habit. In colour its flowers vary, sometimes being yellow 
spotted with red, and sometimes the brownish orange of . 
the accompanying figure. 
It will only grow in a hot damp stove; but succeeds - 
best if tied to a piece of the branch of a tree. The following 
is Mr. Booth's account of the species :— 
* This pretty little species of Oncidium has been culti- 
vated for the last three years in the collection of Sir Charles 
Lemon, Bart., M.P., at Carclew, Cornwall, where it has 
annually, in November, produced its interesting and cu- 
riously-formed flowers. 1 do not know who has the merit 
of bringing it to thìs country, but believe it to have been 
received through some of the officers of his Majesty's Packet 
Establishment at Falmouth. 
** Pseudobulbs ovate, compressed, one-leaved. Leaves 
slightly complicate at the base, oblong-obtuse, about 2 
inches long and half an inch broad, with a little hook at the 
point. Their colour is a rich shining green, excepting where 
they are connected with the bulbs, which is brownish red. 
Seape nearly erect, small and round, from 4 to 6 inches 
high, and thickly covered with brownish spots; usually 
two-flowered. Sepals much undulated, brownish green, 
the two lower ones pointed, the three upper emarginate 
and rather shorter than the rest. Labellum bright yellow, 
and about the length of the upper sepals. The lower 
division is reniform and unguiculate; the other two are 
obligue, broad at their extremity, and somewhat crescent- 
shaped. The fleshy part in the centre of the flower is 
tuberculated, and beautifully marked with blood-red spots. 
The lower edge is finely ciliated. The column in front is of 
the same colour as the labellum; behind and at its base it 
is marked with deep red.” 
