QUEKETTIA. 
Lindley, in = Reg. 1839, misc., p. 3, no. 6. 
LLINIA 2, silanes: hana: postion excavata ; caudiculé 
lineari ; glandu ld winut&. An thera unilocularis. 
Herba epiphyta, Brasiliensis, a Folium ¢eres. Flores 
minuti. Panicula terminalis, capillari 
A singular little plant, us the habit of a Pleurothallis ; is nearly related 
to Tonopsis, but is different in habit, and is essentially distinguished by its lip 
being not only parallel my the column throughout its whole length, but 
h callosities like those of 
trace of the aiassitee alah al of Ionopsis, nor are the lateral sepals united into 
a pouch ; they are, however, slightly joined at the base, and gibbous there. 
1. Q@. microscopica, Lindley, /. c. 
Wild in Braztt—Loddiges, (v. v. c.) 
Leaves terete, subulate, about three inches long, mottled with — green, 
green, 
and agi one Panicle, about three inches long, with a few capillary 
minute ovate acute membrano' lowers nearly sessile, 
. ’ rals 
erect, a pair of faleate obtuse ears curved downwards from either side 
of the whe mag which i is a mere transverse cleft. 
P othing can be 
i the fabric of the leaves below the pier The flowers 
cells than those which 
18. 
& , and it is, no doubt, a common 
, as we alread 
structure exists 
Ocr. 14, 1852. 
