RESTREPIA. 
HA B.K. 1. 367. LZ.O, 14. 
i dorsale et petala setaceo-acuminata, apice ssrentibs libera, 
epalis lateralibus lineari-oblongis prod — ee mtibus multé 
tatioetivtr samadialas Labellum planum, basi ex cum columns 
lumna 
fa ol ie in R. 
subglobosa pedicellata; in R. cucullata 4 semipyriformia),— 
nune monophyllus, nunc ramulosus, ramulis m monophyllis ; semper aie 
mis magnis membranaceis carinatis imbricatis vaginatus. Peduneuli 
elongati, uniflori, gi e squamda vaginante aucti. Flores s@pius macu- 
lati, inter majores 
ett is ete to separate this genus from Pleurothallis, to — ry bears 
h the same relation as Cirrhopetalum to Bolbophy lium, It would seem, 
raed that R. elegans has four setae pollen-masses, a good ¢ Hee were it 
so in others; but in R. cu e only species whose pollen-m: ve 
been able find, although their number is 4 they 
applied face to In all the oth unknown to me, although I 
ve + numbers of flowers. The taper poin g 
sepal and — cannot be taken alone as distinctive, although they are found 
ine Pleuroth hemirhoda, ten i 
others have the same struc It is only when this oe glandular 
condition is connected with a lo ag ms column, a 
a e fulfilled. R. 
as well as jak mere Pisa alls as ek ree pets sie cacdasel with “a 
genus. 
§ 1. Monophylla. Labellum juxta basin utrinque cirrhosum, 
1, R, an opus got lotrel Preag oe Rehb. f. in Bonplandia 
(sesh 1855—-—R. maculata Lindl Orch, Lin nm No. 19); folio ovato acuto 
ro trinervi j 
pi <r vaginis 8 falcatis, labello tinea! jux' 
enezuelas (in the province of Merida, terrestrial at 
12000 Linden 1481; flowers yellow, dotted with red). New Grenada (in the 
on onks at 
of t 7740’, Linden 1270; also 47 ; in Ocaiia, at 10500’, 
Bohlin 730 738). h. 8. 8p.comm, amic. Linden——In the figure p eC 
by Turpin for the N. G. et Sp. Pl. of Humboldt and Bonpland the leaves are 
ted as plai the stem as ished with two leaves, which ig 
never the case. me a ngui tee an undoubted error, 
as modern collections prdve. colours of the flower—yellow do with 
or antes ; of the foliage are not so. 
Some of my specimens have the led with purple 
