14 ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIAN^. lOncidimn. 



73. 0. hicolor ; (LindL in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 66). 

 Not in tlie herbarium. 



74. 0. cucuUatum ; (LindL Sertum Oreh. sub t. 21). 



^^An epiiohyte with oval oUuse ribbed pseudo-bulbs. This magnificent 

 species has deep red petals, and a two-lobed violet lip spotted with purple. 

 Forests of Quindiu, at the height of from 7800 to 8700 feet; February. 

 The Oallegos call it Hierba buenal andld^ Mesa/' {No. 1287). 



75. 0. (Cjrtoehilum*) halter atum ; foliis ensiformibus tenuibus 

 acutis, racemis laxis longissimis, bracteis cymbiformibus obtusis, 

 sepalis longe unguiculatis supremo cordato-subrotundo lateralibus 

 ovatis obtusis, petalis sessilibus ovatis undulatis obtusis brevioribus, 

 labello carnoso lanceolate acuto subtus carinato supra crista elevata 

 etiam carinata pubescente aucto basi utrinque dentato, columnae dorso 

 sub apice glanduloso alis linearibus retrorsum falcatis. 



^^ Epiphyte from the forests of Quindiu, in the province of Mariquita, at 

 the height of 7800 feet; February. Flowers deep yellow J' {No. 1289). 



A very fine species allied to 0* undulatum and flexuosum. Flowers 

 more than two inches across. Leaves thin, scarcely an inch 

 broad. 



76. 0. (Cyrtochilum*) falcipetalum ; foliis lanceolatis acutis per- 

 gameneis 7-9-nerviis, floribus dense paniculatis, bracteis cymbiformibus 

 obtusis, sepalis breve unguiculatis supremo subrotundo cordate latera- 

 libus ovato-oblongis obtusis, petalis sessilibus brevioribus oblongis 

 erispis complicatis falcatim recurvis, labello carnoso hastate acutis- 

 simo basi utrinque corrugate et lamellis dentatis aucto, columna 

 Isevi, alis parvis semiovatis unidentatis, clinandrio postice mucronato 

 pubescente. 



^'Both epiphyte and terrestrial, from the forests of Merida, at the height of 

 5000 to QOOO feet; August. Pseudo-bulbs oval, compressed, two or three 

 inches long. Stem twenty feet long, scrambling. Flowers very large^ 

 brown." {No. 626). 



A noble species, with flowers more than three inches in diameter. 

 Leaves eighteen inches long, one and a half wide. 



77. 0. (Cyrtochilum ^ *) lingmforme ; foliis ensiformibus acutis- 

 simis, panicula divaricata, sepalis lanceolatis patentissimis lateralibus 

 unguiculatis disjunctis, petalis latioribus, labello linguiformi sub- 

 rhombeo basi angustato lamellis 5 insequalibus, columnse nanae alis 

 rotundatis. 



''An epiphyte from the province of Merida, at the height of 5000 feet, 

 July. Pseudo-bulbs oval compressed ribbed. Petals yellow. Lip rose 

 colour:' {No. 672). 



Leaves eighteen inches long, and from three-quarters to one inch 

 broad. 



78. 0. (Heteranthium) maizwfolium ; foliis lanceolatis multi- 



