Zygopetalum.} ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIAN^. 19 



ZYGOPETALUM, Hooker. 



97. Z. gramineum ; (Lindl. in Bot- Reg. 1844 ; misc. 15). 

 ''A hulUess epiphyte^ from the damp forests of Merida^ at the height of 

 50^0 feet ; June, Flowers yellowish white, transparent; petals spotted 

 with purple; lip veined with deep redr {No. 1474). 

 A broader-leaved variety ; a beautiful little plant. 



CYRTOPERA, Lindl. 



98. G. Woodfordii; (Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. p. 189). 



" Damp forests at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where it chiefly occurs on 

 the outskirts. Rhizome bulbous, creeping. Stem a yard high ; sepals 

 yellowish green ; lip purple. Merida, at the height of 5000 feet; August.'' 

 {No. 662). 



MAXILLARIA, Eiiiz and Pawn. 



99. M. scahrilinguis; [Cyrtopera scahrilinguis^ Lindl. gen. et sp« 

 orch. p. 189). 



^^ An epiphyte, and also growing on rocks, in Merida, at the height of 6000 

 feet; June. Petals white; lip yellow'' (A^o. 669). 



100. M. meridensis ; caulescens, ebulbis, vaginis foliorum scabris, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, floribus axillaribus subsessilibus, 

 braetea suprema flore duplo breviore, petalis acuminatis, labelli 

 oblongi trilobi laciniis lateralibus brevibus intermedia tereti carnosa 

 appendiee ovato concave. 



^^ On trees and the ground, near Merida, at the height of 6000 feet above the 

 sea; July. Flowers yellow." {No. — ). 



101. M. grandifjora ; (Lindl. gen. et sp. orcb. p. 147). 



'^ An epiphyte, with oval flattened pseudo-bulbs, petals white as snow, and a 

 powdery yellow lip. Forests of Jaji, in the province of Merida, at the 

 height of 5000 to 6000 feet; August." {No. 631). 

 This is a true Maxillaria, with a lunate gland of the stigma. 



102. M. alhata ; acaulis, scapigera, foliis oblongis acutis longe pe- 

 tiolatis scapis debilibus flexuosis pluries longioribus, vaginis linearibus 

 acutis suprema adpressa ovario longiore, sepalis petalisque linearibus, 

 labello trilobo laciniis obtusis lateralibus divaricatis intermedia 

 oblonga sub-emarginata callosa, appendiee brevissimo transverse lamel- 

 lisque 2 brevibus pone basim. 



'^ An epiphyte, with long, compressed, oval, blackish pseudo-bulbs. Flower 

 and lip pure white, very sweet. Forests of Jaji, at the height o/*8000 

 feet; June and July." {No. 1469). 



