PLATE XI. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LINDLEYANUM. 
DR. LINDLEY’S ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
O. (EvoponrocLossum, Lindl.) pseudobulbis ovato-oblongis compressis diphyllis, foliis laneco- 
latis subcoriaceis acutis scapo racemoso multi-(5—12)floro vix brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subæqualibus, labello angusto unguiculato hastato utroque 
latere angulato in disco bifaleigero basi per carinam cum columná comnato. Columna 
tomentosa, auriculis erectis angustis acuminatis. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LINDLEYANUM, Reichenbach Jul; Warss. Bonpl. ii. 69; Reichenbach, Xenia Orch. t. 71 ; Walpers, Annales, vi. 
fase. 6. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM EPIDENDROIDES, Lindl. fil. (non Hb. Kth. N. G.). 
Habitat in PAMPLONA (in sylvis humidis) 8500 ft, Linden; Ocaña, 9000 ft, Schlim; Ocaña (floribus majoribus), Wagener ; 
Bogotá, Weir. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Pseunoguzes about 3 inches long, ovate-oblong, compressed, 2-leaved, sometimes a little spotted.  Llinavıs lanceolate, 
from a span to a foot long, rather leathery, sharp-pointed. Racemi rather longer than the leaves, bearing from 
half-a-dozen to a dozen flowers. Bracıs oblong, acute, about one-third the length of the ovary. SEPALS and PETALS 
nearly equal, an inch or more long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, of a yellowish-green, with a few large chestnut 
blotches, the arrangement of which varies in different specimens. Liv shorter than the petals, narrow, unguiculate, 
hastate, 3-lobed ; the lateral lobes Jorming two blunt angles, the middle lobe longer, linear-lanceolate, deflexed, with 
two large upright slightly-curved horns placed on either side of the disk; at its base the lip is keeled and united 
with the column after the fashion of the Trichopilias ; its colour is usually a pale yellow or yellowish-white with 
large chestnut bands. COLUMN downy, Jurmshed near the summit with two narrow erect upright acuminate 
auricles. 
The name of this plant, associated as it is with the memory of the distinguished botanist who has lately passed 
from among us, is to me suggestive of the most melancholy reflections. Mourn indeed T must, the loss of one who 
had been my steady friend for five-and-thirty years, and by whose labours among the members of my favourite tribe, 
I have been enabled to follow a pursuit that has never ceased to be a Joy and solace amid all the cares and vicissitudes 
of life !* 
O. Lindleyanum was so named by Professor Reichenbach, in honour of the great Orchidist whose mantle seems 
now to have fallen upon himself. Tt is closely allied to the 0. epidendroides of Humboldt and Kunth, from which 
indeed Dr. Lindley failed to distinguish it, but if the characters of the two species, as represented in the * Xenia,’ prove 
to be constant, no doubt the German Professor was right in separating them. 
Several travellers, including Schlim, W agener, Warszewiez, and Weir, appear to have met with the plant in 
various localities in New Granada, but always at a great elevation, hence it must of course be classed among the coolest 
section of Orchids. It has flowered in the gardens of the Horticultural Society, to which it was sent by their zealous 
collector Mr. Weir, and also in the collection of Mr. Rucker, where Mr. Fitch made his drawing in the spring of 
last year (1865). 
DisskcrioNs.—1. Lip and column, seen sideways; 2. Ditto seen in front: magnified, 
* I allude of course to those remarkable works of Dr. Lindley, the Orchidearum Genera et Species and the Folia Orchidacea (the latter of 
which he was not destined to complete), with which the science of Orchidology may be said to have arisen, and which will continue its text-books 
for all time to come. 
