282 PROF. OLIVER ON NEW PLANTS FROM RORAIMA. 
validus, 2 unciam crassus, ramosa. Folia coriacea brevia ovata obtusa, 12 ad $ unciam 
longa, 3 lata, vaginis rugosis vix uncialibus. Panicula abrupte deflexa, ramis duobus 
flexuosis 1 ad 24 uncias longis. Flores parvi carnosi, 8 in ramo, dissiti. Bractez 
ovatze сисиПа ге subobtusz. Sepala lanceolata carinata. Petala angusta lanceolata 
quam sepala dimidio breviora, et paullo tenuiora. Labellum cymbiforme, ovatum, 
cordatum, carnosum. Columna brevis. 
Top of Roraima. The affinity of this plant is with Æ. frigidum, Linden. 
299. EPrpENDRUM Імтновхи, Ridley, n. sp. (Plate XLVI. A. figs. 1-6.) Caulis gracilis 
teres parum ramosus ultra 7-uncialis. Folia angusta lineari-lanceolata coriacea cari- 
nata, unciam longa, 1 unciam lata, vaginis rugosis. X Racemi 2 vel 3, deflexi, vix 
unciales, sex-flori. Flores parvi, tenues. Bracteze ovate, pedicelli $:equantes. Pedi- 
celli j-unciales. Sepala lanceolata oblonga obtusa curva, circiter $ unciam longa. 
Petala linearia angusta uninervia. Labellum ovatum cordatum cymbiforme, basi 
angustatum. Columna gracilis paullo recurva. Anthera pileata subconica obtusa. 
Capsula fusiformis. 
Top of Roraima. 
322. EPIDENDRUM MONTIGENA, Ridley, n.sp. Caulis teres gracilis, ultra semipedalis. Folia 
elliptica lanceolata mucronata carinata, unciam longa, $ lata, vaginis 3-uncialibus 
rugosis. Racemi deflexi multiflori, haud ramosi, circiter 3 unciaslongi. Flores parvi, 
tenues, Bracteæ оуафге subacutz patentes. Sepala lanceolata, ovata falcata, + unciam 
longa. Petala angustiora lanceolata. Labellum cymbiforme, late cordatum, carnosum. 
Ledge and top. 
51. EPIDENDRUM DURUM, Lindl. Our house. 
360. EPIDENDRUM VIOLASCENS, Ridley, n.sp. (Plate XLVI. B. figs. 7-10.) Caulis semi- 
pedalis gracilis foliis distichis tectus. Folia brevia lanceolata crassiuscula recurva, 1 
unciam longa, vaginis superiorum violaceis. Panicula erecta gracilis 5-uncialis, ramis 
paucis tenuibus. Flores pauci perparvi. Втасбеге lanceolate breves recurve. 
Sepalum posticum lanceolatum obtusum trinerve, lateralia basi connata, et ad basin 
labello adnata, lanceolata obliqua, apicibus excurvis, trinervia. Petala linearia 
angusta uninervia. Labellum rotundatum subreniforme, marginibus serrulatis; 
costze tres elevatee, versus apices attenuate. Columna crassiuscula. 
Top of Roraima. 
304. EPIDENDRUM, sp. Ledge, 7500 ft. 
80. CATTLEYA LAWRENCEANA, Reichb. f. From the locality given, I believe this 
_ to be C. pumila, Schomb., Reise Brit. Guian. p. 1068 (non Hooker) There is 
a picture of it among Schomburgk's drawings preserved in the British Museum. 
Roraima. 
55. CYRTOPODIUM PARVIFLORUM, Lindl. Roraima, 4000 ft. 
61. KoELLENSTEINIA KELLNERIANA, Reichb. f. Roraima, 4000 ft. 
50. ZvcorETALUM Burxet, Reichb. f. Our house. 
