309 ORCHIDACEAE: ONCIDIUM. 310 
terminali 5 mm. longo, 7 mm. lato. CoLumxa recta, gracilis, 4 mm. longa, 
alis 2 mm. longis. CapsuLa oblonga, basi acuta, apice breviter crasseque 
rostrata, obtuse trigona et crassiuscule tricostata, paulo obliqua, 23 ad 
24 mm. longa, 7 mm. crassa, 
Habitat in arboribus prov. Rio de Janeiro: D. Douglas, Harrison; 
ad Serra dos Orgdos: Miers; in prov. S. Paulo supra arbores prope 
Bananal: Descourtilz; in sylvis secus Rio Pardo prope Capivary: Regnell 
ser. III. n. 1164 part.; in Brasilia austro-orientali loco accurato haud 
indicato: Sellow n. 91. Etiam in Paraguay supra arbores prope lacus 
Ypacarai: Hassler n. 3685. — Floret Decembri—Martio. 
15. ONCIDIUM CRUCIATUM RercHB. F. pseudo- 
bulbis satis parvis, anguste oblongo-ligulatis, valde compressis, 
basi primum vaginis paucis majusculis membranaceis acutisque 
vestitis demum denudatis, apice saepius monophyllis; foliis 
mediocribus, subcoriaceis, anguste oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, 
basi longiuscule attenuatis; pedunculo communi gracili, erecto 
vel nutante, foliis multo longiore, inferne simplici vaginis 
pluribus breviusculis tenuiter membranaceis acutiusculis remo- 
tisque vestito, superne satis ramoso et multifloro; bracteis 
minutis, tenuiter membranaceis, anguste ovatis, acutis; floribus 
satis parvis, breviter pedicellatis, segmentis tenuiter mem- 
branaceis; sepalis subaequilongis, dorsali anguste obovato, 
apice late rotundato, lateralibus anguste ligulato-spathulatis, 
apice abrupte acutiusculis, fere usque ad apicem connatis; 
petalis obovato-oblongis, apice obtusis vel subrotundatis, basi 
longe cuneatis, margine integerrimis vix undulatis, subtiliter 
3—d-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali paulo longioribus; labello 
erecto-patulo, sepalis lateralibus aequilongo vel vix longiore, 
ambitu satis longiore quam lato, longiuscule angusteque ungui- 
culato, profunde trilobato, lobis margine integerrimis, basi- 
laribus longiusculis, anguste linearibus, obtusiusculis, termi- 
nali majusculo, rotundato-subreniformi, basi subtruncato, apice 
late rotundato, margine vix undulato, sinubus inter lobos 
profundis latisque, disco subtiliter puberulo, bicristato, crista 
posteriore depressa leviter sulcata antice bicorni cornibus 
elongatis patentissimis, crista anteriore late cordata antice 
mutica; columna brevi, antice posticeque valde compressa, 
subtiliter puberula, alis longiusculis, horizontaliter patentibus, 
lineari-ligulatis, apice obtusis uncinatisque; anthera tenuiter 
puberula. 
Oncidium cruciatum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 
IX. 138 (1878); Belg. Hort. 1879 p. 126; Nichols. Dict. of 
Gard. II. 485; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 297; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 178. 
Oncidium pubes var. flavescens Hook. in Bot. Mag. 
lab. 3926 (1842); Reichb. f. în Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 735; 
Stein, Orchideenb. 425. : 
? Oncidium phantasmaticum Lemaire in IU. Hort. IV. 
Misc. 77 cum ic. (1857). 
PSEUDOBULBI aggregati, erecti vel erecto- patuli, primum laeves, 
demum profundiuscule plurisulcati, 4—5 cm. longi, circiter 1 cm. lati, 
FoLIA erecto-patula, superne satis recurva, satis concava, intense viridia, 
8—12 cm. longa, 2—2'/: em. lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule 
canaliculato, subtus valde prominente.  PEDUNCULUS communis satis 
arcuatus, teretiusculus, viridis, 30-35 cm. longus, 1—1'/2 mm. crassus, 
ramis alternis, distichis, patulis, simplicibus, breviusculis. PEDICELLI fili- 
formes, patentes, leviter flexuosi, cum ovario lineari- clavato acutiuscule 
Orchid. III. 
trigono 5—8 mm. longi. BRACTEAK adpressae, pallidae, 2 mm. longae. 
FLomEs nutantes, sepalis petalisque flavis et transverse rubro-maculatis. 
SEPALA satis concava, subtiliter 3—5-nervulosa, dorsale erectum, basi late 
cuneatum, 9 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, lateralia reflexa, in valvam 8 ad 
8'/s mm. longam et 4 mm. latam connata. PeraLa inferne patula, superne 
incurva, vix obliqua, 10—11 mm, Jonga, superne 4 mm. lata. LABELLUM 
albescens vel flavescens, basi interdum aurantiaco-rubro unimaculatum, 
apice leviter recurvum, paulo concavum vel subplanum, 8—9 mm. longum, 
lobis basilaribus patulis, 2—2'/s mm. longis, * mm. latis, lobo terminali 
subtiliter plurinervuloso, 3!/—4 mm. longo, 4'/2—5 mm. lato. CoLumxa 
subrecta, 4 mm. longa, alis antice porrectis, 1'/—2 mm. longis. CAPSULA 
ignota. 
Habitat in arboribus ad Serra dos Orgáos prov. Rio de Janeiro: 
Gardner. 
16. ONCIDIUM LIETZEI ReceL: pseudobulbis medi- 
ocribus, anguste oblongo-ligulatis interdum subfusiformibus, 
satis compressis, basi primum vaginis paucis majusculis tenuiter 
membranaceis acutisque vestitis demum denudatis, apice saepius 
monophyllis; foliis majusculis, coriaceis, oblongis vel oblongo- 
lanceolatis, apice obtusiusculis, basi longiuscule attenuatis; 
pedunculo communi gracili, nutante, foliis multo longiore, 
inferne simplici vaginis satis numerosis brevibus scariosis 
remotissimis obtusisque vestito, superne satis ramoso et laxius- 
cule multifloro; bracteis brevissimis, tenuiter membranaceis, 
anguste ovatis, acutiusculis; floribus mediocribus, longiuscule 
pedicellatis, segmentis tenuiter membranaceis; sepalo dorsali 
erecto, anguste obovato, apice rotundato, lateralibus satis 
brevioribus, patenti-reflexis, lineari-ligulatis, apice abrupte 
acutis, fere usque ad apicem connatis; petalis anguste obovatis, 
apice oblique apiculatis, basi longiuscule unguiculatis, margine 
undulato-crenulatis, subtiliter 5-nervulosis nervulis satis 
ramosis, sepalo dorsali paulo longioribus; labello patulo vel 
erecto-patulo, sepalis lateralibus subdimidio breviore, ambitu 
paulo longiore quam lato, longiuscule angusteque unguiculato, 
profunde trilobato, lobis margine integerrimis, basilaribus 
longiusculis, lineari-subulatis, acutis, terminali majusculo, 
subquadrato-dilatato, basi subtruncato, apice inflexo acuto, 
sinubus inter lobos profundis latisque, disco subtiliter puberulo, 
cristae tuberculis duo anticis maximis erectis obtusis, late- 
ralibus acutis horizontaliter patentibus; columna brevi, antice 
posticeque valde compressa, subtiliter puberula, alis longius- 
culis, horizontaliter patulis, subfalcatis, lineari-ligulatis, obtusis, 
clinandrio margine dilatato, tenuiter membranaceo, irregu- 
lariter denticulato; anthera tenuiter pubescente. 
Oncidium Lietzei Regel! in Act. Hort. Petrop. VII. 387 
(1880), X. 370 (var. typicum), XI. 475, in Gartenft. 1881. 
p. 163. tab. 1044; Belg. Hort. 1882. p. 345; Stein, Orchideenb. 
418; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 52; Williams, Orch. Grow. 
Man. edit. 7. p. 619; Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 300; Nichols. 
Dict. of Gard., Suppl. 565; Sander, Orch. Guide 184. 
Oncidium Hrubyanum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new 
ser. XIX. 562 (1883); L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 627; Nichols. 
Dict. of Gard. 11. 486; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 298. 
PSEUDOBUI.BI aggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, laeves, nitidi, intense 
virides, 1—12 em. longi, 1—2 cm. lati. FoLia rigida, erecto-patula, basi 
subconduplicata, superne satis concava leviter recurva, supra nitida et 
intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 11—20 em. longa, 3—5 cm. lata 
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