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ODONTOGLOSSUM leve. 
Smooth-lipped Odontoglossum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORcHiDACEX. $ VANDER. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Botanical Register, 1840. fol. 30. 
O. leve ; pseudobulbis compressis suleatis, foliis oblongo-ensiformibus obtusis 
apice obliquis, floribus paniculatis, bracteis laxis membranaceis, sepalis 
petalisque oblongo-linearibus acutis planis, labelli laminá panduriformi 
apiculatä ungue levi obsoletissimé bidentato, column alis apice rotun- 
datis crispis basi planis. 
Both Mr. Skinner and Mr. Hartweg found this plant 
abundantly in Guatemala, and sent it home to their friends, 
so that it is by no means rare in collections. It is not, how- 
ever, much esteemed, because of the flatness of colour in its 
flowers. Nevertheless, they have cinnamon-brown blotches 
on the yellow ground of the petals and sepals ; and the lip, 
which is white, is banded with violet across the middle ; 
besides which they are fragrant. 
The name Odontoglossum, or Tooth-tongue, has been 
given to these plants, because they are usually furnished with 
strong teeth on the lower part of the lip, and these teeth are 
not unfrequently very conspicuous. Here, however, they are 
reduced to a couple of trifling notches, and might be easily 
overlooked. 
Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society in May, 1842. Fig. 1. represents the column, seen 
in front, with its wings. 
This species should be potted in turfy peat, and placed in 
a moist stove. A liberal supply of water should be given 
during the growing season, and the house be slightly shaded 
in sunny weather, in order to keep the temperature as near 
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