838 ORCIIIDES. odontoglossdm. 



WilJ in Venezuela; in ihe province of Mcrida, oi Laguneie and Valle, ai ihe heighi 

 of 7— SOOO feet-Funck ond Sclihai. 1031. 



..Peials yellow, sometinics white. Lip rose-coloured at the base. Pseudobuibs 

 creeping-." — Funck and Schiim. 



Cf. Walp. Ann. IJI. 559. 



46. ODO.NTOGLOSSUM MYA.NTHUM Lindl. in Benih. Pl. Hartw. p. 152. L. F. Nr. 38; 



0. foliis basi canaliculatis ereclis scapo paniculato elongalo flexuoso 

 brevioribus, bracteis minulis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis un- 

 guiculalis acntis, labello lanceolato aculo basi bilinealo limbo deflexo, 

 coiumnae crassae alis obsoletis subulalis. 

 Wild in Peru ; niountains near Lo.ica— Hartweg, 



Leaves a foot ond a half long ; the scape iwice as long; tho panicle zigzag, nar- 

 row, and very much branched ; the flowers minute. 



47. ODONTOGLOSSUM LONGIFOLIUM Lindl. in Benth. Pl. Hartw. L. F. Nr. 39: 



0. foliis ianceolalis papyraceis basi longe canalicnlalis scapo sub- 

 paniculalo gracili brevioribus, bracteis minutis, sepalis pelalisque lan- 

 ceolalis aculis longe unguiculatis, labello bilamellato oblongo aculo medio 

 deflexo apicibus lanjellarum auriformibus diveigenlibus, columae alis fal- 

 calis minimis. 



Wild in Peru; on ihe Cordillera, neor Lo.^a, in July— Hartweg. 



A smali-flowered species with a liitle tendency to branch at the base of a slender 

 few-flowered raceme. 



Obs. Odoiitoglossum zebrinum Rchb. fil. Fol. Nr. 39. cf. Ovcid. zcbrinum Rclib. fil. 

 supra p. 709. 



48. ODONTOGLOSSUM MEGALOPHIUM Lindl. Orch. Lindcn. Nr. 83. -L. F. Nr. 40: 



0. foliis lanceolatis in petiolum gracilem canaliculatum angustatis. 

 panicula stricta racemosa ramulis subcompositis flexuosis, bracleis mem- 

 branaceis acntis, sepalis spathulatis apiculatis lafc^ralibiis unguiculatis, 

 pelalis duplo latioribus sessilibus, labello snbcordato-ovato obtuso sub 

 apice carinafo, cristae lamellis 2 maximis, colunma aptera. 



Wild in Venezuela ; in the ihick forests of thc Sierra ^Tevada, in Merida , at ihe 

 height of 7000 feet; August— Linden, 682. 



A small-flowered plant nearly allied to 0. longifolium and myanthum. Pseudo- 

 bulbs oval, acute, ribbed. Flowers yellow. 



49. ODO.NTOGLOSSUM GRACILE Lindl. in Benth. Pl. Hartw., p. 151. L. F. Nr. 42: 



0. foliis oblongis papyraceis basi canaliculalis angustatis scapo 

 slricto gracili subpaniculato brevioiibus, bracteis minutis, sepalis peta- 

 lisque oblongis obttisis longe unguiculatis illis dorso carinatis, labello 

 bilamellato oblongo ubfuso litnbo deflexo, columnae alis falcalis incur- 

 vis acutis. 



Wild in J'cru ; on ihe Cordillera near Lo.\a — M.irlwcg. 



Flowers smnll , rcddish brown, wiih usually flai rounded sepals and petals. Thc 

 scape is less than a fuoi high . wiih a slender raceme of seven or eight flowers at 

 the end, and a very shori braneh with two qr ihfce (lowers near its base. 



Obs. OdonlogL cimicifeium Rchb. fil. L. F. Nr. 43. cf. Oncid. ciiniciferum Rchb. fil. 

 supra p. 7l2. 



50. ODONTOGLOSSUM MKNTIGERUM Rchb. fil. v. Wrscwz. II. 100. 



Menlo prodiicto, labello cordato oblongo acuto subtrilobo, carinis 

 undulalis 2 parallelis p^r discum. 



Panicula difl^usa . romorum ramuli abbreviati , fle.xuosi, pauciflori, bracteae 

 squoinifonnes quoriam ovorii pcdiccHali aequantes , sepala angusie unguiculata 



