COCHLIODA. 
Separa petaloidea, patentissima, libera : lateralibus angus- 
tioribus labello suppositis. 
Perata tenera, patentissima, sepalo dorsali eequalia. 
LaBettum tenerum, 3-partitum, ad medium usque columnz 
nnatum, decurrens : callis 2 oo, apice verticaliter bivalvi- 
ae  Cosidilece ad instar) sub anther 
Cotumna arcuata, elongata, ines auriculata ; clinandrio 
cucullato. 
Pottnta 2, oblonga, => caudiculd rhombeo-ovali ; 
glanduld oblonga parum major 
Herpa epiphyta, Peruvians, pseudobulbosa. Folia coriacea. 
Racemus radicalis, dens ted rus ; pedunculo sguamato, bracteis 
glumaceis, Flores conspicui 
The habit of nee plant i is that of 3 Odontoslossum the lip and column ome 
refer it to Epidendrum ; the pollen-masses and caudicle are such as we fin 
s ae 
raised 
bivalve ise which opens vertically. The two narrow lateral sepals, stan 
apart from a others and beneath the lip, indicate an unmistakeable affinity 
1. C. densiflora. 
Wild in Purvu—Mathews, (v. 8. sp.) 
doancse 72 — dred te mething like tha ee tenue, with 
one narrow s spreading leaf at = point, ed a pair of 
more ch sereciod tase ones aa the base. Peduncle about as thick as = sa crow gull five 
inches long before reaching the flowers, aeuied through its entire length with 
close-pressed glumaceous sheaths. oblong, ier: pioneer 
cher. long. in glumaceous, cucullate, spreading, about as long as the 
— sepals and petals ro undish, acute, of the same size ; la’ 
sepals eas — acute, nearly paral lel. Lip three-lobed ; lateral lobes 
roundish, middle one linear-oblong, tiated and two-lobed at the point. In 
their dried state the fowers are me inch and a quarter across ; their 
colour is unk it seems to have “stg yellowish, oF white, and unspotted. 
nown 5 
Fes. 21, 1853. 
