ORCHIDACE^ LINDENIANJE. 



together with thin tail four inches long, 

 apparently large and memhranous. 



[Masdevallia. 

 Bracts worn off; 



28. M. polyantha ; folio oblongo coriaceo basi angustato scapo 

 multifloro breviore, floribus secundis, pedunculis quam bractese magneet 

 membranacese cucullatse paulo longioribus, calyce valde insequali tubo 

 brevi sepalo dorsali antico parvo subulato lateralibus oblongis posticis 

 intus verruculosis semiconnatis caudatis duplb longioribus. . . . 



"Arb epiphyte at the entrance of the Paramo of Portachuela, in the province of 

 Merida, at the height of 11,500 feet, between Bailadores and La Orita; June 

 to September. Grows in thick tufts, with fleshy leaves and numerous deep- 

 red flowers ; their base, and tails reddish yellow.'' (No. 705). 



Very near M. Schlimii, but the flowers are much smaller and more 

 compactly arranged. The details are, however, in both cases, 

 not made out, and they require further examination. Lateral 

 sepals, together with their tails about two inches long. 



SUB-ORDER II.— EPIDENDREiE. 



EPIDENDRUM, Linn. 



29. E.Tolimense ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845, misc., No. 70). 



''An epiphyte. Flowers dull yellow. In the forests of Tolima, at the height 

 of 10,000 feet ; January, 18iS." (No. 1272). 



30. JE. dichotomum ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. No. 146 ; 

 not of Presl). 



" An epiphyte. Flowers green. Forests of Merida, at the height of 5500 feet } 

 Jwne, 1842." (No. 647.) y J J , 



31. E.fimbriatum ; (H. B. K. i. 351). 



'* Terrestrial, in the Paramo del Zumhador, at the height of 11,000 feet. 

 Flower white, dotted with violet.'' (No. 1473). " Tufts in the open spaces of tJi^e 

 vast forests of Quindiu, between Palmilla and El Moral in the province of 

 Mariquita, at the height of 8400 feet. Flower white, spotted with rose}^ 

 (No. 1288). i 



32. E. ceratistes ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1844 ; misc. No. 92). ' 



"Sierra Nevada of Santa Martha, at the height of 5000 feet. An epiphyie 

 with roundish oval pseudo-bulbs. Petals dull yellow ; lip white. Floweri' 

 very sweet." (No. 1658). 



33. E. Uepharistes ; (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1844; misc. No. 24)\ 

 In gardens, from Mr. Linden ; not in his herbarium. 



