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ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE. GREAT OpDoNTO- 
GLOSSUM. 
KEKE KEKE KEKE EEK EEK 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala \ateralia, patula, libera. Labellum planum, ungui- 
culatum, ascendens, limbo reflexo diviso dentato apice an- 
gustato, basi concavum crista bilamellata raro fimbriata 
sepius antice bidentata auctum. Columna elongata, apice 
auriculata aut aptera. Lind. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
OpontocLossum grande; pseudo-bulbis aggregatis ovato- 
oblongis compressis ancipitibus diphyllis, foliis lanceo- 
latis acutis scapo paucifloro duplo brevioribus, sepalis 
lanceolatis lateralibus convexis falcatis petalisque ob- 
longis obtusiusculis latioribus subundulatis, labello 
subrotundo basi auriculato sepalis plus duplo breviore, 
tuberculis basi tribus corrugatis aliisque lateralibus 
dentiformibus minoribus, columne tomentose margin- 
ibus rotundatis convexis incurvis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
Misc. 1840. n. 94. 
Ovonrociossum grande. Lindl. l.c. Batem. Orchid. Gua- 
tem. et Mex. Tab. 2A. 
This truly magnificent plant blossomed in September, 
1841, in the Orchideous House of His Grace the Duke of 
Bedford, pseudo-bulbs having been sent to His Grace’s late 
father, and it would indeed have gratified that nobleman had 
he lived to witness its extraordinary blossoms. It is first 
noticed in the miscellaneous pages of the Botanical Rene 
r. 
