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ONCIDIUM divaricatum 
Cushion-lipped Oncidium. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuipex. Tribus Vandeæ Lindl. 
ONCIDIUM. : Supra, vol. 9. fol. 727. 
Div. I. Perianthii foliola omnia discreta. Lindl. Coll. Bot. xxvii. 
O. divaricatum; bulbis subrotundis ancipitibus compressis, foliis ovalibus 
apiculatis carnosis, labello crenulato : lobo medio transverso emarginato 
angustiore; disco pubescente pulvinato, stigmate mutico, columne alis 
semilunatis integerrimis, paniculá diyaricatissimä. 
8. cupreum ; perianthii foliolis angustioribus cupreis vix maculatis. 
Bulbi cespitosi, compressi, ancipites, squamis magnis acutis vaginantibus 
venosis sphacelatis vestiti, monophylli. Folia crassa, carnosa, pallide lutea, 
suberecta, ovalia, obtusa cum acumine, ad basin ferê semper concava, ad 
marginem sepiüs hic illic fissa. Scapus radicalis, 13 pedalis, teres, purpureus. 
Panicula . multiflora, divaricatissima, flexuosa, internodiis subequalibus. 
Flores magni, lutei, paululum olivacei, labello excepto. Perianthii foliola 5, 
discreta, patentia, spatulato-oblonga, subequalia, basin versus sanguineo 
maculata. Labellum planum, trilobum, crenulatum, guttatum, lobis latera- 
libus rotundatis, basi alte cordatis, intermedio minore emarginato sepiüs com- 
plicato ; disco pubescente, pulvinato, cruciato, fulvo. Columna glabra, alis 
semilunatis integerrimis. Stigma muticum. ‘Anthera ecristata. Pollinia 2, 
caudiculata, glandulá parva. E 
The empire of Brazil seems to be inexhaustible in new 
forms of Orchideous plants. Every year is bringing us 
acquainted with species and genera previously unknown ; 
$o little indeed has the rich vegetation of that fertile land 
been investigated, that almost every epiphyte proves, 
upon its first appearance in our gardens, to be new to 
Science. : To this fact, the various volumes of this work 
bear ample testimony. The subject of the present plate 
was sent to the Horticultural Society by A. J. Heatherly, 
Esq., his Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at Rio Janeiro. 
It blossomed, in October 1826, in the stove, where it grows 
readily in decayed vegetable matter. The variety 8. cupreum, 
