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Oncipium CEBOLLETA. RoOUNDED-LEAVED 
~ QONCIDIUM. 
Class and Order. : 
GynanpriA Monanpri. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata : late- 
ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La- 
bellum maximum, ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, 
varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna 
libera, teres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilocularis, 
rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. Pollinia 
2, postice sulcata, caudicula plana, glandula oblonga. — 
Herbe epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia coriacea. 
Scapi paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores speciosi, 
lutet, sepius maculati, raro albi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Oncip1um Cebolleta; bulbis minutis vaginatis unifoliatis, 
foliis teretibus subulatis, scapo stricto paniculato mul- 
tifloro, sepalis petalisque obovato-lanceolatis undulatis, 
labello profunde trilobo, lobis lateralibus patentissimis 
obovatis, lobo medio reniformi basi unguiculato apice 
emarginato, crista triloba tuberculata, columne alis 
rotundatis brevibus. 
Oncipi1um Cebolleta. Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 240. 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 207. 
Eripenprum Cebolleta. Jacg. Amer. p. 230. t. 131. f. 2. 
(without flower. ) 
Oncipium juncifolium. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 27. 
Eprmwenprum juncifolium. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1351. 
Cymeiprum juncifolium. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 102. 
Of this singular and handsome Orchideous plant, I am 
not aware that the flowers had been seen in this country, 
till 
