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ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. 



P. PROLIFERA, Herbert. — Stems short, slender, two-edged, bearing an ovate, 

 cupped leaf, thick and fleshy in texture, deep green, becoming red when unduly 

 exposed to the sun; scape short, about half as long as the leaf, sometimes 

 bearing young plants instead of flowers ; flowers small of a rich deep reddish- 

 purple. Flowers during the summer months. — Brazil. 



Fia.—Bot. Reg., t. 1298 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1908 ; Lodd. But. Cai., t. 190S. 



P. PUNCTULATA, jRolfe. — A distinct species, with light yellow flowers about 

 an inch long, profusely spotted with brownish-purple, somewhat similar to a 

 Mestrepia. — New Grenada. 



P. RACEMIFLORA,— See P. lon&issima.. 



P. REYMONDM, RcJib.f. — This is a very singular species; having a creeping 

 rhizome, and stout terete stems, about a foot in height, these are clothed with very 

 pale sheaths, which are densely covered with short and stiff black hairs ; leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate, carinate behind, the edges reflexed, from 6 to 9 inches 



long, thick and fleshy in tex- 

 ture, deep green, and persis- 

 tent ; flowers solitary, small, 

 green without, deep purple 

 within. A superb flower for 

 the microscope. Blooms dur- 

 ing the spring months. — 

 Garaccas. 



'Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 5385. 



P. ROEZLII, Bchh. /.—This 

 is one of the handsomest and 

 largest flowered species of the 

 genus. It is a dwarf-growing 

 plant, producing erect racemes 

 about 10 inches long of largo 

 flowers of a deep vinous pur- 

 ple ; sepals oblong-ovate con- 

 cave, keeled at the back, the 

 lateral ones connate ; petals 



smaller than the sepals. This beautiful species was discovered by Eoezl, near 



Sonson. — New Grenada. 



Fm.—L''OrcMdophile, 1888, p. 80 ; OrcJdd Alhum, x. t. 476. 



P. SURINAMENSIS.-See P. picta. 



POLYCHILOS.— See Phalaenopsis coiuju-ceevi. 



PLEtJHOTHALIilS ROEZLII. 



POLYCYCNIS, Eeichenbach fX. 

 (Trile Vandeao, suUrihe Stanhopieae.) 

 This is a small genus of epiphytes, the species of which very much 

 resemble those of Cycnoohes in their general appearance and the shape of 



