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Oncipium PapiLio; var. limbatum. BuTrerFLy 
Onciprum ; broad-bordered var. 
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Class and Order. » 
GynanpriA MonanpDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcHiDE#. ) 
Generic Character. i 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata ; late- 
ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. ‘Petala conformia. La- 
bellum 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 sulcata ; caudicula plana; glandula ob- 
longa.—Herbe epiphyte, nune pseudo-bulbose. Folia cort- 
acea. Scapi paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores 
speciost, lutei, sepius maculati, raro albi. Lindl. « 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Oncip1um Papilio; pseudo-bulbis subrotundis compressis 
rugosis monophyllis, foliis oblongis coriacels obtusis_ 
maculatis, seapo perennante debili ancipiti articulato 
apice paucifloro, sepalo supremo petalisque linearibus 
longissimis basi angustatis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis 
revolutis undulatis labello longioribus, labelli lacinia 
intermedia emarginata subrotunda ecrispa basi valde 
angustata lateralibus rotundatis, cristae elandulis for- 
mam rane cubantis referentibus, column alis serratis. 
Lindl. in Gen. et Sp. Orched. p. 203. 
Oncip1um Papilio. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 910. Hook. Bot. 
Mag. t. 2799. k oe 
(s.) labelli lobo medio flavo late ferrugineo-marginats. 
( Tab. nostr. 319 y ya Gere on ae 
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No figure has yet given any adequate idea of this singular 
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