12 ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIAN^. 



[Evelyna. 



florali ventricoso, bracteis ovatis setaceo-acuminatis floribus longioribus, 

 labello medio constricto apice rotundato apiculato callis 2 angustis 

 acuminatis in fundo concavo. 



" Terrestrial. Sierra Nevada, at the height of 8000 feet; August. 

 Flowers in spikes, bright carmine." (JVb. 664). 

 Leaves six inches long, and scarcely more than half an inch broad. 

 Raceme two and a half inches long, nodding. 



65. E. furfuracea ; simplicicaulis, tenuis, vaginis furfuraceis, 

 foliis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatissimis multinerviis, strobilo paucifloro, 

 bracte^ infim^ foliacea supremis subrotundo-ovatis acutis, labello 

 oblongo rotundato crenato emarginato, lamellis 2 in fundo concavo, 

 et linesi elevate transversa. 



"An epiphyte, forests of Merida, at the height of 5500 feet; June. 

 Flowers scarlet. {No. 619). Also from Agua de Obispo, at the height 

 of 9000 feet; May. Flowers fleshy, bright rose." {No. 627). 

 A. slender thin-leaved species with from four to seven flowers in a head. 



66. E. capitata ; (Poppig and Endlicher, nov. gen. et sp. ii. 32, 

 t. 56). 



" On the slope of Sierra Nevada, in Merida, at the height of 8000 feet; 

 August. Flowers white, glutinous." {No. 671). 



SUB-ORDER III.— VANDEiEe 



ANGRJECUM, Thouars. 



67. AngrcBcum Lindenii; (LindL in Gardeners Chronicle y 1846, 

 p, 135.) aphyUum, acaule, radicibus niimerosissimis intricatis, sepalis 

 petalisque lanceolatis, labelli trilobi ciicullati lobo medio bilobo 

 mucronulo interjecto laciniis longissimis caudatis divaricatis, calcare 

 longissimo filiformi, capsula ovali Isovi stipitata, 



^' This remarlcdble plant is a true parasite, if we can judge from the 

 manner in which its roots are planted upon the harh of trees, to ivhich 

 they seem inherent. The flower, of the purest white, is sometimes a foot 

 in length, including the spur up to the point. When out of flower it is 

 difficult to discover the plant, so much do the roots assume the colour of 

 the bark in which they grow. Found September 1844, at St. Tago de 

 Cuba, in the dense forests of Sagua and Nimanima?' {No.' — ). 



CHONDRORHYNCHA. 



Gen. Nov. Epiphyta, ebulbis. Scapus radicalis? uniflorus. Flos 

 explanatus, speciosus. Sepalum dorsale carinatum dorso columnse 

 insertum ; lateralia basi obliqua reciirva. Petala membranacea, basi, 



