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ODONTOGLOSSUM maculatum. 
Yellow and Brown Odontoglossum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ VANDEA. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Botanical Register for 1839, t. 48. 
O, maculatum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis monophyllis, foliis oblongis 
nefvosis acutiusculis racemis pendulis multifloris brevioribus, bracteis 
navicularibus herbaceis ovario brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis discoloribus, petalis oblongis undulatis acuminatis, labello 
cordato acuminato subcrenato: appendice unguis bivalvi concavá coch- 
leari apice productá emarginatá per medium arguté serrulatá, columná 
pubescente. 
Folia preter illud pseudobulbo innatum plura, cum petiolo equitante arti- 
culata, 5-7-nervia, pergamenea, letà viridia. Sepala extus viridia, intus fusca, 
petalis teneris luteis versus basin sanguineo-nebulosis crassiora. | Labellum 
ejusdem coloris textureque ac petala; appendice bivalvi, subpubescente, intus 
purpureo-venosd. Columna versus apicem utrinque obsoleté auriculata. 
Another rarity from the rich storehouse of Mr. Barker, 
who imported it from Mexico. lt is one of the prettiest of 
the family, because of its large two-coloured spotted flowers 
and drooping habit, and seems to have much the manner of 
growth and constitution of an Oncidium. 
When it was first sent to town I mistook it for the Odonto- 
glossum Cervantesii of La Llave, for it bears a great resem- 
blance to that plant as described by its author; but upon a 
more attentive consideration I see it must be different, for the 
latter is said to have snow-white flowers, and this is not a 
circumstance in which plants of Orchidacee are likely to 
vary. It is no doubt the O. maculatum of this author. 
It was also found in the west of Mexico by Count Kar- 
winski, as appears from a wild specimen for which 1 am 
indebted to Mr. Bateman. 
Odontoglossum cordatum, now figured in the Floral Cabi- 
net, t. 100, approaches this very nearly ; but, independently 
