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pNOIDIUM papili^. 
I ^ Trmidad Butte i'Jly -Plant, 
OVNAKDRIA M0N4NDBIA. 
Nat. Old. OiiciiiDE.i;. Div. Epidendreee. 
ONCIDIUM, Suprdfol. 727. 
O. papilio ; foliis solitariis Dvalibiis pictis pattMitibus, scapo articulalo anci- 
pite paucifloro, sepalis superioribiis liiitai iWiis longissiniis : iuferioribus 
distinctis ovato-lanceolatis undulatis, coluimiu l)icorni : aUs fimbriatis. 
Folia ovalia, patentia, carnosa, in hulbo co/nprcssi> suhniKjulaio solita- 
ria, siiprd, fasciis interruptis maadata, subtiis purpura) en hcrrimi punc- 
tata : maculis rotundis viridibus. Scapus radicalis, 3-j)ed(ilis, articulatus, 
nudus, articulis iuferioribus ter(:fihns, superioribus ancipitibus, 'i-4-unciaUbu$, 
mnrgine et disco rubra maculatis, basi squamA scariosd instructis. Perian- 
thium patentissimum, diametro {in exempl. spont.) 5-unciarum ab apice 
sepali postici ad apicem labelli ; sepalis 3 Superioribus lineari-spatidatiSf 
longe unguiculatis, erectis, atro-uurantiacis, nunc luteo intcrrupte fasciatis ; 
inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis, falcatis, undulatis, crispis, labelli longitudine, 
et cum eo iuteis aurantiaco nubilis. Labellum panduriforme, basi cordatum, 
apice dilatatum, emarginatutHf unduUttuniy disco baseos glanduloso, glandulis 
pallidis purpureo fasciatis, et formamrcauB cubantis referentibus. Columna 
brevis, erecta, utrinque ulata; alis patentibus, versits basin, guadraiist car- 
nosis, margine laceris, versits apicem angustioribus Jimhriati*, ud if team 
apkmt i^mubus duobus, suhuUttiif porrecHs, apice gkmduld capitatit, in- 
structis. Anthera terminalisy mercularis, tatUocularis, ovata, ad cardmem 
foveatcL Pollinia 2, cereacea, obbmga, coUateraUa, pottice bifobaf ban gUm- 
duld laid r&^tello affixa. 
For this highly curious parasite, the public is indebted 
to his Excellency Sir Ra]i)li Woodford, Governor of 
Trinidad, by whom living plants have been sent to several 
collections in this country. The plant from which our 
drawing was taken flowered in a sto\Q at Mr. ColvilTs 
Nursery, last March ; but not in perfection, the blossoms 
in our only native specimen hiwing a diameter nearly twice 
as great as is represented in the accompanying figure, 
and being much more completely expanded. 
