ORNITIIIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES 489 



10. OR.NITillDIUM SKMISCADRUM Lindl. in Dciiih" Pl. Hailweg. pg. 153. Aug. 1845: 

 Rhizoinale sarraentoso lignoso, foliis oiisifoiinibii.s in bulbnm solita- 



riis serrulatis apice obliquis, sepalis apicu scahris, hibello oblon.co ob- 

 tuso sub apice undulalo calloso. — Folia recta, 4— 5pollices lonpa, radices 

 longae durae simplices. 

 In montibus Paccba. 



11. ORNITHIDIUM DICOLOR Lindi. sp. in Denth. Di. Hailwg. p. 153. Aug. 1845: 

 Foliis lanceolatis scapo simplici paucilloio fle.Knoso subaequalibus, 



sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis subundulatis aequalibus, labello ungui- 

 culato obovato apiculato basi obtuso, denticulis quibusdam (6) in un- 

 guem, columnae brevis alis decurvis serratis. — Flores violacei labello 

 magno luteo. 



Prope Limatn. (Non ab Hartweg lectum). 



12. ORNITHIDIUM NIVEUM Lindl. Orch. Lind. 1«46. p. 20: 



Foliis oblongis obtusis margine scabris, sepalis acnininatis, petajis 

 acutis raembranaceis , labello apice oblongo apiculato piloso , columnae 

 facie pubescente. 



..Terrestrial from the foresis of Jaji in Merida , at the height of 6000—7000'. Juiy. 

 Pseudobulbs roundisli, oval, corapressed. Flowers small, entirely white." Nr. 1476. 



13. ORNITHIDIUM SANGUINOLENTUM Lindi. Orchid. Lind. 1846. Nr. 117. p. 22: 

 Foliis oblongis obtusis margine scabris, sepalis acuminatis, petalis 



aculis membranaceis, labello apice ovatoacuminato undulato pubescente, 

 columnae facie pubescente.", 



..In habit like 0. coccineum. Flowers bright yeliow , with a bioodred spoot on 



the lip. Damp forests in the neighbourhood of Merida at the heighl of 5500. Jun. 



Juli. (N. 640.) Perhaps a variety of the last (Ornithidium niveum). 



ORNITHIDIUM SANGUINOLENTUM Lindl. (0. serm/amm Lindl.? (sic !) P- acumi- 

 natum : perigonii phyllis externis acuminatis, labelio ia disco bicornuto" Rchb. fll. 

 in Linnaea). Rchb. fll. in Donpl. II. 18; 



lcli hin durch einen GiiKkszufall , endiich [zur richligen Desiimmung gelangl : 

 llcrrn VVageners Exemplar isl so schnell gctrocknet , dass iler rothe Fieck auf <ler 

 Lippe erhaJten ist. („Flowers bright yeilow. with a bloodred spot on the lip"). 

 Dazu liegt rair Herrn Lindens citirte Nr. 640 vor. Es heissi Orchiil. Lind 22): la- 

 bello apice ovalo acuminaio unduialo pubescente. Ich sehe weder Wclleniand noch 

 Behaarung . aber zwei grosse Hornerschwieien auf der Miite . zwischen ihnen zwei 

 kleinere : das ware zu erwahnen gewesen ! ! (Hierher Moritz 1072, 1077). .Merida. 

 HOOO'. WageniT. 



— Pseudobulbiferae. — 



14. ORNITHIDIUM HUBERRIMUM Rchb. fil. Huc: Scaphyglottis ruberrima Lindl. Pl. 

 Lindl. 1846. p. 22. N. 113: 



Foliis lineari oblongis obtusis oblique emarginatis . pedunculis uni- 

 floris bractea longionbus, sepalis ovatis aciiminatis, petalis acutis, la- 

 bello ovato recurvo obtuso undulato medio oli.^^olcte bilamellato. 



An epiphyte wilh bright red flowers , from tlie forests ncar Merida', at ihe height 

 of 50O0'. July. (N. 667.) 



Obs. Lobellum non bilaraellatum, sed caiio iigulalo inslructum, cujns apex obiusu.'^ 

 altius per iabelliim iransgrcdilur. lilius margines tantura cl. Lindley vidii, Cnido 

 labelio nndulaio ab iiisequeiiti diveisum'. licot valde affine. 



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