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ONCIDIUM PUBES; var. flavescens. Downy-coLUMN- 
ED Oncipi1um ; yellow-flowered var. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNAnpDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata: late- 
ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La- 
bellum maximum, ecalearatum, cum columna continuum, 
varié lobatum, basi tuberculatum vy. cristatum. Colwmna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo- 
cularis, rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. 
Pollinia 2, posticé sulcata, caudicula plana, glandula ob- 
longa.—Herbe epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia cort- 
acea. Scapi paniculati, vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciosi, lutei, sepius maculati, rard albi. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Oncipium pubes; bulbis subcylindricis monophyllis, foliis 
lanceolatis nervosis, panicula simplici multiflora sub- 
secunda, sepalis 4 fasciatis, inferiore breviore bidentato, 
labello pandurato lobis lateralibus angustissimis, cris- 
ta superne bicorni, columnz alis linearibus obtusis, 
apice antheraque bicorni pubescentibus. =) 
Oncipium pubes. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1007. — 
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Different as the flowers of this plant appear at first sight 
from those of Oncip1um pubes as figured in the Botanical 
Register, they exhibit the same form and structure. The dis- 
similarity exists only in colour ; and I have the authority of 
Dr. Linptey himself for considering it specifically the same. 
The original species has the sepals of a much greener tinge, 
and the middle lobe of the ip margined with red. Itisa 
native 
