ORCHIDACEiE LINDENIAN^. [Eestrepia, 



RESTREPIA, H. B. K. 



18. B. parmfolia ; caulescens, foliis ovali-lanceolatls acuminatis 

 in petiolum angustatis subtus pallidis, pedunculis unifloris folio sub- 

 SBqualibus, bractea sub flore brevi cucuUat^ cuspidata, sepalis ovato- 

 lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis subsequalibus^ petalis conformibus 

 paulo minoribus. 



'' This singular species grows on the ground on the slope of the peak of Tolima. 

 among mosses and on old scrubly trees^ at the elevation of 12,000 feet. 

 Flowers yellow, slightly streaJced with red; January, 1843.'' (No. 1278.) 



The caulescent habit of this plant is that of R. cucuUata, but the 

 leaves are little more than an inch long, very pale underneath^ 

 and somewhat longer than the peduncles, 



19. R. maculata ; acaulis, folio oblongo obtuso pedunculi filifor- 

 mis longitudine, sepalo inferiore ovato-lanceolato, caulis vaginis nigro- 

 maculatis. 



"An epiphyte^ on the oaJcs which border the Salto de Tequendama^ in the pro 

 mnce of Bogota, at the height of 774:0 feet; in November. Flowers yellow 

 dotted with purple ; scales of stem spotted with deep purple. (No, 1270) 

 "Also on the Paramo of Portachuela, in the province of Merida, at the heigh 

 of 12,000 feet; in June,growing in the ground^ (No. 1481 ). 



The spots on the thin sheaths of the stem, which is about four inches 

 long, readily distinguish this species. 





MASDEVALLIA, Buiz and Pawn. 



20. M. coriacea ; (Lindl. in Ann. nat. hist. xv. 257). Var. /3 ; 

 calyce intus subvilloso, majore, purpureo punctate. 



"An epiphyte from the forests of Fusagasuga, in the province of Bogota, at 

 the height of 7200 feet; December. Flower yellow, spotted with purpleP 

 (iV^o. 1281). ^ ^ 



21. M.tuhulosa; folio lineari-oblongo obtuse tridentato in petiolum 

 angustato scapo filiformi unifloro nudo breviore, calyce regulari 

 anguste tubuloso IsGvi laciniis linearibus acuminatis, petalis. . . 



^^ A white-flowered epiphyte from the Paramo de la Tulata, in the province of 

 Merida, at the height of 11,000 feet; July, August.'' (No. 685). 



A small species. Scape three inches high. Tube of the calyx half 

 an inch long. Near M. minuta, but much larger. 



22. M. cucuUata ; folio oblongo coriaceo obtusissimo in petiolum 

 longum canaliculatum angustato, scapo unifloro, bractea coriacea cu- 

 cuUata tube calycis sequah, calyce subsequali campanulato laciniis 

 in caudam subulatam productis^ petalis. . . . 



"An epiphyte from the thich forests of Fusagasuga, in the province of Bogota, 

 at the height of 7200 feet; December. Flowers purple.'' (No. 869). 



