26 ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIAN^. 



[Sobrcdia. 



near Tipacoque, in the province of Tunja, at an elevation of iSOO feet. 

 The flowers are large, somewhat fleshy ; petals rose, sometimes whitish 

 rose; lip white and purple ; March" {No. 1375). 

 A magnificent plant. 



133. S.molacea (Linden in herb.) ; glabra, foliorum vagina rugoso- 

 scabra lamina ovali acuminata superiore flore longiore, strobilo sessili 

 plurifloro, labello maxirao explanato Isevi. 



" Abundant in the high regions of the province of Merida, at the elevation 

 of 6000 to 8000 feet; July. Flowers pole violet. {No. 617) or tvhite 

 with a yellow crest." {No. 615). 



The two numbers are supposed by Mr. Linden himself merely to 

 represent two varieties. The white kind has, however, nar- 

 rower leaves than the other ; but whether that difference is 

 connected with others in the fructification the impossibility of 

 examining the dried flowers prevents my ascertaining. 



EPISTEPHIUM, H. B. K. 



134. E. sessilifl.orum ; foliis oblongis amplexicaulibus apiculatis 

 pergameneis, flore solitario intra folium supremum cucuUatum sessili, 

 labello unguiculato cucullato margine serrulate. 



"Savannahs near S. Antonio, on the Sierra Nevada of Santa Martha, in the 

 province of Bio Hacha, at the height of 4500 feet; February. Flowers 

 purple, three inches in diameter." {No. — ). 



SUB-ORDER VI.— NEOTTE^. 



PONTHIEVA, B. Brown. 



135. P. maculata ; (Lindl. in Ann. hist. nat. xv. 385). Schn- 

 leinia henigna, Klotzsch in litt.) 



"Both on trees and on the ground, in forests of the Silla de Caraccas, in 

 the colony of Tovar, and province of Merida, at tJm fieight of 6000 or 

 7000 feet. This singular plant, whose velvety foliage resemhles that of 

 Arnica montana, occurs in the forests of tlU cold region. Lower 

 sepals white, dotted with red ; upper white, streaked u'ith rose; Feb- 

 ruary." {No. 140). 



ACR^A, Lindl 



136. A. multijlora ; foliis , spica oblongji multiflora, 



petalis membranaceis lineari-lanceolatis sepalo apice agglutinatis, 

 labello margine glanduloso crenato lobo medio villoso. 



