1789 



* ONCIdIU.M Lcmoiiiaimm. 



Sir C, Lcnioii's Onciduiin. 



G Y i\ A i\ Dill A MQ-NA NDRIA . 



Nat. Oril. OucHiDE/t:, J2iss. § Vande^, Liridl. (Introduction to the 

 Natural System of Botany , p. 262.) 



ONCIDIUM.— Supra, vol. \3.fol. 1050. 



§ 2. Folia triquetra v, teretia. 



O. Lp.monianiun ; folii.s compressis acuminatis supra sulcatLs, scapo stricto pauci- 

 floro, scpalls parvis spatulatis apiculatis omnibus liberis, petalis oblongis 

 undulatis, labelli laciniis lateralibus linearibus abbreviatis intermedia maxima 

 reniformi biloba : lobis dentatis ungue brevi margine denticulate, columnce 

 alis subquadratis truncatis oblique unidentatis. 



" This curious little epiphyte was among a collection 

 imported from the Havannah in March last, by Capt. Sutton 

 of Flushing near Falmouth, and by him presented to Sir 

 Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., in whose garden at Carclew 

 it flowered in May. It appears to us to be totally difl'erent 

 from any species hitherto noticed, and is readily distinguished 

 by its peculiar foliage." 



" Pseudobulbs very small, scarcely discernible, roundish, 

 one-leaved. Leaves from one to three inches lono- and about 

 a quarter of an inch broad, dagger- shaped, two-sided or 

 edged, and sharp at the point ; pale green, slightly striated, 

 and covered with a profusion of minute, roughish, pale dots 

 or warts. Scape about 9 inches high, round iuid slender, 

 nearly erect, and in our specimen 5-flowered. Its colour is 

 a pale brownish green, unless at the joints where it is a 



' Sec folio 154-2. 



