STELIS. Ss (S yeuerae 
1. §, la (Lindl. in B. R. 1838, misc. 69); f. obl. mn undul. spic. 
ceaete breviore caule longiore, bract. tenuiss. acum., ss. ovatis eq. 5-nerviis, 
pp. trune, cun., lab. conform. suleato, column brachiis elongatis —. — Brazil, 
i y. v. c——Leaf 5"x 1". Flowers — purple in the centre, 
twice as large as in seabrids, No. o. 47. Anth. crimso 
52. oe Sree f. in Linn. xxiii. — f. obl. obt. basi: cun., 
spicd secundA bra gnis, ss. ovatis, pp. cun. retus. bis- ter-em arginatis, 
ae Bee hae brane. ore “callus =e Baten minulis lamella os in me = 
——The large bracts see 
to or eipeatadty noteworthy. 
S. major (Rchb. f. in Bonpl. 15 Jan. 1854); f. lig. obov. spath. obt. 
ns _—_- = folio dupld longiore subsecund., ss. transversis apiculatis, 
pp. obtusang. . minutis, lab. transv. obt. margine involuto 2-3-lobo 
callo magno an b-ogeis ato Caraccas, Wagener The lip seems peculiar 
54, §, nane: galensis ; f. ovali membr. _— laxé — longiore spicd 
nen on basi nuda breviore, — — rune., ss. ovat. cord. 5-nerviis 
. rotundatis truncatis, lab. ore tru oo: Jameson (Forest 
of Naneat, oa Wes tern. declivity of P otaierags rees) h. 8. sp.——Flowers 
as large as any in the genus, acoacently pale min | ‘Leak A LO. 
§. dubia; £ ovali membr. caule pane in ae ‘aps spich densd 
Bena basi membranaceo-vaginata brevior minatis, ceteris 
ut in S. nanegalensi——Peru, Jameson ( Westone de deli of ‘the anda) h. s sp. 
——aAlthough the flowers of ‘this and the last appear to be undistinguishable 
except by colour, these being green, yet the hnforescence, and long mem- 
branous bracts seem to raat cing a specific differ 
§ I. Evsteris; C. Monostachye ; 2, Brachypods, labello plano 
aut cavo. 
*,* The species proceed from the largest-flowered to the smallest. = 
56. 8. grandiflora (Lind). in Comp. to B. M. 2. 353) ; f. obl. petiol. emarg. 
caule longiore yea! dense quaquaverse equali, ss. us obtusis, pp. 
to cone. ina Descourti 
the district of Mac ane and Bananal) v. ic. in bibl. Lessertianta-—Stem 3”. 
pr we igs 1”. Spathe large, acuminate. Flowers among the largest 
57. 8. su biens; f. obl. in petiolum brevem angustato caule 
Me agen = racemo stricto spirali dupld iden bract, obt. distant 88. 
inore 
ee eous, 3-dent., wi 
base, with 8 or 10 purple flowers at Noe end. peice Rep pubireigabis 
Se ae ee A very distinct plant, with large column-ears 
se pencapee ‘Both e oltmn and lip on the under side distinctly scabrous. 
oro ety f. in Snowe 23. 821); f. cun. erasa. ear 
: spicd tenui, fi Arg Sorte haces BPS 
3) ——Seem tobe very near te Tat. 
