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ONCIDIUM pelicanum. 
The Pelican Oncid. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oxcnipacex. (Orcuips, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 173.) 
ONCIDIUM, Swartz. 
Sect. Evoncıpıa, HETERANTHIA, pentapetala micropetala, labello 
pandurato. 
O. pelicanum (Martius. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 216.); pseudobulbis ovatis 
suleatis monophyllis, foliis anguste lanceolatis acutis, racemis subcom- 
positis multifloris, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis undulatis acutis 
reflexis labello multo brevioribus, labello reniformi emarginato ; laciniis 
lateralibus rotundatis intermedia multo angustioribus, crista glabra basi 
convexa tunc quinquedentata apice bidentata, column alis magnis ob- 
longis denticulatis apice acutis. 
This nlant is very closely akin to O. reflecum, from which 
it differs principally in the sepals and petals being less 
blotched, in the lateral lobes of the lip being smaller in pro- 
portion to the intermediate segment, and in the tubercles of 
the crest, which is smooth, not downy, being rather differently 
arranged. The name has doubtless been given in allusion 
to the column, which is not unlike a pelican pecking her 
breast. 
We entertain no doubt of its being the species intended by 
Dr. von Martius, for the specimen now figured was obtained 
from a plant sent from Mexico by Count Karwinsky to Messrs. 
Loddiges, and Count Karwinsky was a valuable contributor 
of Mexican plants to the Garden at Munich, under Dr. 
von Martius’s care. 
