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ODONTOGLOSSUM maculatum. 

 Yellow and Brown Odontoglossum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Vande^. 

 ODONTOGLOSSUM. Botanical Register for 1839, t. 48. 



0. maculatum ; pseudobulbis oblougis compressis monophyllis, foliis oblongis 

 nervosis acutiusculis racemis pendulis multifloris brevioribus, bracteis 

 navicularibus herbaceis ovario brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis discoloribus, petalis oblongis undulatis acuminatis, labello 

 cordato acuminato subcrenato: appendice unguis bivalvi concava coch- 

 leari apice producta emarginata per medium argute serrulata, columna 

 pubescente. 



Folia pr«^er illud pseudobulbo innatum plura, cum petiole equitante arti- 

 culata, 5-7-nervia, pergamenea, IcBtkviridia. Sepalaea?^M* viridia, intusfusca, 

 petalis teneris luteis versus basin sanguineo-nebulosis crassiora. Labellum 

 ejusdem coloris texturcBque ac petala ; appendice bivalvi, subpuhescente, intxis 

 purpureo-venosd. Columna versus apicem utrinque obsolete auriculata. 



Another rarity from the rich storehouse of Mr. Barker, 

 who imported it from Mexico. It is one of the prettiest of 

 the family, because of its large two-coloured spotted flowers 

 and drooping habit, and seems to have much the manner of 

 growth and constitution of an Oncidium. 



When it was first sent to town I mistook it for the Odonto- 

 glossum Cervantesii of La Llave, for it bears a great resem- 

 blance to that plant as described by its author ; but upon a 

 more attentive consideration I see it must be different, for the 

 latter is said to have snow-white flowers, and this is not a 

 circumstance in which plants of Orchidaceae are likely to 

 vary. It is no doubt the 0. maculatum of this author. 



It was also found in the west of Mexico by Count Kar- 

 winski, as appears from a wild specimen for which I am 

 indebted to Mr. Bateman. 



Odontoglossum cordatum, now figured in the Floral Cabi- 

 net, t. 100, approaches this very nearly j but, independently 



