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p. ELATA, Hook.— A noble free-growing plant, with large broadly ovate 

 pseudobulbs, surmounted by three to five light green plaited lance-shaped leaves 

 3 to 4 feet high. The flower scapes are erect, 3 to 5 feet 

 in height, bearing a long raceme of white waxy almost 

 globose flowers ; the central parts of each flower present 

 a very striking resemblance to the figure of a dove, 

 whence it is called in the vernacular, El Spirito Sanio. 

 This plant usually flowers in July, August, and Sep- 

 tember, and continues blooming for two months when 

 the growths are strong. — Panama. 



YlG.—JSnt. Mag., t. 3116 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 44 ; Hook. 

 First Cent. Oreh. PL, t. 64 : OreJdd Album, vii. t. 327 ; 

 Veiteh's Man. Orch. PI., ix. p. 128. 



P. GUTTATA, EnowJes et Westc. — A curious species 



which produces short pendent scapes bearing dense 



racemes of dull salmon-red flowers, copiously marked 



on both surfaces with reddish-purple or maroon spots, 



PEEISTEEIA ELATA. and which have an agreeable aromatic resinous odour. 



The pendulous flower spikes hang over the edge of 



the pot; it blooms in September, lasting two or three weeks in perfection. — 



Detnerara. 



Fig.— Xnowles <^' Weste., Floral Cab., t. 70. 



P. HUMBOLDTI, Idndl.—See Acineta Humboldti. 



P. LAETA, Bchb. f. — A species of unknown origin, which flowered in the 

 Hamburg Botanic Gardens in 1887. It is allied to P. cerina. Pseudobulbs 

 narrow, light green ; leaves thin, long linear ; flowers bright yellow ; the sepals 

 and petals have numerous dark purple spots ; the lip is more pallid and the spots 

 are much smaller. — Native country not stated. 



P. LINDENI, Bolfe. — A very handsome and singular species, with obovoid- 

 elongate pseudobulbs, and large deep green plicate leaves ; raceme seven- to 

 twelve-flowered, produced from the base of the pseudobulbs, pendulous ; sepals 

 and petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, clear green flushed with deep purple except at 

 the tips, and spotted with blackish-purple ; lip margined and striped with the 

 same colour on a light ground. Flowers in February. — Native country not stated. 



Tig.— Lindenia, vii. t. 328 ; Joitrn. of Hort., 1892, xxv. p. 301, f . 41. 



P. PENDULA, HooJc. — A handsome species, with oblong-ovate furrowed 

 pseudobulbs, bearing three or four lanceolate nervose leaves, and a short 

 pendulous scape from the base of the bulb, bearing a close-set raceme of about 

 five globose flowers, which are of a blush-tinted yellowish colour thickly sprinkled 

 with purple dots, the lip dingy white spotted with purple, its disk bearing a 

 thick elevated crest, and the anterior lobe deeply grooved with a recurved apex. 

 — Demerara. 



Fig.— Sot. Mag., t. 3479 ; Hook. First Cent. Orch. PI., t. 63. 



P. ROSSI AN A, Bchh.f. — A species allied to P. pendula, which was flowered 

 by H. J. Eoss, Esq , of Castagnole, Italy, to whom it is dedicated, Reichenbach 



