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to basilar auricles, middle transversely oblong, or reniform, emarginate ; wings of the 



gh, or more ; 

 10'" long.— 



column short, rounded. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 215.— Epidendrum, Jacq. — 6' high," or more 

 leaves 1' loug, 15"'-8'" broad; flowers yellow- and brown-variegated, 6"'-10' 



Hab. Jamaica (Sw.) ; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [French islands]. 



163. O. Baueri, Lindl. Aerial tubers "oblong ;" scape panicled from near the base; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, pointed ; perigonial divisions distinct, elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, undulate ; lip as long, crested with tubercles at the contracted base : lateral lobes 

 reduced to basilar auricles, middle transversely-oblong, or reniform, emarginate ; wings of 

 the column membranaceous, transversely oblong, pointed at both ends. — Very near the pre- 

 ceding : branches of the panicle divaricate, flowers of the same colour, 8'" long. — Hab. 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [Venezuela]. 



164. O. citrinum, Lindl. I Aerial tubers ovate-oblong, compressed ; leaves lanceolate, 

 with a bluutish point, nearly as long as the simple, lateral scape ; perigonial divisions dis- 

 tinct, oblong, blunt, undulate ; lip as long, crested with tubercles at the contracted base -. 

 lateral lobes reduced to basilar auricles, middle reniform : wings of the dilated column 

 minute.— Bot. Reg. t. 1758.— 1' high; leaves 6'" broad; flowers yellow, 6"'-8'" long.— 

 Hab. Trinidad, from cultivated specimens, introduced from that island. 



165. O. papilio, Lindl. "Aerial tubers roundish, compressed, 1 -leaved; scape few- 

 flowered; leaves leathery, oblong, blunt;" perigonial divisions distinct; exterior lateral 

 oblong-lanceolate, undulate, little exceeding the lip, superior and 2 interior much longer, 

 linear filiform ; lip crested at the base with glands : lateral lobes rounded, distant from the 

 much larger, roundish, emarginate, crispate middle lobe ; wings of the column dilated, cre- 

 milate : anther glandular at the margin. — Bot. Reg. t. 910 : smaller-flowered. — Flowers 

 yellow- and brown- variegated : filiform divisions about 4", exterior lateral 2" long. — Hab. 

 Trinidad {Lindl) ■ [Venezuela, Quito]. 



46. BRASSIA, R. Br. 



Characters of Oncidium, but exterior lateral divisions of the perigone elongated, lip entire, 

 2-lamellate at the base, and column, low, wingless. — Scape lateral to aerial tubers, racemose ; 

 leaves rigid. 



166. B. maculata, R. Br. (i?.). Leaves oblong, pointed, exceeded by the scape ; 

 bracts small ; perigonial divisions linear, or oblong-linear, about as long as the lip, exterior 

 lateral twice as long, conform -. lip roundish beyond a broadly cuueate lower part, mucro- 

 uate : basilar lamella; pubescent, produced into a tooth at the summit.— Bot. Mag. t. 1691. 

 — V-2t high; flowers yellowish, purple-spotted: lip l"-li" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Wulhchl., on rock3; [Guatemala]. 



167. B. caudata, Lindl. ! Leaves oblong, pointed, nearly as long as the scape ; brads 

 small ; perigonial divisions exterior lateral linear-acuminate, superior conform, usually 

 about half as long, interior shorter, lanceolate, about as long as the lip ; lip ovate-oblong, 

 usually acuminate : basilar lamella? pubescent, produced into a tooth at the summit. — Bot. 

 Ji'-g. t. 832.— Epidendrum, L.—V high ; flowers greenish, or dull-yellow, spotted with pur- 

 ple : lip 8"'-12'", exterior lateral divisions 4"-5" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Macfi, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cubal to Guiana 1]. 



47. ODONTOGLOSSUM, Kth. 



Character of Oncidium, but column longer, not tumid at the base, often devoid of wings, 

 parallel to the lower part of the entire or lobed lip.— Scape lateral to aenal tubers. 



168. O. jamaicense, Gr. (n. sp.). Tubers few, oblong, compressed ; leaves rigid, 

 oblong-linear, bluntish, or emarginate, little exceeded by the scape, the latter simple, with an 

 ovate, contracted panicle at the summit; bracts membranaceous, clasping-coneaye, ovate, as 

 loug as the ovary ; periironial divisions distinct, elliptical-oblong, subequal exterior tapering 

 into a short claw, interior subsessile, as long as the lip; lip sessile, ovate-oblong, pointed cal- 

 lous to the middle, liued with 2 thickish lamella along the concave callosity 3-tubercled at 

 its summit; column narrowly margined, abruptly dilated at the summit half as long as the 

 lip.— Apparently allied to O. ixwides, Lindl. Leaves l'-tt long, 8 -10 broad ; panicle 

 3", bracts 8"'-10'", flowers 6"'-8'" loDg ; lip embracing a little the column ; anlher-bed 



