^ 



oidendrum.] 



ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIAN^a 



34. E. Lindenii ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 59). 

 ''Rocks in the neighbourhood of Merida^ at the height of 6000 /ee^. There 



'■ are three varieties of this species ; one with bright carminefovjers, another 



} with rose-coloured^ and a third with yellow-orange" {JS^o. 636). 



35. E. recurvatum ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 70). 

 ''An epiphyte with rosy flowers. Heights of Bailadores, in the province of 



Merida, 6000 /eef above the sea; June.'' {No. 1472). 



36. E.frigidum ; (Linden in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 70). 



" This singular species grows on damp rocks a short distance from eternal 

 snow^ at the height ofl2>,QQQfeet^ on the Sierra Nevada, It is remark- 

 able for a varnish, which covers the whole plants including the flowers, 

 which are pale-rose ; August and September.'' {No. 643). 



37. E. xylostachyum ; (LindL in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 70). 

 " Penon du Pan de Azucar, on the side of Tolima, at the height 0/^6000 



feet; February. Flowers greenish white." {No. 1280). 



38. E. chioneum ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 70). 



" On the ground. Paramo, between Venta Quemada and Tunja, at the 

 height of 12,000 feet; March. Flowers white." {No. 1344). 



39. E. refractum ; (Lindley in Ann. nat. hist. xii. 398). 

 "High regions of the Sierra Nevada, in the province of Merida, at the 



elevation q/*10^000 to 11,000/66^; August. An epiphyte, with pseudo-bulbs 

 six or eight inches long. Leaves fleshy. Flowers hlood colour'.' (iVo. 618). 



40. E. stenopetalum ; (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3410). 



"An epiphyte vjith deep rose-coloured flowers. Forests in the neighbour- 

 hood of San Christobal, at the height of ZOOO feet, October." {No. 710). 



41. E. macrostachyum; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845 ; misc. No. 70). 

 " On the rocks of the Pan de Azucar, on the side of Tolima, at the height of 



6000/66^. Flowers greenish, fleshy . Stem two to three feet long ; Feb- 

 ruary." {No. 1279). 



42. E. torquatum; (Lindl. inBentham's Plant. Hartweg. p. 149). 

 "A terrestrial species, from the Quebrada between Montserrate and Guada- 

 lupe, in the province of Bogota, at the height of 8160 feet; March. 

 Flowers yellowish." {No. 1268). 



43. E. purum ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1844 ; misc. No. 75). 

 Flowers small, panicled, pale-green. Not in the herbarium. 



I 44. E. phoeniceum ; (Lindl. in Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 46). 



( "Epiphyte, in the forests of Guantanama, in the island of Guba ; July and 



August, 1844. Pseudo-bulbs oval roundish oblong. Leaves coriaceous. 



Sepals deep red ; lip rose and purple'' {No. — ). 



