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216. ONCiDlUM pelicanum. Hort. Monac. 



A specimen from Mr. Bateman, who received his plant 

 from the botanic garden of Munich, shows this plant to be 

 very closely akin to O. reflexum, from which it differs prin- 

 cipally in the sepals and petals being less blotched, in the 

 lateral lobes of the lip being smaller in proportion to the in- 

 termediate segment, and in the tubercles of the crest, which is 

 smooth, not downy, being rather differently arranged. I am 

 unable to judge how far it may be entitled to rank as a dis- 

 tinct species. The name has doubtless been given in allusion 

 to the column, which is not unlike a pelican pecking her 

 breast. 



217. BOLBOPHYLLUM sordidum ; pseudobulbis tetragonis . . . . , spica 

 carnosa acuminata conica, floribus sessilibus carnosissimis, bracteis 

 ovatis obtusis adpressis ovario longioribus, sepalis ovatis acutissimis, pe- 

 talis linearibus apice rotundatis, labello unguiculato ovato piano con- 

 vexo basi auriculato, columiia utrinque biseta. 



A native of Guatemala, very near the Bolbophyllura clava- 

 tum of Thouars. It grows with a spike 6 inches long, upon 

 a scape about half as long again. The flowers are very fleshy, 

 a dull olive brown externally, but brightly mottled with pur- 

 ple in the inside. I owe my knowledge of it to Mr. Bateman. 



218. RODRIGUEZIA macidata; racemis nutantibus basi laxe et distantei" 

 vaginalis, sepalo supremo cum petalis acuto lateralibus basi tantiim con- 

 natis paulo breviore, labello oblongo convexo retuso secus axin depresso 

 infra medium crista pubescente utrinque elongata aucto basi 4-dentato, 

 columna brevi utrinque bracliium protrudente. 



A native of Guatemala, whence it vv^as sent to Mr. Bate- 

 man by Mr. Skinner. It has small flowers, faintly spotted 

 with red, and has no beauty. Communicated by Messrs. 

 Loddifjes. 



219. DENDROBIUM (§ Eudendrobium,foliis planis, floribus subgemellis, la- 

 bello trilobo) calcaratum ; caulibus nigro-pubescentibus, foHis linearibus 

 oblique bilobis, floribus resupinatis, sepalis ovatis lateralibus revolutis basi 

 in cornu conicum pedicelli longitudine productis, petalis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis, labelli linearis carnosi laevis trilobi lacinia intermedia subrotunda 

 marginibus incurvis ungue cum columna? pede in calcar verum connato. 



A slender inconspicuous species, allied to D. revolutum 

 and bijiorum ; with green flowers growing in pairs opposite 

 the leaves. It was found at Sincapore by Mr. Cuming, and 

 flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, (no. 158). 



December, 1840, tn 



