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ONCIDIUM TRIQUETRUM. TRIQUETROUS- 
LEAVED ONCIDIUM. 
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Class and Order. 
GynAnpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Labellum explanatum lobatum basi tubereulatum. Petala 
patentia (2 antica nunc connata). Columna alata. Masse 
pollinis 2, postice bilobe ; medio affixe processu communi 
stigmatis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Onciprum triquetrum ; petalis acutis anticis connatis, la- 
belli lobo medio subrotundo indiviso, scapo racemoso, 
foliis triquetris. Br. - 
Oncipium triquetrum. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. 
p. 216. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 723. : 
Cyrmeipium triquetrum. Sw. Fi. Ind. Occ. p. 1475. 
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Although introduced from Jamaica to the Royal Gardens 
of Kew by Rear Admiral Brien, so long ago as the year 
1793, a figure of this beautiful plant has never appeared in 
any work, from which it may perhaps be inferred, that the 
Species was soon lost to our gardens. It has, however, 
been again introduced by Cuartes Horsratt, Esq. from 
the same country, and in his collection we had the plea- 
Sure of seeing it in the autumn of the present year. The 
plant had been liberally divided, and a portion sent to the 
Sardens of Wentworth, where our figure was made from it 
im full flower in October 1834. Lk! 
.Descr. Plant destitute of bulb. The leaves arise imme- 
diately from the root, are few in number, distichous, four 
to 
