CCCXLIL— NEW ORCHIDS: DECADE 7. 



01. Pleurothallis maculata, /'<>//<■ .- caule primai-io subvepente, secun- 

 lario brevi, foliis elliptieis obtusis v. minutissime bideiitieulatis valdc 



lineari-oblongo 

 s elliptico-ov.it is carnosis 

 puberulis apice bidentatis, peta'.is obovato-oblongis obtusis glabris, 

 labello pandurato oblongo obtuso carnoso glabro, colurana clavata alia 



Hab. Brazil. 



Folia l-ll poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata. Racemi f-1 poll, longi. 

 Braeteee 1-1| lin. longa?. Sepalum posticum 4-5 lin. longimi, lateralia 

 paullo breviora. Fetala l± lin. longa. Labellum, 1£ lin. longum. 



A small species presented to Kew by Messrs, Shuttleworth, ( 'aider, 

 & Co., of Clapham, which flowered in September 1891, and again in 

 the following July. It belongs to Lindleys section /irac/ti/stac/ii/rr. and 

 is allied to P. recurva, Lindl. The leaves are irr< nul uiy bluteiit d and 

 spotted with purple, in allusion to which the name is given. The dorsal 

 sepal is light brownish purple above, much paler below, and the lateral 

 ones crimson-purple. The petals are semipellucid white, and the lip 



62. Pleurothallis unistriata, Rolfe ; herba dense caaspitosa minuta, 



folds spafhulatis, lamina elliptico-oblonga obtusa apice minutissime 

 . .-enpis. o-raeilibus, raeeuus pauci-multifloris, bracteis 

 spathaceis basi iiii'nndibulil'ormi-tubub.MS apice ohlhpiis suhobtusis, 

 Bepak) postlOO ovato-oblongo subacuto carinato concavo lateralibus 

 aii^iistii.iilni- et planioribus b'. ! '<, n.'taii- spatlndat!- obtusis, labello 

 lineari-oblongo obtiHo-tiiner\ o. columna clavata. 



Hab. not recorded. 



Folia 9-12 lin. longa, 2-21 lin. lata. Scapi 2-2.V poll, longi. 



Fetal a. '\ lin. longa. Labellum • lin. longum. 

 A very small species, belonging to th 



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middle. The flowers arc semipellucid white; the petals each with a 

 purple mid-nerve, and some similar colour on the lip. As the flowers 

 become old, the colour diffuses itself through the petals and lip. 



63. Heurothallis pergracilis, Rolfe; herba dense ciespitosn, foliis 

 spathulatis lamina edipiica obrusi \alde earno^i. -capi< graeilibu-. 

 raeumis pau.-illon-, braetei> spaibacei- bad int'n ndibulitbrmi-t nbulo-i> 



api<e obliquis acntis, - uto lateral!- 



Hab. Belize, British Honduras. 



Folia 6-10 lin. longa, 2\-A lin. lata. Scapi 2-1 poll, longi. Bractex 

 $ lin. longa. Pedieelli 2 lin. lonjri. Scpalu 2 lin. longa. Pelala f lin. 

 longa. Labellum | lin. longum. 



This species has been cultivated at Kew since 1887, when it was 

 received from the Belize Estate and Produce Company. It flowered in 

 May 1892. It belongs to the section Apodce 



