Ghieshreghtia.'] ORCHIDACEJE LINDENIAN^. 25 



GHIESBREGHTIA, A. Richard. 



128. G. calanthoides ; (A. Richard in Ann. sc. ser. 3 : III. p. 28). 

 '' Petals yelloiuish wldte, dotted with rose. Edges of the forests of Mount 

 Lihan and the Sierra Maestre, Ouha, at the height of 8000 feet; August, 

 1844." {No.—), 



SUB-ORDER IV.— OPHRE^. 



HABENAEIA, Willd. 



129. H. maculosa ; (Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. 309.) 



<( Terrestrial. Moist places at San Cristobal, in Merida, at the elevation 

 of 8000 feet; October. Flowers white:' {No. 706). 



130. H. Lindeni ; caule alto folioso, foliis oblongis acutis, spica 

 elongata densa mnltiflora, bracteis foliaceis floribus sequalibus, petalis 

 lineari-oblongis indivisis, labello lineari indiviso carnoso sepalis 

 longiore basi callis duobus carnosis truncatis subasperis aucto, calcare 

 longissimo versus apicem compresso. 



(c Terrestrial; Oaraccas, between Las Coquisas and San Pedro, at the height 

 of 3000 or iOOO feet; August Flowers ivhite.'' {No. 1477). 

 A very fine species, three feet high. There are no radical leaves. 



SUB-ORDER v.— ARETHUSE.E. 



CLEISTES, L. a Richard. 



131. (7. rosea ; (Lindl. g^n. et sp. orch. p. 410). 

 '^ Mountain Savannahs of Merida, and at St. Pedro, near Caraccas, at the 

 height o/4000 or 5000 feet; Jidy and September. Flower large, bright 

 rose ; lip pale rose, deep purple in the centre, and veined ivith purple 

 at the extremity.'' {No. 1475). 



SOBRALIA, jKm^ and Pawn. 



132. S. dichotoma ; (Ruiz and Pavon. syst. 232, prodr. t. 26). 

 '^ This remarTcable plant grows as much as six or eight feet high, on rocJcs 



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