332 Prof. Lindley on some Orchidaceous Plants 



dish purple, deeper in the centre, and marked with alternate light 

 and deep lines ; lateral segments similarly marked near the base. A 

 deeper line also on each side of the androecium." {No number.) 



Epidendrum cochleatum, L. 



"Monte Verde ; hi dense woods. Epiphytal. Also Filantropia ; 

 rocky banks of mountain rivulets. Flowers : outer segments yel- 

 lowish green. Labellum dark red or purple, with greenish veins iu 

 the middle. Andrcecium whitish at summit, with red lines at base." 

 (646.) 



Epidendrum polygonatum {Spathium) ; foliis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, pedunculo longo flexuoso spathis herbaceis carinatis acutis 

 vestito unifloro, sepalis acuminatis, petalis brevioribus angustis- 

 simis acutis, labello obcordato axi elevata juxta basin 2-dentata. 



No locality. (643.) 



Something like a straggling, starved, 1 -flowered F. Harrisonice. 

 The scape or peduncle is between 4 and 5 inches long, bends re- 

 peatedly at an obtuse angle, and at each bend has a narrow carinate 

 spathe longer than the internode. The stem below the peduncle is 

 about 3 inches long. 



Brassia caudatttj Fol. Orch. No. 5. 



"Epiphytal, in dense woods. Flowers light greenish yellow, 

 mottled with reddish brown." (637.) 



loNOPSis Gardneril Fol. Orch. 



" Epiphytal, in hedges. Flowers light purple, with deeper veins." 

 (667.) 



Oncidium sylvestre ; (Equitantia) foliis rigidis linearibus falcatis 

 integris, scapo ramoso radicante, sepalo antico bilobo, dorsali et 

 petalis undulatis retusis mucronatis sessilibus, labelli lobo medio 

 sessili cordato lateralibus multo minoribus postice rectangulis, 

 crista quinqueloba f , columnae aUs semiovatis acuminatis. 



" Monte Verde ; thick woods. Flowers very light purple. Ter- 

 restrial; growing from thick masses of fallen leaves." (670.^ 



Very near O. variegatum, from which the leaves, anterior sepal, 

 and labellum seem to distinguish it sufficiently. 



Oncidium variegatum, Fol. Orch. No. 38. 



" Monte Verde ; on bushes. Flowers hght purple ; lateral petals 

 and lateral lobes of labellum with a light brownish spot at base." 

 (668.) 



Oncidium luridum )3, Fol. Orch. No. 131. 



" Epiphytal. Sepals and petals spotted and streaked with yellow 

 and brown, the sepals rather darker." (666.) 



