Tas. 5993, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM Se 
Native of Equador. 
Nat. Ord. OrcupEx.—Tribe VanpEa. 
Genus OpontoaLossum, H. B. & K.; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Odontoglossum). 
OpontoaLessuM (Isanthium) pardinum ; pseudobulbis 2-3-pollicaribus ovatis 
compressis, foliis 6—8-pollicaribus anguste lineari-oblongis acutis, pani- 
cula ampla multiflora foliis longiore laxe ramosa, bracteis cucullatis 
acuminatis, floribus aureis maculis paucis aurantiacis ocellatis, sepalis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis paulo latioribus ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 
natis undulatis, labello breviter unguiculato subpanduriformi acuto, 
criste lamellis lateralibus argute dentatis spina erecta anteposita, inter- 
media tumida, columna aptera. 
OponroGLossum pardinum, Lindl. in Sert. Orchid. Sub. t. 25; Fol. Orchid. 
No. 49. Walp. Rep., vol. vi. p. 841. 
An inhabitant of the Andes of Equador, where it was dis- 
covered by the veteran botanical explorer of that region, Dr. 
Jameson, late Professor of Botany and Chemistry in the 
University of Quito, who, after a residence of nearly fifty 
years at an elevation of 10,000 feet above the level of the 
sea, is now returned upon a brief visit to his native country. 
Dr. Jameson having finally left Quito, took sea to Valparaiso 
and thence crossed the Andes to the Argentine Republic, 
where he was attached to the University of San Juan for 
a short period, and cellected many of the curious plants of 
that dry region, of which very little is known botanically 
since Gillies collected there half a century ago. From 
thence Dr. Jameson crossed the plains of La Plata to Monte 
Video, whence he sailed for England, which he will shortly 
leave to return to Valparaiso. | 
Odontoglossum pardinum belongs to a section that contains 
many very closely allied species, and which abounds in New 
OCTOBER Ist, 1872. 
