fringed with long white clavate gland-like hairs. In a a sketch of Fendler’s the 
yellow end of that I 
- could s find in the os flowerbud ; have “aig ary to patos 
testeefolia (Lindl.in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3.i.326. Cymbidium teste- 
folinms, ers FL Ind. Oo Occ. 1461); foll ‘oblongo_ subrotundo basi unifloro, 
sepalis oblongis acutis pilosisdorsali 
breviore lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis is cuneatis, labello 
horizontali oblongo 1 edio aspero ad basin alté bilamellato ungue 
e column cuc i ica, Swartz (on 
tio the trunks of bec the mountains); Cuba, Wright, 
_ (woods on trees the Monte Verde); Venezuela, Fendler, 1459. h. 
Leaf 8” x tS, speckled vith dark brownish red. Flowers dark 
eS 
orks or deep red. 
276. P. spiculifera; folio lineari carinat ato pedunculo 
unifloro dupld breviore, sepalis disjunctis Tneasboe obtusis erectis, Opie 
squilongis filiformibus pendulis, labello pauld bre re ovato-oblongo trilobo 
laciniis obtusis intermedio productiore—— wn Brest, tetas. ele (San Carlos, on 
i In habit this and the following much resemble 
“Fl. pale purple.” Spr. 
277. P. acutissima; fo lio Past carinato prniame pedunculo race- 
moso dupld breviore, — ctis petalisque inatis erectis tie es 
libus, labello pauld bre stare me trifido laciniis soeesined breviori 
Brazil, ‘Caatingas, about 8. ry ten pe pera ae 
— Differs from the last in the few-flowered racemes erect broader petals, and 
