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Pleurothallis (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 163, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

P. atropurpurea (dark purple). The correct name of this plant is Cryptophoranthus atropurpureus.

P. glossopogon (beared-tongued). A garden synonym of P. insignis. P. insignis (remarkable). fl. pale, pellucid whitish-green, 2 3/4in. long; upper sepal with three dull purple stripes, long-attenuate above, the lower connate pair having three dull purple stripes near the margin; petals with a broad base, bristle-like above; central lobe of lip dark blackish-purple, ligulate, villous at apex, the side ones half as long, falcate-linear; peduncle two-flowered. l. sessile, oblong or linear-oblong, 3 3/4in. long. 1887. SYN. P. glossopogon (of gardens).

P. liparauges (bright-beaming). fl. light reddish-ochre, pellucid, remarkably thin; sepals linear; petals nearly so, but broader at the base; lip light ochre, with an orange margin at the apex, oblong, blunt-acute, rounded at base; column green, semi-terete, with angular wings. l. petiolate, oblong, blunt-acute, the upper surface spotted mauve-purple, the lower nearly wholly mauve. Brazil, 1885. A small species.

P. macroblepharis (large-fringed). fl. resembling those of B. Barberiana, but with narrowly acicular petals and a flat, hairy lip. l. longer and more acute than those of the species just alluded to.

P. maculata (spotted). A synonym of Cryptophoranthus maculatus. P. Regeliana (Regel's). fl. gaping; dorsal sepal ochreous, erect; lateral ones reddish, declinate, connate; petals whitish; lip rose-coloured, with some purple marks at base, unguiculate, oblong-ligulate; bracts ochreous; peduncle short, recurved. l. very coriaceous, rounded at base, oblong or ovate-oblong, the apex slightly emarginate. Stem climbing. Minas Geraes, Brazil, 1886. (R. G. 1886, p.51.) P. tribuloides (Tribulus-like). fl. brick-red, very small, numerous. h. about 2in. Jamaica, 1887. An inconspicuous species.