TAB. 4824. ° 
ONCIDIUM  trncuRVuUM. 
Curved Oncidium. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDE#.—GYNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata, lateralibus 
nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. Ladbellum maximum, ecalcaratum, 
cum columna continuum, varie lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna 
libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semi-bilocularis, rostello nunc ab- 
breviato, nunc elongato rostrato. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicula plana, 
glandula oblonga.—Herbee epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia coriacea. Scapi 
paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores speciost, sepius maculati, rarius albi. 
Lindl. 
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Oncrp1uM (§ Euoncidium) ineurvum ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis ancipitibus utrinque 
3—4-costatis di-triphyllis, foliis ensiformibus acutis, scapo elongato racemoso- 
paniculato, sepalis linea ‘-Janceolatis undulatis liberis, petalis conformibus 
incurvis, labelli laciniis lateralibus rotundatis nanis intermedia subrotunda 
concava acuta, crista ovata depressa dimidia inferiore lineata superiore 
tricostata, columna subaptera. Lindl. 
Oncrprum incurvum, Barker in Bot. Reg., 1840, Mise. 174. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
1845, ¢. 64. 
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A well-marked species of a most extensive genus, first intro-. 
duced to our Gardens, as appears from the ‘ Botanical Register, 
by Mr. George Barker of Birmingham, but no locality is given 
for the species. We are enabled to state that it is a native of 
Mexico, whence it has been sent by Percy W. Doyle*, Esq., 
Minister Plenipotentiary in that city, to his brother, Colonel 
North, at Putney, in whose stove it Howered in October 1854, 
and from whose plant our figure was.taken. ‘The nearest affi- 
nity of the species is perhaps with 0. ornithorhynchus, but it 
wants the long beak to the anther-case. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs ovate or oblong, compressed and ancl- 
pitous, with about three elevated ribs on the flattened sides ; the 
younger ones bearing a pair of leaves at the base of the pseudo- 
* Tt was to this gentleman we were indebted for the “jumping” or “ moving iz 
seeds; for an account of which, see our Journal of Botany for the present year 
(1854), p. 304. 
DECEMBER Ist, 1854. 
