Tas. 8031. 
ODON TOGLOSSUM ramutosum, 
Colombia. 
OrcHIDACEX.—Tribe VANDE. 
Opontoaiossum, H. RB. et K.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 561; 
Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. vol. ii. 6, p. 197. 
Odontoglossum ramulosum, Lindl. Fol. Orch. Odont. p.18; Reichb. f. in 
Bonplandia, 1855, p. 66; species sectionis Myanthium, Lindl., et ex 
affinitate O. ixioidis, a qua paniculis amplioribus, floribus divaricatis, 
et pedicellis bracteis multo longioribus differt. 
Herba epiphytica, rhizomate valido lignoso. Psewdobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, 
subcompressi, circa 3 poll. longi, apice diphylli, basi circa 6-phylli. 
Folia ligulata, subacuta, arcuata, circa 8-12 poll. longa, 9 lin. lata. 
Scapus axillaris, 2-3 ped. altus, paniculatus, multiflorus. Bractex 
ovato-oblongs, acute, concave, circa 2 lin. longew. Pedicelli 6-9 lin. 
longi. Flores aurei brunneo-maculati, crista labelli aurantiaca. Sepala 
spathulato-oblonga, subobtusa, 5-6 lin. longa, lateralia paullo recurva. 
Peiala late unguiculata, ceteris sepalo postico similia, subconniventia, 
apice paullo incurva. Labelli unguis erectus; limbus reflexus, oblongus, 
obtusus, brevis; crista 4-6-loba, basi in carinas carnosas 2 ad basin 
labelli extensa, Colwmna, clavata, 2 lin. longa, alis subobsoletis. 
The genus Odontoglossum contains some of the most 
popular of cultivated Orchids, though the species are not 
all equally showy, and some of them are not very highly 
esteemed in gardens, particularly those belonging to 
Myanthium, which includes the present species. Only 
two others of this section have appeared in the Botanical 
Magazine; O. Hdwardi, Reichb. f. (t. 6771), remarkable 
for its deep violet-purple flowers, and O. retusum, Lindl. 
(t. 7569), in which the sepals and petals are rich orange- 
__ yellow, and the lip deep yellow. 
0. ramulosum, Lindl., was originally discovered in the 
forests of New Grenada by Funck and Schlim, and both 
living and dried specimens were sent home. It was after- 
wards found by Purdie on rocks at La Baja, and by 
Wagener at San Pedro, in Venezuela, at 5,000 feet 
elevation. It flowered in cultivation as long ago as 
February, 1849, The plant figured was presented to Kew 
by Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S., Keeper of the Royal Betanic 
_ Gardens, Glasnevin, and flowered in February last. 
—» Deser.—An epiphytic herb about a foot to a foot and 
Aveust Isr, 1905. 
