339 ORCHIDACEAE: ONCIDIUM. 340 
8. Seqalum dorsale obovato-oblongum, 
obtusum; petala late obovato-pandu- 
rata; labellum basi subtruncatum, lobis 
basilaribus quadratis, lobo terminali 
basi subtruncato 
54. O. PRAETEXTUM Reichb. f. 
b. Sepala lateralia acuta, basi tantum connata; 
petala basi longe cuneata 
55. O. Gravestanum Rolfe. 
3. Columnae alae angustissimae, truncatae, margine 
integerrimae; anthera pubescens 
56. O. curtum Lindl, 
B'. Sepala lateralia inferne breviuscule connata; petala 
apice rotundata, sepalo dorsali aequilonga 
57. O. vuscaNs Reichb. f. 
C’. Sepala lateralia fere usque ad apicem connata; 
petala apice obtusa, sepalo dorsali aequilonga 
58. O. HAEMATOCHRYSUM Reichb. f. 
I. Columna puberula; clinandrium profunde cucullatum, 
margine tenuiter membranaceum, — Species 40—45. 
'40. ONCIDIUM ECHINATUM Coen. pseudobulbis 
mediocribus, anguste oblongo-subfusiformibus, satis compressis, 
superne longe attenuatis, basi nudis, apice diphyllis; foliis 
majusculis, coriaceis, lanceolatis, acutis, basi longe attenuatis 
fere petiolatis; pedunculo communi pendulo, gracillimo, foliis 
multo longiore, saepius simplici, inferne vaginis pluribus 
brevibus acutissimis tenuiter membranaceis remotissimisque 
vestito, superne laxiuscule plari—multifloro; bracteis triangu- 
lari-ovatis, acutis, ovario multo brevioribus; floribus medi- 
ocribus, breviuscule pedicellatis, sepalis petalisque subpellucidis, 
erectis vel erecto-patulis, apice plus minusve revolutis; sepalis 
margine paulo undulatis, dorsali anguste obovato-cuneato, 
apice rotundato, lateralibus satis brevioribus, acutiusculis, 
in valvam elliptico-ovatam apice breviuscule bifidam connatis ; 
petalis obovato-oblongis, obtusis, tenuissime 5—7-nervulosis, 
margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis vel vix 
longioribus; labello erecto, apice recurvo, sepalis lateralibus 
subdimidio longiore, ambitu late suborbiculari, basi rotundato, 
utrinque glaberrimo, superne profunde trilobato, lobis margine 
integerrimis vix undulatis, lateralibus amplis, subrotundatis, 
terminali parvo, latissime ovato, basi valde constricto sub- 
cordato, apice subtruncato et obscure apiculato, sinubus inter 
lobos angustissimis, disco lucido, inferne circiter usque ad 
medium anguste bilamellato, lamellis ad medium longiuscule 
acuteque unidentatis; columna breviuscula, satis gracili, dorso 
subtiliter pubescente, clinandrio profunde cucullato, marginibus 
latis, tenuiter membranaceis, sublobulatis, brevissime cilatis, 
alis latiusculis, patenti-involutis, subrotundatis, margine in- 
tegerrimis; anthera valde convexa, tenuiter pubescente, postice 
leviter suleata, antice rostrata, rostro bigibboso, echinulato. 
Tabula nostra LXIX (habitus cum analysi). 
Baptistonia echinata Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 
Nov. I. 95 (1877). 
PSEUDOBULBI aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, plus minusve arcuati, 
primum laeves, demum leviter plurisulcati, intense virides, 4—7 cm. longi, 
8—11 mm. lati. FoLia rigidiuscula, patula vel plus minusve recurva, 
basi breviter subconduplicata, superne satis concava, supra nitida et intense 
viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 11—13 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata; nervo mediano 
supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde prominente; nervulis lateralibus 
paulo distinctis. PEDUNCULUS cominunis arcuatus, superne leviter genicu- 
lato-flexuosus, teres, simplex, pallide viridis vel interdum purpurascens, 
circiter 25 cm. longus, vix 1 mm. crassus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, pallide 
virides, 5—7 mm. longae. PeDICELLI patentissimi, graciles, leviter arcuati 
vel flexuosi, pallide virides, cum ovario lineari obtuse trigono 12—14 mm. 
longi. BRACTEAE patulae, subpellucidae, valde concavae, 3—5 mm. longae. 
Fi.oREs patenti-nutantes. SEPALA valde concava, flavo-viridia, superne 
transverse pallide roseo-zonata, dorsale subtiliter 7-nervulosum, 12 mm. 
longum, superne 7 mm. latum, lateralia subtiliter trinervulosa, in valvam 
9—10 mm. longam et 6 mm. latam connata. Perata satis concava, vix 
obliqua, inferne paulo attenuata, flavo-viridia, basi roseo-maculata, 12 ad 
13 mm. longa, 6—6'/2 mm. lata. LABELLUM tenuiter membranaceum, valde 
concavum, subtiliter multinervulosum nervulis paulo ramosis, flavo-aureum, 
13 mm. longum, 14 mm. latum, lobis lateralibus leviter incurvis, lobo 
terminali fusco-purpureo vel dense fusco-purpureo striato, 5 mm. longo, 
6'/2 mm. lato. CoLumna claviformis, subrecta, 6 mm. longa. CAPSULA 
ignota. 
Var. ß. BRUNLEESIANUM Cogn. 
Oncidium Brunleesianum Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamburg. 
87 (1881), in Gardn. Chron. new ser. XIX. 340 (1883), ser. 3. 
I. 672. fig. 131 (1887); L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 790; Williams 
in Orch. Alb. V. tab. 206, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 602; 
Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 484; Watson, Orch. 366; Stein, 
Orchideenb. 407; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 15 cum tab. ; 
Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 296; Sander, Orch. Guide 175. 
PLANTA robustior PseupoBULBI 7—12 cm. longi, inferne usque 
3 cm. lati, apice interdum triphylli. Forza basi breviuscule attenuata, 
12—15 cm. longa, 3—3'/2 cm. lata. PEDUNCULUS communis 25—40 cm. 
longus, 2—2'/2 mm. crassus, superne satis ramosus, ramis longiusculis, 
patentissimis, alternis, distichis, simplicibus. PEDICELLI 7—10 mm. longi. 
PETALA pallide lutea, superne transverse pallide rubro-zonata. LABELLI 
lobus terminalis intense nigro-fuscus. COoLUMNA flava. 
Habitat in arboribus ad Serra da Tijuca prov. Rio de Janeiro: 
Barbosa Rodrigues. — Var. 8. In prov. Rio de Janeiro loco accurato 
haud indicato: Hort. Brunlees et Lemon. — Floret. Septembri. 
41. ONCIDIUM FIMBRIATUM L.LiNpr. pseudobulbis 
majusculis, anguste oblongis, apice diphyllis; foliis linearibus 
vel ligulato-oblongis, acutis; pedunculo communi nutante, 
gracili, foliis multo longiore, inferne simplici, superne laxe 
ramosissimo et densiuscule multifloro; bracteis late ovatis, 
apice abrupte acutiusculis, basi amplexicaulibus, ovario multo 
brevioribus; floribus satis parvis, breviuscule pedicellatis, 
sepalis petalisque patulis, tenuiter membranaceis; sepalis 
subaequilongis, dorsali obovato-cuneato, apice rotundato, late- 
ralibus oblongo-spathulatis, apice acutis, basi brevissime con- 
natis; petalis anguste obovato-panduratis, basi longiuscule 
unguiculatis, apice rotundatis et minute apiculatis, tenuissime 
T-nervulosis, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali paulo 
longioribus; labello inferne patentissimo superne leviter incurvo, 
sepalis lateralibus satis longiore, ambitu obovato-oblongo, basi 
breviter euneato, utrinque glaberrimo, inferne profunde tri- 
lobato, lobis margine integerrimis non vel vix undulatis, basi- 
laribus longiusculis, linearibus, obtusis, falcato-retrorsis, 
terminali majusculo, longiuscule unguiculato, rotundato-sub- 
reniformi, apice minute apiculato, sinubus inter lobos latis- 
simis, crista tubereulis fimbriata postice cuneata truncata, 
antice divergenti-biloba; columna brevi, satis gracili, subtiliter 
