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History, under the name of Rodriguezia cochlearis ; and my 

 specimens will not shew what proportion the anther bears to 

 the column in that species. These circumstances induce me 

 to adopt the genus Leochilus, although the name (smooth-lip) 

 is not applicable, none of the species having it smooth, and 

 one at least being remarkably tuberculated. From Oncidium 

 this genus is well distinguished by the position of the arms ot 

 the short column, and the honey-pore. The following characters 

 will enable Botanists to arrange the genus and its species m 

 their systematical works. 



LEOCHILUS, Knowles $ Westcott* Sepala ct petal* patula basi a>qualia, 

 lateX nunc conoat? Labellum indivisum, ban tuberculatum aut la- 

 minatum et fovea mellifera auctum. Columna brevis, teres, libera, bra - 

 S po^recto sub stigmate utrinque aucta. Rostel lum ovatum. Anthera 



coluLTlatior ob ros'tellum prominens -fo^^^—lllt 

 linia 2, caudicula elongata angusta, glandula minuta ovah.— Herb* 

 epiphyte pseudo-bulbosa , American* tropicam habitantes. Yloxes parvi 



racemost 



* Sepala lateralia connata 



Westc. Bx>d\ 



'L \e7tT"isc2T0n: id iu m nacrantherum, Hooker in Bot Mag. 

 t 3845 V Seem nutantibus foliis sub^qualibus basx laxe et distanter 

 t. 3845.), race ^ ls £ ... b d tantiim connatis, labello oblongo con- 

 vaginatis, sepa is lat ^ bu ^ a ^ ndat0 secus axin depresso infra me- 



and Guatemala. 

 transparent ground. 



•«-■« n«Ant Iff VPllftW. 



' mca. 



Flowers apparently yellow 



** Sepala omnin6 libera. 



$• Westcott 



, 3 . L. «^^Oncidium^n«um,^^ - ^ ^^ 



D -April, 1842. 



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