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Oncipium Wrayva. Mrs. Wray’s 
ONCIDIUM. 
KEK KKK REE EE EERE 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonaANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord —OnrcnipEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata: late- 
ralibus nune sub-labello connatis. Petala conformia. La- 
bellum maximum ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, 
varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum vel cristatum. Columna 
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. 
Oncin1um Wraye ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis compressis sulcatis, 
foliis 2 terminalibus lineari-lanceolatis, scapo radicali 
elongato ramoso, floribus paniculatis, petalis sepalis- 
que conformibus ovato-acuminatis patentibus ferru- 
gineo-maculatis, labello unicolori late cuneato-obo- 
vato 3-lobo cristato, crista elevata acute triloba. 
A native of Mexico, whence it was introduced to the 
stove of the gardens at Oakfield, near Cheltenham, by one 
of the most intelligent and enthusiastic of cultivators, 
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Mrs. Wray of that place. ee ae 
_ Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, scarcely three inches 
igh, ovate, furrowed, wrinkled and compressed. Tn the 
younger state of the bulb, itis accompanied by four leaves, 
