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OnciIDIUM RANIFERUM; var. major. Froe- 
FLOWERED OncipiUM ; larger var, 
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Class and Order. | 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. edd. Outro ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata : late- 
ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La- 
bellum maximum, ecalcaratum cum columna continuum, 
, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum, Columna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo- 
cularis, rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato. 
Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, 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. 
Oncipium me: at ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis sulcatis diphyl- 
lis, foliis lato-linearibus acutis scapo paniculato brevi- 
oribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis patulis, labelli 
 Jaciniis lateralibus triangularibus intermedia cuneata 
emarginata, crista depressa media constricta, dimidia 
posteriore quadrata basi utrinque callosa medio tuber- 
culata anteriore triangulari apice emarginata utrinque 
foveata, alis columne integris. Landi. 
Oncipium raniferum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. fol. 1920. et N. S. 
t. 48. 
(8.) major ; labelli lobo medio subintegro. (Tab. nostr. 
3712.) 
je This sprightly little Orchidaceous plant inhabits Brazil, 
and seems to have been first imported by Mr. Knieut of the 
King’s Road Nursery. It has since been found in the 
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