EOE” oe 7) STELIS. 
yoo poe age ato——Peru, Jameson (Western Andes on trees) h. s. sp.—— 
Leaf scarcely coriaceous, 6", with a rather long petiole. = somewhat 
longer. Fines small, Paid, stints aiintd | in a dried sta 
27. §. florea (Pleurothallis chamastelis, Rchb. f. in Linnwa xxii. ); f. obl. 
coriaceo spicis — erectis ad basin floridis dupld breviore, caule longiore 
ibus quaquaversi 
laxé vaginato, flor. us numerosi ssimis minutis membranaceis 
bilabiatis, ss. » pp. oblatis membr., lab. apice pl: mempbr. 
rotundato medio constricto infra med, carnogo canalic. truncato ZU 
F fax nd Schlim (1195 hb. Linden) ~——tThis remarkable species, 
bearing innu ble mi owers all he e ti ° th 
very base of the spikes has certainly the column of Stelis eaf 4” strongly 
keeled just below th vq", loose sheath in 
to alter my learned friend Reichenbach’s 
28. §. fissa; f. lato obl. caule ones spicis 2—4 folio #q., bracteis acu- 
minatis gubimbricatis hine fissis, ss. subrotundis trinerviis, pp. cuneatis 
transversis ie ing lab. minore carnoso marginato apiculo inflexo 
one t 
the leaves are mor and larger 14°, ts, 
which are ee slightly-< cnr snd therefore acd slit, approach in lengt 
pe im tion the distichous divis n, ‘larger and ner. 
of the column obsolete, but eed | byt a Gis glandular tumours on 
the atta bed. 
29. 8. Lindeni (Lindl. Orch. Lind. no. 17); f. maximo ovato-obl. obtuso 
3—4 erectis xquali caule valido breviore, bracteis acutissimis dis- 
tantibus patulis, ss. lté connatis sub » pp. cuneatis, lab. 
carnoso obtusd tridentato— Ve nezuela, Linden (679, forests in the om of 
Merida at 6000’) hb. s. sp. Leaf 8” x 24”. Flowers middle-sized, yell 
30. 8. grandis (Rchb. f in Bonpl. March 15, 1855); f. obl. pie A 34 
strictis breviore, caule valido vagina : mem 
sitnls Ciabenaiaen pon Sai eee cord. awa aye conta: 
lab, carnoso trun peg (quasi tridentato) callis 2 infra apicem—— 
Venezuela, Foner pore hlim (Merida at 6000’, 1019) hb. 8. a a 
the last, but the leaves vi not ovate, the sepals are cordate, an there is 
ery lar 0 lowish. 
Sak 8. Purdiei; f. lato obl. caule valido 2plo breviore, racemis 3—6 
trictis secundis iol. multd longi 8 ie ss. subcord. 3-nerv., pp. trunc., lab. 
! obiais infra ap. verse sxnatieret New nada, ie. h. 8. sp. 
comm. cel. H tke tallest ede 3 yet found. _ 7’ x12”. Stem 
bg long in large specimens. Flowers small, deep purple. A 5s: 
said to come from Peru in hd. Hooker seems to be the same as this. 
32. $. macrocarpa (H. B. K. n. g. et sp. 1. 363); “f. obl. obt. subcoriaceo 
spicis subgeminis breviore, ss. oe otundo-ovat. acutiusculis subquingve- 
nerviis subseq.’——New ‘enada, Humb. and Bonpl.——Leaf 3’’ and more. 
Stems 4”—6”, Spikes 6”, as large as bene of the niga of the a 
ae Rpt unguiculate, es 
* 3 ine ecg — — have ccasiooaly 
previous os year, oF ia remains 
