1789 
*ONCIDIUM Lemoniánum. 
Sir C. Lemon’s Oncidium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Orcuivex, Juss. S Vannes, Lindl. (Introduction lo the 
Natural System of Botany, p. 262.) 
ONCIDIUM.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1050. g 
§ 2. Folia triquetra v. teretia. 
O. Lemonianum ; foliis compressis acuminatis suprà sulcatis, scapo stricto pauci- 
floro, sepalis parvis spatulatis apiculatis omnibus liberis, petalis oblongis 
undulatis, labelli laciniis lateralibus linearibus abbreviatis intermediá maximá 
reniformi biloba: lobis dentatis ungue brevi margine denticulato, column 
alis subquadratis truncatis oblique unidentatis. 
* This curious little epiphyte was among a collection 
imported from the Havannah in March last, by Capt. Sutton 
of Flushing near Falmouth, and by him presented to Sir 
Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., in whose garden at Carclew 
it flowered in May. It appears to us to be totally different 
from any species hitherto noticed, and is readily distinguished 
by its peculiar foliage." 
“ Pseudobulbs very small, scarcely discernible, roundish, 
one-leaved. Leaves koi one to three inches long, and about 
a quarter of an inch broad, dagger-shaped, two-sided or 
edged, and sharp at the point; pale green, slightly striated, 
and covered with a profusion of minute, roughish, pale dots 
or warts. Scape about 9 inches high, round and slender, : 
nearly erect, and in our specimen 5-flowered. Its colour is 
a pale brownish green, unless at the joints where it is a 
* Sce folio 1542. 
