Omithidium.] ORCHIDACE^E LINDENIAN^. 23 



on the Up. Damp forests in the neighbourhood of Merida^ at the height 

 of 5500 feet, June— July.'' {JSTo. 640). 



Perhaps a variety of the last. 



CATASETUM, Eichard. 



lis. C.planiceps ; (Lindl. in Bot, Reg, 1843, t. 9). 

 Not in the herbarium. 



MORMODES, Lindl. 



119. M. Cartoni ; (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 4214). 



^^ Mower extremely variable. Found on Erythrinas, in the temperate 

 regions of the Sierra Nevada, of St. Martha. The sepals are flesh- 

 coloured; lip fleshy, rose. The same plant was found by Mr. FuncTc, at 

 Minca, near S\ Martha, in the province of Rio Hacha, at the height of 

 iOOO feet." (JVo.—). 



CYRTOPODIUM, E. Brown. 



120. G. hracteatum (Linden in herb.) ; racemo simpliei, bracteis 

 magnis membranaceis, labelli disco pulvinato verrueoso lobis laterahbus 

 oblongis undulatis versus basim tuberculatis intermedio transverse 

 truncate indiviso margine in papillas soluto. 



^'Scorching Savannahs, near Merida, at the height of 5000 feet; July. 

 Flowers and bracts bright yellow, spotted with red." {No. — ). 



Differs from C. punctatum in its simple raceme, and in the form and 

 markings of the lip. 



TELIPOGON, H. B. K. 



121. T. angustifolius ; (Humb. Bonpl. and Kth. I. 336. t. 75). 



(c Terrestrial at the entrance of the Great Paramo of Mucuchies, near the 

 Indian village of Chachopo. Leaves fleshy, imbricated, alternate. 

 Flower pale yellow ; petals transparent, rayed with purple ; pollen 

 masses surrounded ivith violet hairs. Venezuela, at tJie height of 10,500 

 feet.'' (No. 621). 



122. T. latifolius ; (H. B. K. I. 336). 



^^ Both terrestrial and an epiphyte. Flower large, golden yellow ; petals 

 faintly streaked with purple. Violet hairs in the centre. The vast 

 forests of Quindiu, in the province of Cauca. Height 98i0 feet ; los 

 Volcancitos, February, 1843." (No. 1285). 



RODRIGUBZIA, Eui^ and Pawn. 

 123. E. stenochila ; foliis oblongis planis, racemo laxo erecto 



