C 3806 ) 
Oncipium HuntiAnum. Mr. Honv’s 
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Class and Order. 
GynanprRiA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata: late- 
ralibus nunc sublabello connatis. Petala conformia. -La- 
bellum maximum ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, 
varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum vel cristatum. Coluwmna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo- 
cularis, rostello nunc abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. 
Pollinia 2, postice sulcata ; caudicula plana; glandula ob- 
longa.—Herbe epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia cori- 
acea, Scapi paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciosi, lutei, sepius maculati, raro albi. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Oncip1um Huntianum ; pseudo-bulbo unico, folio solitario 
oblongo coriaceo crasso acutiusculo basi attenuato 
sessili, scapo longissimo, racemo composito elongato, 
pedicellis bi-trifloris, sepalis petalisque patentibus ob- 
longo-ovatis crispatis, labello trilobo basi supra sub- 
5-tuberculato, lobis lateralibus crassis acutiusculis, in- 
termedio subflabelliformi longiore medio emarginato, 
columna bialata. 
A new Oncipium, from the inexhaustible resources of 
Brazil, having been sent to the Woburn collection (where 
it flowered in October, 1839,) by Hunt, Esq. of Rio 
de Janeiro. Its affinity probably is with O. Carthaginense ; 
but the flowers are smaller, very much more beautifully 
marked and coloured, and the lip has a totally different 
structure. 
Descr. 
