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Onciprum pumitum. Mr. Hergert’s Dwarr 
ONCIDIUM. 
Pores eR KI EEE ER ERE 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonaANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. ) 
Generie Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata ; la- 
teralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. 
Labellum maximum ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, 
varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo- 
cularis, rostello nunc abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. 
Pollinia 2, postice suleata; caudicula plana ; glandula ob- 
longa. Herbe epiphyte nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia co- 
riacea, Scapi paniculali vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciosi lutei, sepius maculati, raro albi. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Onxcipium pumilum ; pseudo-bulbis nullis, foliis rigidis ob- 
longis obliquis, panicula erecta thyrsoidea foliorum 
longitudine, sepalis petalisque obovatis incurvis, 1a- 
bello subrotundo trilobo, lobis ovatis obtusis inter- 
medio paulo minore, disco callis duobus longitudina- 
libus sinubus loborum oppositis cristato, alis columne 
integerrimis. Lind. : 
Oxcio1um pumilum. Lind. Bot. Reg. ¢. 920. Loddiges, 
Bot. Cab, t. 1732. Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orchid. p. 205. 
(8.) alis columna cuneiformibus, crista labelli obsoleta, 
foliis atro-viridibus vix maculatis, statura majore. 
Lindl. 1. ¢. 
Geen 
This singular little epiphyte was introduced by the 
Hon. and Rey, Wituiam Hersert of Spofforth, in whose 
collection 
