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216. ONCIDIUM pelicanum. Hort. Monac. 
A specimen from Mr. Bateman, who received his plant 
from the botanic garden of Munich, shows this plant to be 
very closely akin to O. reflexum, from which it differs prin- 
cipally in the sepals and petals being less blotched, in the 
lateral lobes of the lip being smaller in proportion to the in- 
termediate segment, and in the tubercles of the crest, which is 
smooth, not downy, being rather differently arránged. I am 
unable to judge how far it may be entitled to rank as a dis- 
tinct species. The name has doubtless been given in allusion 
to the column, which is not unlike a pelican pecking her 
breast. 
217. BOLBOPHYLLUM sordidum; pseudobulbis tetragonis . . . . , spicâ 
carnosâ acuminata conic, floribus sessilibus carnosissimis, bracteis 
ovatis obtusis adpressis ovario longioribus, sepalis ovatis acutissimis, pe- 
talis linearibus apice rotundatis, labello unguiculato ovato plano con- 
vexo basi auriculato, columná utrinque biseta. 
A native of Guatemala, very near the Bolbophyllum clava- 
tum of Thouars. It grows with a spike 6 inches long, upon 
a scape about half as long again. The flowers are very fleshy, 
a dull olive brown externally, but brightly mottled with pur- 
ple in the inside. I owe my knowledge of it to Mr. Bateman. 
218. RODRIGUEZIA maculata; racemis nutantibus basi laxé et distanter 
vaginatis, sepalo supremo cum petalis acuto lateralibus basi tantüm con- 
natis paulo breviore, labello oblongo convexo retuso secus axin depresso 
infra medium cristà pubescente utrinque elongata aucto basi 4-dentato, 
columná brevi utrinque brachium protrudente. 
A native of Guatemala, whence it was sent to Mr. Bate- 
man by Mr. Skinner. It has small flowers, faintly spotted 
with red, and has no beauty. Communicated by Messrs. 
Loddiges. 
219. DENDROBIUM ($ Eudendrobium, foliis planis, floribus subgemellis, la- 
bello trilobo) calearatum ; caulibus nigro-pubescentibus, foliis linearibus 
obliguê bilobis, floribus resupinatis, sepalis ovatis lateralibus revolutis basi 
in cornu conicum pedicelli longitudine productis, petalis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, labelli linearis carnosi levis trilobi lacini intermedia subrotundá 
marginibus incurvis ungue cum columnee pede in calear verum connato. 
A slender inconspicuous species, allied to D. revolutum 
and biflorum; with green flowers growing in pairs opposite 
the leaves. It was found at Sincapore by Mr. Cuming, and 
flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, (no. 158). 
December, 1840. m 
