AcrcBa.l ORCHIDACEiE LlNDENIANiE. 27 



a Terrestrial; Savannahs of the Sierra Nevada^ at the height of 10^000 

 feet; August Flowers yellow ^ striped with 7'ed.'' {JSfo, 673), 



The many-flowered oblong dense spike and hairy lip offer a ready 

 mode of distinguishing this from Pterichis galeata. It differs 

 from Aersea triloba in being larger, less hairy, and having the 

 edge of its lip very glandular. 



ALTENSTEINIA, H. B. K 



137. A.fimbriata ; (H. B. K. I. 333. t. 72). 



u Terrestrial. Flowers white, in a close spike. Quehradas of the Sierra 

 Nevada of Santa Martha. San Miguel in the province of Rio Hacha, at 

 the height of 6000 feet; February:' {No. 2214). 



CRANICHIS, Swartz. 



138. G. monophylla ; folio solitario cordate acuminate longe 

 petiolato, vaginis scapi acuminatis, spica multiflora laxa, labello 

 ovato-oblongo, sepalis petalisque glabris subaequalibus. 



a Terrestrial. Flowers greenish. Forests of Merida, at the height of 

 6000 /eef; July J' {No.—). 



139. G. parmlahris ; foliis 2 radicalibus ovalibus petiolatis, scapo 

 ter squamato, raceme paucifloro secundo, sepalis ovalibus obtusis 

 membranaceis cum ovario parce pilosis, petalis membranaceis margine 

 altero ciliatis sepalo apice adhserentibus, labello minimo glabro un- 

 guiculato subquadrato apiculato complicate. 



ii Terrestrial. Paramo of Zumhador, in Merida, at the height of 10,000 

 feet ; June. Flowers white.'' {No. 1470). 



The flowers hang down after withering, and are larger than usual 

 in this genus. The minute unguiculate lip is very remarkable. 



SARCOGLOTTIS, Presl. 



140. S. picta 13 ; (Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. 475). 



(i Terrestrial, in the forests of Jaji, in the province of Merida, at the eleva- 

 tion of 5500 feet; August. Floivers yellowish white." {No. — ). 



PHYSURUS, L. a Richard. 



141. P. Preslei ? (LindL gen. et sp. orch. p. 501). 



'^ Damp forests near Ihagua^ at the height of 4200 feet, in the province of 

 Maiiqicita; February. Flowers yellow." {No. 1282). 



