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ONCIDIUM MACRANTHERUM. LARGE- 
ANTHERED QONCIDIUM. 
SEK KKK KEK EEE EEE EREE 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MOonaAnDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata late- 
ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La- 
bellum maximum, ecalcaratum cum columna continuum) 
varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo- 
cularis rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. 
_ Pollinia 2, postice sulcata ; caudicula plana, glandula ob- 
longa:—Herbe epiphyte nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia cor?- 
acea. Scapi paniculati, vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciosi lutet sepius maculati, raro albi. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Oncipium macrantherum; pumilum, pseudo-bulbis ovatis 
compressis monophyllis, pedunculis subtrifloris folio 
brevioribus, petalis sepalisque ellipticis conformibus, 
labello ovali apice emarginato lateribus deflexis disco 
callo elevato pubescente basi bituberculato, columna 
brevi basi utrinque longe calcarata, rostello producto, 
anthera (magna) ovato-acuminata. - 
This is one of the many new Orchideous plants which 
along with still more interesting Cacrez have been collect- 
ed by Mr. Gateort: in the interior of Mexico, and sent by 
our late Consul there, Mr. Parkinson, to the princely col- 
lection at Woburn, where it flowered in April, 1840. It is 
quite unlike any other species of the Genus with which I 
am acquainted; but may, perhaps, rank near O. pumilum 
(Bot. Reg. t. 920). Descr 
