3. S. oculata (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. no. 5. Bot. Reg. t. 1800. 



Ceratochilus oculaius, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1764. S. Lind- 

 leyi^ Zuccarini mss.) ; bracteis ovariis longe acumi- 

 natis duplo brevioribus, hypochilio unguiculato elongato 

 cymbiformi antice intruso apice carnoso aperte sulcato 

 mutico basi ecorni intus Isevi extus bicarinato, cpicbilio 

 ovatointegro, cornubus semiteretibus ascendentibus acutis, 



columna late alata. Mexico (not Brazil). The 



flowers are usually lemon-coloured, with a large num- 

 ber of lilac spots on the sepals, a smaller number on 

 the petals, a deep yellow eye, and two, or occasionally 

 four, large dark brawn spots on the side of the lower part 

 of the lip, which is very much lengthened out as if ungui- 

 culate ; by the latter circumstance it is chiefly known 

 from S. Wardii Many supposed varieties occur in the 

 gardens, varying in colour, and in the spotting of the lip. 

 There is one, called Barkeriana, which is more remark- 

 able than the others ; it looks like >S^. insignis with the 

 lip of S. oculata, and is very handsome ; the sepals, 

 petals, and column are covered with numerous purple 

 freckles rather than spots, which, as the flower fades, run 

 together, as if their colouring matter were dissolved ; so 

 that at last the flower becomes of a dull wine -red tint. 

 This is apparently the >S^. Lindleyi of Zuccarini. Most 

 of the varieties are very sweet-scented. 



4. S. Bucephalus^ (Lindl. Orch. no. ^. Epidendrum grandi- 



florum, Humb. k Bonpl. PL ^q. p. 94. t. ^7. Anguloa 

 grandiflora, H. B. K. nov. gen. et sp. 1. 345.) ; bracteis 

 ovario subsequalibus, hypochilio unguiculato cymbiformi 

 antice intruso apice carnoso aperte sulcato mutico basi 

 longe angustato ecorni intus Isevi extus bicarinato, cpi- 

 chilio subrotundo-ovato cuspidato integro breviore, cor- 

 nubus gracilibus teretibus brevioribus, columna basi an- 



gustissima sursum alata. Quito. — ■ — This has deli- 



ciously sweet-scented flowers, which are pale yellow, with 

 . a pair of dark eyes at the base of each petal, and a few 

 crimson dots elsewhere on them and the sepals. The 

 lip is deep yellow, and spotless on the hypochilium, while 

 the epichilium and column are thickly sown with crim- 

 son dots. It is certainly the Epidendrum grandiflorum 

 of Humboldt, hitherto erroneously referred to S. insignis. 

 Mr. Hartweg, who found it near Quito, has introduced 



