C 3603 ) 
ONCIDIUM LURIDUM. DINGY-FLOWERED 
ONCIDIUM. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwea. ) 
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 vel 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 cori- 
acea. Scapi paniculati, vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciosi, lutei, sepius maculati, raro albi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Oxcip1wm lwridum ; pseudo-bulbis nullis, foliis lanceolatis 
rigidis carnosis carinatis solitariis, sepalis liberis peta- 
lisque subrotundo - ovalibus. unguiculatis undulatis, 
labelli lobis lateralibus minimis obtusis lateribus revo- 
lutis, intermedio amplo reniformi-emarginato, crista 
trilamellata. 
Onci1um luridum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 727. Gen. et Sp. 
Orchid. p. 201. 
Oncipium cuneatum. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 27. 
Erienprum guttatum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1351. 
: Cymeiwium guttatum. Willd. Sp. Pl. ». 4. p. 102. 
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This species varies considerably as to the height and 
branching of the scape, the depth of colour in its flowers, 
and the size of these. We had three plants very mae 
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