Pleurothallis,} ORCHIDACEiE LINDENIANJS. 3 



"An epiphyte, on the slope of the Sierra Nevada, in the province of Merida, at 

 the height o/7000 or 8000 feet; August. Flowers small, reddish.'' (No. 669). 



Near PL bidentata. 



DIALISSA, Lindl 



12, D. pulchella ; (Lindl. in Ann. nat. hist. xv. p. 107). 



a Terrestrial, in the forests on the slope of the peak of Tolima, at the height of 

 10,000 to lljOOO/ee^; January, 1843. Flowers yellow^ (No. 1275). 



STELIS, Svoartz. 



13. S.? triura; folio lineari-lanceolato apice tridentato canle laxe 

 vaginato angiilato pluries breviore, racemis pluribus erectis filiformibus 

 multifloris folio brevioribus, bracteis minimis cucullatis mucronatis, 

 sepalis sequalibus liberis setaceo-candatis subcordatis. 



" A little epiphyte^ with reddish flowers, from the Paramo de la Tulata^ in the 

 province of Merida^ atthe height o/9000 or 10,000/e6?^; August:' (No. 680). 



This species has somewhat the habit of a Lepanthes. Its petals and 

 lip are unknown to me. 



14. S. spathulata ; (Poppig and Endlicher, nov. gen. et sp. 1. 

 't. 80.) 



'^ On the rocJcs that border the Rio Chama^ in the province of Merida, at the 

 height o/5000 feet; August. Flowers yellow.'' (No. 638). 



15. S. atra ; folio lanceolate coriaceo obtuse basi angustato caule 

 triplo longiore, spica folio sequali, sepalis glabris 3-nerviis altero sub- 

 rotundo alteris ovatis minoribus, labello tridentato petalisque 

 truncatis. 



"An epiphyte, on the Paramo de la Tulata ; August. Flowers purple." 

 (No. 687). 



16. S. sesquipedalis ; folio horizontali oblongo obtuse basi angus- 

 tato cauli sequali raceme secundo stricto fere triplo breviore, sepalis 

 glabris subrotundo-oyatis semitrinerviis dorsali minore, petalis mem- 

 branaceis subrotundis, labello conformi cucullato. 



" Forests on the sides of the Sierra Nevada^ in the province of Merida, at the 

 height of 9000 feet ; August. Flotvers pale yellow." (No. 632). 



17. >S'. Lindeni ; folio oblongo obtuse in petiolum angustato caule 

 sequah, spicis pluribus erectis folio paulb longioribus, floribus secundis, 

 bracteis acuminatis amplexicaulibus, sepalis ovato-subrotundis glabris 

 anticis subquinquenerviis, venis lateralibus cum centrali infra apicem 

 confluentibus, labello tridentato petalisque truncatis carnosis. 



"Forests of Valle^ near Merida^ at the height of 6000 feet; Aiigust. Flowers 

 yellow." (No. 679). 



