24 ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIANJE. [Rodriguezia. 



paucifloro, floribus diyaricatis, sepalo inferiore bilobo obtuse calcarato, 

 labello angustissimo apice hastato basi sagittate, columna aptera, 



^^ An epij^hyte, from the forests of Jaja. Mowers pale yellow^ streaked 

 with red. Venezuela, at the height of 6000 feet; July, 1842/' {No. 659). 

 Of this species I have only a leaf and a couple of loose scapes ; the 

 latter are about three inches long, with two or three sharp 

 keeled distant sheaths, and four flowers, about the size of those 

 of R. secunda. The very narrow lip and thick lumpish column 

 are quite peculiar. 



BURLINGTONIA, Lindl 



124. B. granadensis ; foliis oblongis acutis, racemo erecto (?) 

 5-floro, bracteis minimis apiculatis, labello bilobo subrhombeo trila- 

 mellato basi unidentato, columnse alis 2 erectis laceris 2 latis truncatis 

 porrectis duplo majoribus. 



^^ Leaves fleshy ; flowers white, or, in a variety, yellozvish. An epiphyte on 

 Psidiums, between Chinacota and Chopo, in the province of Pamplona, 

 at the height of 2500 feet; ApriU {No. 1260). 



A fine species with flowers an inch and a half long. The lower sepal 

 is bent backwards, so as to resemble a pendulous boat-shaped 

 process. 



lONOPSIS, H. B. K. 



125. L pulchella ; (H. B. K. nov. gen. et sp. pi. 1, 348, t. 83). 

 ^^ Mowers of a fine violet. An epiphyte on old Coffee trees of Tatera and 



Mount Liban, in Cuba, 2000 to dOOO feet; June, 1844." {No. 1760). 



COMPARETTIA, Pbppig and Endlicher. 



126. G.falcata; (Poppig and Endlicher, Nov. gen. et sp. pi. 1. 



42. t-73). 



''An epiphyte, on the Psidiuiiis and Crescentias, in the neighbrnirhood of 

 Merida, at theheight of 5000 feet; July, 1842. Flowers bright carminer 



{No. 658). 



TRICHOCENTRUM, Poppig and Endlicher, 



127. T. maculatum ; foliis lineari-oblongis carnosis obtusis, bractea 

 cucullata, sepalis petahsque oblongis obtusis, labello obovato bilobo 

 obtusissimo medio bilineato calcare longissimo, columnse alis carnosis 

 truncatis dentatis. 



'' An epiphyte, with very thick fleshy leaves, spotted with red. Floicer large, 

 with a very long spur; petals white, spotted with purple. Lip with a 

 yellow crest. New Grenada, in the province of Rio Hacha, at the height 

 of 4500 feet, on old trees, on the border of the river San Antonio, in the 

 Sierra Nevada of Sta Martha; February, 1844.'' {No, 1666). 



