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ONCIDIUM CRISPUM. CRISPED-FLOWERED 
ONCIDIUM. 
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; Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuweg, ) 
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. Coluwmna 
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. Landl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Oncipium crispum ; pseudobulbis oblongis sulcatis rugosis 
diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis acutis, scapo sim- 
eS multifloro, sepalis recurvis undulatis obtusis, 
ateralibus semiconnatis, petalis duplo majoribus ob- 
longis undulatis unguiculatis, labelli lobis lateralibus 
cornuformibus recurvis nanis intermedio maximo un- 
guiculato subrotundo-cordato undulato, crista duplici 
serie deltoidea dentata, columne alis rotundatis denti- 
culatis carnosis. Lindl. 
Onciwium crispum. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1854. Lindl. Gen. 
et Sp. Orchid. p. 197. 
A large-flowered and very handsome species of Oncip1um, 
a native of the Organ Mountains in the neighbourhood of. 
Rio, Brazil, and first made known by Mr. Loppiges in his 
Botanical 
