204 ORCniDES. 



RESTREPIA. 



secundario subdiiplo breviore ; flore solitario subpollicari ex albitio-roseo, basi breviter 

 gibboso, perigonii foliolis duobus exterioribus mognis linguiformibus . extus intusque 

 furfuraceo- pubcrulis , interioribus membrannceis (onformibus coccineo-strialis albo- 

 villoso - marginatis reclis triplo brevioribus ; labello recto integerrinio albiilo obluso 

 excavato perigonji foliolis inierioribus dnplo breviore ; gynosieinio recto pallide coccineo 

 brevi , infra antheram bidentato ; pedunculo braciea magna , opice obtuse - tridentaia 

 sufTulto. 



2. RESTREPIA UJARE.NSIS Rcbb. fll. in Ronpl. III. 225 : tenella , vaginis amplis nervosis. 

 folio linoari lanceo , racemis unilloris paucis seu soliliiriis , sepolo dorsali fornicalo 

 Inncpolato, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis , lobo medio cuneoto reiuso. gynoslemii 

 androciinio producto lanceo. Plania bi— iripollicoris cnespitosa hobiiu Leponibis seu 

 Pleurothallidis tenuioris. Flores virides ex icone Oersiediana. Vaginae siccae fiiscae, 

 amplae , dorso bene carinatae, acuiae, Foliurn vix unciale , sai crassum , liiieas duas 

 — tres latum. Floresjninuti oclomeriacei , sepalum dorsole imbricotuni super sepala 

 lateralia, Gynosiemium gracile. Ujaras in Coslarica. Oersted. 



Obs. A cl. Lindley ad Pleurothallides relata, quae binis tantuni gaudent polliniis 

 dum haec quaternis jjioriaiur. 



3. RESTREPIA HYPOLEPTA : huc ex Lindl. Foliis I. Feb. 19, 1853: Pinelia. Sepala 

 paiula, peialoidea , libera ; lateralibus basi inaequalibus. Petala conformia , hijnora. 

 Labellum majus . indivisum , c. columna coniinuum , eique basi adnalum, ( basi 

 bicallosum?). Columna nano. reclinata, fere horizontalis. margine petaloidfo (..Siigma 

 proininens" Pinel.). Pollinia 4, basi maierie gluiinosa colligaia. caudicula glandula- 

 que nullis? (caudiculis 2 pulvereis replicatis. Pinel.) Anthera (columnae apice adnata, 

 carnosa, 4 - locularis. Pinel.) — Herba epiphyta , Bvasiliensis ; pseudobulbosa , mono- 

 phylla. Foliuin carnosum , apice iridentaium, Lepantliis more. Peduuculus lerminalis, 

 filiformis . dislanter vaginatus , unillorus. 



Tbis very singular piant has been communicated by the Chevalier Pinel , a French 

 botanist , who has paid aiteniion to the minute species of the order , and after whom 

 it is named. The matenals consist of one plant glued to paper , with some sketches 

 and manuscript noies. Although insufficienl to enoble me to speak wiih certainiy of 

 some oi ihe parts of fructiflcation , they are enough to show ihat it is a very curious 

 and wholly new form. In habit ihe plant would be a Pleuroihallis , if the siem had 

 not the fusiform condition of an Aulizean Epidendrum. The leaf is qnite that ofmany 

 Pleurothallids. Of the flower , which is very neorly half an inch fijom lip to lip of 

 the back sepal and lip . M. Piiiel says , „Ce seroit un Catileya en miniaturc sans 

 i'expansion foliocee du gynosieme ei Todb^rence du labellum a la colonne". The 

 anllier. which I hove noi seen soiisfactorily , is represented by him as resembling 

 that of ihe same genus ; as are the pollen-masses . of which he soys , ..Quatre masses 

 polliniques, sur deux lames semblables a celles du grond Coitleya Harrisonioe et de 

 tous les Cattleya". This I hove not been able la verify; M. Pinel's drowing is at 

 variance with his descripiion, and shows to eacli pair of pollen-masses ihe some kind 

 of glutinous secretion oi maiter as is found in many species of Pleuroiballis. This, 

 and some olher parts of ihe struciure iherefore remain for further examination. 



P. Iiypolepia. — VVild in Biazil; ::ear Rio Janeiro-1'inel (v. s. sp.) — Herba caespi- 

 losa , 2-pollicaiis. (aules pseudobulbosi , l'/j I. loiigi. Folium solitarium , sessile, 

 carnosum , ovaium , acutum , obsolete tridcniaium , SVi I. longum. Pedunculus flli- 

 loruiis . 9 I. longus . vagiins 3 dislonlibus arcle coiivoluiis. Flos solilaiius, virens, 

 vi expansus semipolliceui latus. Sepala ovata obtusa. Petala obovata , obtusa, minora, 

 unine.via. Lobellum basi verosimiliter 2 - callosum , Iiuguiforme acutum , planum, 

 sepalis duplo majus. 



— Antennirerae. — 



4. RESTREPIA ANTENNIFERA llb. B. Kth.: Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. III. 70. Subpedalis, 

 labello a cuneaia basi ligulato . opice retuso bilobulo , ante medium utrinque obius- 

 angulo posiposita arisla extrorsa , carinis triluis validis per discuiu. — Caulis secuiidarius 



