427 ORCHIDACEAE: ONCIDIUM. 428 
Oncidium Kramerianum Reichb. f. in Otto et Dietr. Allgem. 
Gartenz. XXIII. 9 (1855), Xen. Orch. I. 80. tab. 33, in Walp. 
Ann. Bot. VI. 816, Otia Bot. Hamb. I. 22; Journ. Soc. Centr. 
Hort. Fr. I. 38; Flor. Mag. 1870. tab. 465; FI. des Serres 
XIX. 41. tab. 1956—1957; Gard. Chron. new ser. Ib 710 
(1874); Belg. Hort. XXIV. 258. lab. 11; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 
422; De Puydt, Orch. 301. tab. 31; L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 552; 
Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. 
p. 203. fig. 218; Rodigas in Lindenia VI. 15. tab. 246; Stein, 
Orchideenb. 415; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII. 47 cum wi; 
Bois, Orch. 155; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 582. fig. 299; Williams, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 615. cum ic.; L. Lind. Orch. 
Exot. 898. fig. 39; Ill. Hort. ser. 6. I. 206. fig. 39 (1894); 
Journ. des Orch. V. 287. fig. 79; Sander, Reichenbachia ser. 2. 
11. 87. tab. 84, Orch. Guide 183; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 
332; Sem. Hortic. 1898. pp. 95 et 326. fig. 354; Cogn. in 
Dict. Ic. des Orch. Oncid. tab. 26; Gard. World, 1903. 
pp. 731 et 738 cum ic. 
Oncidium Papilio var. Kramerianum Lindl. Folia Orch., 
Oncid. 56 (1855); Jennings, Orch. tab. 11 (part. — var. 
Krameri); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. II. 618 (1887); Watson, 
Orch. 386. 
? Oncidium Sangabaneum Paul Marcoy, Voy. Vall. Quin- 
quin. în Tour du Monde XXIII. 164 (1872). 
Oncidium nodosum Ed. Morren in Belg. Hortic. XXIV. 
258. in adnot. (1874); Cogn. et March. Pl. Ornem. Il. tab. 55 
(1874); Regel in Gartenfl. XXIX. 225 (1880). 
Papiliopsis nodosus Ed. Morren in Belg. Hort. XXIV. 
258 in adnot. (1874). 
Oncidium papilioniforme Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. VI. 
292 (1880), in Gartenfl. XXIX. tab. 1017. 
Oncidium Kramerianum var. resplendens Reich. f. in 
Gard. Chron. ser. 3. III. 360 (1888); Sander, Orch. Guide 184. 
RADICES numerosissimae, dense fasciculatae, graciles, longiusculae, 
tortuosae, cinereae, simplices vel paulo ramosae, PSEUDOBULBI fasciculati, 
erecti vel patuli, utrinque leviter bisulcati, primum laeves demum cor- 
rugati, sordide virides et plus minusve dilute fusco-violacei, 2—3 em. 
longi, 2'/—4 em. lati. FoLia rigida, erecta vel plus minusve patula, 
apice saepius paulo recurva, basi breviter conduplicata, superne leviter 
concava, supra intense viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, utrinque irregula- 
riter atrofusco maculata vel reticulata, 15—22 cm. longa, 4'/2—6 cm. lata; 
nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde prominente ; 
nervulis lateralibus numerosis, in sicco utrinque leviter prominentibus. 
PepuncuLus leviter flexuosus, laete viridis et interdum fusco zonatus, 
50—70 em. longus vel interdum longior, 2—3 mm. crassus, internodiis 
plerumque circiter 3 em. longis; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, pallide 
fuscae, 1—2 cm. longae. BRACTEAE erecto-patulae, subtiliter multistriatae, 
valde concavae, fuscescentes, 10—12 mm. longae. SEPALUM DORSALE 
PETALAQue satis divergentia, inferne recta vel paulo flexuosa, apice plus 
minusve areuata, subtiliter 5-nervulosa, satis concava, castaneo-fusca et 
leviter flavo-viridi variegata, 6—8 cm. longa, basi 1!/1—2!/; mm. superne 
6—7 mm. lata. SgPALA LATERALIA paulo concava, subtiliter 7—9-nervulosa, 
inferne satis divergentia, superne leviter convergentia, rubro-aurantiaca et 
aureo-flavo maculata vel reticulata, 5—6 cm. longa, 13—18 mm, lata. 
LABELLUM paulo convexum, 4—5 cm. longum, basi circiter 2 cm, infra 
medium 6—10. mm. superne 3!/s—4!'/s em. latum, lobis basilaribus flavis 
et purpureo-fusco maculatis, lobo terminali subtiliter 5—7 -nervuloso 
nervulis ramosissimis, flavo-citrino et late irregulariterque purpureo-fusco 
marginato. CoLuMNA erecta, leviter incurva, viridi-lutea et purpureo- 
maculata vel striata, 6— 7 mm. longa. CAPSULA ignota. 
Habitat in Peruvia et Ecuador ex Sander in Reichenbachia; in 
declivitatibus mont. Chimborazo altit. 900—1000 m.: Warszewicz; prope 
Guayaquil: Lehmann; frequens in Ecuador et Columbia altit. 300 ad 
1000 m.: Roezl; in prov. Cauca supra arbores secus Rio Dagna altit. 
200—600 m.: Lehmann n. 1867; in Panama ad Atrato River ex Sander, 
loc. cit.; in Costa Rica ad Port- Limon (Rev. Hort. Belg. XXI. 224). 
In Brasilia. contermina forsan adhuc invenienda. — Floret Augusto ad 
Octobrem. 
113. ONCIDIUM LIMMINGHEI Ep. Morren: pseudo- 
bulbis satis parvis, obcordato-rotundatis, valde compressis, 
basi primum vaginis paucis scariosis mediocribus triangu- 
laribus acutis vel acuminatis vestitis demum denudatis, apice 
monophyllis; foliis parvis, crassiuscule carnosis, sessilibus, 
oblique ovatis, basi rotundato-subcordatis, apice acutis vel 
obtusiusculis; pedunculo communi erecto vel ascendente, gracil- 
limo, tereti, simplici, foliis multo longiore, vaginis paucis 
membranaceis brevissimis remotissimis acutisque vestito, apice 
3—5-floro; bracteis minutis, subcoriaceis, ovato-triangularibus, 
acutis; floribus vicissim florentibus, majusculis, breviuscule 
pedicellatis, segmentis patentissimis, tenuiter membranaceis; 
sepalis basi brevissime connatis; sepalo dorsali petalisque 
aequilongis, anguste obovatis, apice rotundato-subtruncatis, 
basi longe cuneatis, margine paulo undulatis; sepalis late- 
ralibus satis brevioribus, obovato-oblongis, apice obtusis, 
margine integerrimis vix undulatis; labello patenti-deflexo, 
sepalis lateralibus satis longiore, sessili, utrinque glaberrimo, 
ambitu obtuse quadrato, basi subcordato, inferne profunde 
trilobato, lobis margine integerrimis non vel vix undulatis, 
basilaribus majusculis, patenti-subretrorsis, ovato-rotundatis, 
terminali magno, latiuscule longeque unguiculato, transverse 
oblongo, basi truncato-subcordato, apice leviter emarginato, 
sinubus inter lobos latissimis subrectangulis, disco basi late 
calloso, callo carnoso, verrucoso, postice breviter bilamellato ; 
columna longiuscula, crassa, glabra, superne utrinque bialata, 
alis latis, fimbriato-pectinatis, inferioribus patulis angusti- 
oribus, superioribus inflexis; anthera valde convexa, vix 
furfuracea, apice rotundata, antice leviter producta et obtusa. 
Oncidium Limminghei (Limminghii) Ed. Morren in litt. ex 
Lindl. Folia Orch., Oncid. 56 (1855); C. et Ed. Morren in 
Belg. Hort. VI. 353. tab. 83 (1856), VIII. 322; Reichb. f. 
în Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 816, în Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 1114, 
1870. p. 1667, new ser. XXII. 394 (1884); Van Houtte în 
Fl. des Serres, XVIII. p. 15. tab. 1827, p. 56. cum icon.; 
Du Buyss. L Orchid. 424; Lindenia I. 45. tab. 20; L'Orchidoph. 
1885. p. 130, 1889. p. 222; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 487; 
Kerch. in Rev. Hort. Belg. XV. 9. in adnot. (1889); Veitch, 
Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 53; Bois, Orch. 156; Rand în Journ. 
des Orch. IV. 95; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 619; 
L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 899; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 333; 
Le Jardin 1897. p. 247; Sander, Orch. Guide 184. 
RHIZOMA scandens, elongatum, leviter ramosum, flexuosum, teretius- 
culum, creberrime articulatum, sordide fuscum, 3—4 mm. crassum, squamis 
scariosis longiusculis subadpressis basi vaginantibus pallide fulvis demum 
laciniatis vestitum, RADICIBUS subfasciculatis, breviusculis, gracillimis, 
leviter flexuosis, simplicibus, canescentibus, PsEUDOBULBI adpressi, sub- 
fasciculati, basi paulo attenuati, intense virides, primum laeves demum 
obscure plurisulcati et leviter corrugati, circiter 2 cm. longi, 11/2 em. lati 
et 3—4 mm. crassi. FoLiA rigida, plus minusve patula, valde asymmetrica, 
subplana, utrinque sordide viridia, maculis fuscis transverse multistriata, 
