443 ORCHIDACEAE: ONCIDIUM. 444 
Orch. Guide 183; Regel in Gartenfl. 1888 p. 249, tab. 1272; 
Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 6982; Kerch. in Rev. Hort. Belg. 
1889. p. 7. tab. 1, Livre des Orch. tab. 26; Watson, Orch. 
380. fig. 93; Stein, Orchideenb. 415; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 
VIII. 46; Bois, Orch. 155; L. Lind. Orch, Exot. 897; Autran 
et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 332; Cogn. in Dict. Ic. Orch., Oncid. 
tab. 17; Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 299; Chodat, Pl. Hassl. 
119, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1901. p. 425, 1903. p. 935. 
Rapices numerosae, dense fasciculatae, breviusculae, robustiusculae, 
tortuosae, simplices, canescentes. PSEUDOBULBI numerosi, dense aggregati, 
recti vel paulo arcuati, basi apiceque paulo attenuati, intense virides, 
1—2 cm. longi, !/a—1 em. crassi; vAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, pallide 
fulvae, 1—4 cm. longae. Forra saepissime pendula, rigida, recta vel 
leviter arcuata, intense viridia, nitidula, 20—40 cm. longa vel interdum 
longiora, '/i—1!/s em. crassa. PEDUNCULUS communis basi saepius valde 
arcuatus, superne leviter flexuosus, laevis, pallide viridis et purpureo- 
maculatus vel interdum purpurascens, 30—50 cm. longus vel longior, 2 ad 
4 mm. crassus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, fulvae vel fuscescentes, 
7—15 mm. longae. PEDICELLI patentissimi, graciles, recti vel leviter 
flexuosi, cum ovario lineari-clavato acutiuscule trigono 2—3 cm. longi. 
BRACTEAE arcte adpressae, valde concavae, pallide virides vel fuscescentes, 
5—8 mm. longae. FLores nutantes, sepalis petalisque pallide luteis vel 
flavo-viridibus, castaneo-fusco maculatis. Separa satis concava, subtiliter 
5—7-nervulosa nervulis superne leviter ramosis, dorsale 2 em. longum, 
11—12 mm. latum, lateralia leviter obliqua, valde divergentia basi brevis- 
sime connata, 21—22 mm. longa, 8—10 mm. lata. PETALA paulo concava, 
leviter obliqua, 21—22 mm. longa, 8—11 mm. lata. LaBeLLumM planum 
vel paulo concavum, 21—23 mm. longum, basi 10—12 mm. latum, lobis 
basilaribus flavo et rubro variegatis, 4—5 mm. longis, basi 4 mm. superne 
8—9 mm. latis, lobo terminali tenuissime 7-nervuloso nervulis dichotome 
ramosissimis, albo-niveo, basi maculis paucis parvis intense purpureis 
ornato, 12—14 mm. longo, 21—23 mm. lato, crista alba et rubro punctata. 
CoLumxa alba et purpureo-punctata, subrecta, lateraliter leviter compressa, 
6—7 mm. longa, tabula infra stigmatica producta, alis 2 mm. latis. 
ANTHERA alba, CarsuLA ignota, 
Var. B. FLAVENS Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 
234 (1888), V. 237; Williams, Orch. Alb. VIII. tab. 360 
(1889), Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 615; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
Pl. VIII. 46; O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XX. 9 (1896); 
Orch. Rev. IV. 308; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 299. 
SEPALA PETALAque pallide viridi-flavescentia et flavo maculata. LABEL- 
LUM albo-niveum, basi vix luteo maculatum, 
Var. 4. PHAEANTHUM Sander, Reichenbach. ser. 1. I. 47. 
tab. 21. fig. 2, Orch. Guide 183; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 
579; Garlenfl. 1888. p. 433; Stein, Orchideenb. 415; Veitch, 
Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 46; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 
p. 615; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 299. 
FLORES immaculati, SEPALA PETALAque purpureo-fusca. LABELLI 
lobus terminalis albus, lobi laterales intense lutei. 
Habitat in Paraguay supra arbores prope flum. Apa ad fines 
prov. Brasiliae Paraná: L. de Saint-Léger; in sylvis supra arbores ad 
ripam lagunae Ypacaray et prope San Bernardino: Hassler n. 709 et 
1972. In Brasilia australi forsan adhuc invenienda. — Floret Decembri 
ad Februarium. 
126. ONCIDIUM SUPERFLUUM Rric®s. F. „pusil- 
Jum; pseudobulbis cylindraceis (compressis?); folio tereti, 
acuminato; racemo abbreviato; bracteis triangulis, parvis; 
sepalo dorsali ligulato, fornicato, sepalis lateralibus. obovatis, 
retusis; petalis paulo minoribus; labello unguiculato, quadrato 
dilatato emarginato, callo semilunari in ungue; columna brevi, 
utrinque médio unidentata; anthera proboscidea.“ 
Oncidium superfluum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 
721 (1863). 
Habitat in prov. Minas Gerais: Widgren n. 778 (non vidi). 
Species addendae. 
127 (ibis, ONCIDIUM GOMESII Coan. (Sect. Bar- 
bata): pseudobulbis parvis, anguste oblongis, satis compressis, 
junioribus vaginis pluribus exterioribus majusculis scariosis 
anguste triangularibus dorso carinatis acuminatisque interi- 
oribus magnis foliaceis coriaceis anguste ligulato-lanceolatis 
acutisque vestitis, vetustioribus denudatis, apice di—triphyllis; 
foliis satis parvis, leviter coriaceis, anguste lanceolato-ligulatis, 
acutissimis, basi longiuscule attenuatis; pedunculo communi 
gracili, foliis multoties longiore, inferne simplici vaginis paucis 
brevibus tenuiter scariosis remotissimis acutisque vestito, 
superne saepius leviter ramoso et densiuscule multifloro; 
bracteis tenuiter membranaceis, anguste triangularibus, acutis- 
simis, ovario dimidio brevioribus; floribus satis parvis, bre- 
viter pedicellatis, segmentis tenuiter membranaceis, patenti- 
subdeflexis; sepalis acutis, margine paulo undulatis, dorsali 
late elliptico-oblongo, basi subrotundato, lateralibus satis longi- 
oribus, anguste lanceolatis, basi longe unguiculatis et breviter 
connatis; petalis late ovatis, apice subrotundatis et minute 
apiculatis, basi rotundato-subtruncatis et brevissime anguste- 
que unguiculatis, margine undulato-crispulis, subtiliter 5-nervu- 
losis nervulis simplicibus, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; labello 
patenti-deflexo, sepalis lateralibus satis longiore, ambitu obovato- 
subquadrato, satis longiori quam lato, pandurato, subsessili, 
basi cordato, lobis margine undulato-crispis, basilaribus brevi- 
usculis, late triangulari-rotundatis, margine antice apiceque 
minute denticulatis, terminali magno, longiuscule angusteque 
unguiculato, late reniformi, basi subtruncato, apice profunde 
acuteque emarginato, sinubus inter lobos latis profundisque, 
satis obliquis, margine antice integerrimis postice minute 
denticulato-fimbriatis, disco glabro, crista parva, elevata, sub- 
rotundata, profunde acuteque laciniata; columna brevi, crassius- 
cula, alis majusculis, ascendentibus, acutiuscule quadrangulis, 
antiee truncatis et undulato-denticulatis. 
Ruızoma scandens, erectum, elongatum, 4—6 mm. crassum, paulo 
flexuosum, leviter ramosum, teretiusculum, fuscescens, primum vaginis 
membranaceis arcte adpressis laxe imbricatis acutis 2—3 cm. longis vestitum 
demum subdenudatum, RADICIBUS sparsis vel subfasciculatis, elongatis, 
satis gracilibus, plus minusve tortuosis, canescentibus, simplicibus vel leviter 
ramosis, PSEUDOBULBI saepius satis distantes, erecti vel erecto - patuli, 
recti vel leviter arcuati, superne longe attenuati, carnosi, primum laeves, 
demum leviter plurisulcati, fuscescentes, 3—4 em. longi, 9—12 mm. lati. 
FoLia rigidinscula, erecta vel erecto-patula, basi breviter subconduplicata, 
superne subplana, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 9—15 cm. 
longa, 8—12 mm. lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, 
subtus valde prominente; nervulis lateralibus satis numerosis, supra 
tenuiter impressis, subtus leviter prominentibus, PEDUNCULUS communis 
rectus vel paulo flexuosus, teretiusculus, laevis, pallide viridis, 5—8 dm. 
longus, 2—4 mm. crassus, ramis patentissimis, gracillimis, saepius elon- 
gatis, satis geniculato-fiexuosis, simplicibus vel interdum leviter ramulosis; 
VAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, pallidae, 1—2 cm. longae. PEDICELLI 
patentissimi, capillares, plus minusve arcuati, cum ovario filiformi obscure 
