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Papperitzia, Gard. Chron., 1879, xii., 75. 

 Paxtonia (see Spatlioglottis). 

 *Paxtonia rosea, 1882, xviii., 532. 



239. Pelexia, Lindley. 



Seven or eight species, from Tropical America, Brazil, 

 West Indies, and Central America. Near Spirantlies 

 and Cephalanthera. Not showy. 



240. Peristeria, Hooker. 



Two or three species, from the Andes of Colombia, and 

 from Panama. P. elata is the " El Spirito Sancta," 

 or " Dove Orchid," often met with in gardens, where 

 it produces long erect spikes of fleshy- white, waxlike 

 flowers. Gard. Chron., 1879, xii., 75. 

 Pescatorea (see Zygopetalum), Orchid Album, t. 17, 57. 

 *P. Dayana var. candidula, Gard. Chron., 1875, hi., 343. 

 *P. Lehmanni, Gard. Chron., 1882, xvii., 45. 



241. Phaius, Loureiro. 



Fifteen species, wild in Tropical Asia, Japan, Malaysia, 

 Pacific Islands, Australia, Madagascar, and in Tropical 

 Africa. Phmm grandifolius, from Hong Kong, is 

 naturalised in Jamaica, and is one of the oldest of 

 cultivated Orchids. Thunia is now included under 

 Phaius. P. WaUichii is only a form of /'. grandiflora 

 See Orchid Album, t. 91 ; Gard. Chron., 1882, xviii., 

 565 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1924, 2713 (Bletia), t. 3960, 4078, 

 6032, 4442, 3991, 5694. The following species are 

 figured in Gard. Chron. : — 



*P. Callosus, 1848, 287. 



*R grandifolius, 1872, 733 ; 1882, xviii., 565. 



*P. irroratus, 1867, 264 ; 1882, xviii., 565. 



*P. tuberculosus, 1881, xv.,341; 1882, xviii., 595; 1884, 

 xxi., 520. 



242. Phalsenopsis, Blume. 



Twenty to thirty species, from India, the Philippines, and 

 Malayan Archipelago. These are amongst the most 

 graceful and beautiful of all Orchids. P. grandiflora, 

 P. amabilis, P. Schilleriana, and their varieties, are 

 well-known. See Orchid Album, t. 11, 39, 80, 158, 



