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Odontoglosaum—continued, 



O* C. Reginse (queenly), fl. white, evenly spotted reddish-brown, 

 the disk of the lip yellow. New Grenada. (W. O. A. vi. 264.) 



O. O. Ruckerianum. (M. 0.i,27.) According to Messrs. Veitch, 

 the following are mere colour forms of this variety : apiatum, 

 Ballantynei, Cookaoni, Bayanum, fastuosum, flaveoliim, guttatum, 

 Hrubyamtm, Regiiim, Schrcederi, and Wilsoni. 



O. C. Sclircederi (Baron von Schroeder's). /Z., all the segments 

 Avith one deep, large, reddish-brown blotch (or sometimes two) 

 and two or three smaller ones; in addition to these, several 

 reddish-brown spots are scattered over the remaining white area. 



O. C. Scottil (Scott's). 7f. creamy-yellow, large and showy ; sepals 



entire, with large, bold spots of chestnut-brown ; petals coarsely 



toothed, with fewer and smaller spots near the base ; lip having 



prominent, yellow crests. I, ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs flat, ovate. 

 1885. 



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O, c. splendens (splendid), fl. white, tinged rose ; sepals with 

 a [brown blotch in tne centre and several smaller onesiat base; 

 petals spotted brown at base ; lip with a large, central, brown 

 blotch and some small brown spots on each side of the base, 

 which is yellow, with some radiating, dark red lines. Syn. 

 0. Andersoniamijn splendens. 



O. c- tenue (slender), fl. smaller than in O. c. Andersonianum, 



milk-white, with a brown blotch on each sepal. Syn. 0. Anderson- 

 ianu7a tenue, 



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O. c. Tirginale (virgin-white), fl. pure white, the lip marked 

 ■with one or two small dots and having yellow on the disk. 1B82. 

 A handsome variety. * 



O. C. Wilsoni (Wilson's), fl, 

 petals broad, fringed ; sepals 

 spots. 1882. 



very delicate blush, very large ; 

 and lip having a few chocolate 



'. C. WoIstenllolmiGQ (Mrs. AVolstenholme's). fl,, sepals and 



petals pure white, spotted ochre-brown in the centre, bordered 



mauve, very acuminate, the petals lobed and toothed ; lip having 



a brown, ligulate disk and yellow calli ; column yellow at base. 

 1887. 



oristatellnm 



A variety of 0. crisiatum. 



O. cuspidatom (cuspidate). A variety of 0. lufeo-purpiireum, 

 O. Dawsonianum (Dawson's). A garden synonym of 0. RosHi 



Ehrenbcryii. 



O- deltoglossum (deltoid-lipped). A variety of 0. odoratum. 



O. Denisoniee (Lady Londesborough's). fl, over 4in. across ; 

 sepals white, with a few pale purplish spots, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; petals pure white, rather broader, acuminate; lip oblong, 

 blunt, denticulate, with a pale yellow stain over the disk and 

 a few purple spots ; all the parts undulated at the edges ; racemes 

 elongated. I. two, oblong-lunceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. New 

 Grenada. Supposed to be a natural hybrid between 0. crispuin 

 and 0. luteo-purpureum. 



O. dicranophorum (two-pronged), fl. as large as those of 

 O. triumphant; sepals light yellow, linear-ligulate, acute, marked 

 with two large, brown areas; petals broader at base, acuminate, 

 with a brown blotch in the middle and several brown spots at 

 base ; lip very light yellow, unguiculate, a depressed callosity 

 projecting from the centre, and extending into two rather thick 

 lamella, which, with the superior callus, give the appearance of 

 a two-pronged fork, whence the name ; column yellow at base 

 white at top ; raceme loose. Possibly a hybrid. * 



O. HditliifiD (Edith's). A variety of 0. crispum, 



O. EnrenbergU (Ehrenberg's). A variety of 0. HosHi. 



O. elegans chrysomelanum (deep-golden). A variety in which 

 there IS no white disk on the upper sepal nor on the petals, while 

 the lip and column are also yellow. 1888, 



O. enastrum (beautiful star), fl., sepals white, marked mauve 

 and spotted cinnamon; lip heart-shaped over its stalk, nearly 

 semicircular, an abrupt, long-lanceolate lacinia projecting from 

 its centre, and sepia-brown, denticulate, indurate, sessile lamell® 

 standing at the base, the disk spotted brown, the base of the 

 anterior lacinia white. 1887. Hybrid. 



O, engenes (illustrious), fl,, sepals pale yellow, with brown 

 blotches, usually arranged in three groups ; petals with a broad 

 pale yellow margin, the base and centre white, with some brown 

 spots ; lip as in O. triumphan»t with a crest similar to that of 

 0. Pescatorei, I, as in 0, Pescatorei. Columbia. A handsome 

 plant, supposed to be a hybrid between the species named. 



O. ejccellens (excellent). /., sepals yellow, blotched purple, the 

 dorsal one with a white centre ; petals white, margined yellow 

 broader; lip white, blotched purple, pandurate, emarginate! 

 apiculate, the crests yellow. Summer. Supposed to be a natural 

 hybrid between 0. Pescatorei 3^nd 0, tripudians (or 0. triwnpkans) 

 (Gn. xxi. 550 ; I. H. 1886, 591.) ^ ^ 



O. facetrun (elegant). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum, 



O. ferrnginejim (rusty), fl., sepals and petals dark cinnamon 

 tipped yellow, rather broad, the lateral sepals standing under 

 the hp, the petals toothed; lip whitish-yellow, with a brown 

 spot on the disk, sub-cordate over the stalk, narrow-oblong for 



Odontoglossxiin— continued, 



half the len^h of the blade, then suddenly dilated into a nearly 

 reniform, apiculate, toothed, fringed body ; column wings small, 

 with teeth. 1885. Probably a natural hybrid. 



O. gracile (slender), fl. reddish-brown, about lin. in diameter ; 



lip fleshy, with two whitish crests ; peduncle blackish, panicu- 



lately branched, the branches two or three-flowered. I. and 



pseudo-bulbs tinged blackish. Ecuador. A distinct-looking 

 species. 



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O. grande magnifionm (magnificent), fl, 7in. in diameter, 

 brilliantly marked ; scape about sixteen-flowered. Guatemala. 



O, Harryanum (Harry Veitch's).t fl,, sepals and petals brown, 

 with transverse, greenish-yellow lines, the petals projecting 

 straight forward; lip very large, divided across the middle 

 into two pieces, the one pure white, the other brownish-lake, 

 with bright yellow, fringe-like crests, l. leathery, oblong, obtuse, 

 7in. to lOin. long. Pseudo-bulbs oval-oblong, compressed, 2iin. 

 to Sin. long, two-leaved. Habitat unknown. 1887, (G. C. 

 ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 169; M. O. i. 57.) 



O. hebraicum (Hebrew-marked). A variety of 0. odoratum, 



O. Hinnus (mule). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum. 



O, Hrubyanum (Hruby's). A garden synonym of 0, cirrosum. 



O. Humeanum (Hume's). A variety of 0. Bossii, 



O. ioplocon (violet- woven). This is closely allied to 0, Edwardl, 



hybrid 

 origm" (Veitch). 



O. Jenningsianuzn (Jennings'). A variety of 0. crispum. 



0» JosephinesB (Josephine's). A variety 'of 0. crispum, 



O. laeve anratum (golden), fl., lip very narrow, a little dilated 

 at the apex and acute at the top. 1885. 



O. Leeanum (Lee's). A variety of 0, odoratum. 



O. ligulare (strap-like). A variety of 0, Lindleyanum, 



O. lUiiflonun (Lily-flowered), of gardens. A variety of O. ramo- 

 sissimum, 



O. limbatum (bordered). A variety of 0. crispum. 



O. Lindleyanum albldulum (whitish), fl. yellowish-white, 



with some light sulphur at the base of the lip. 1885. 



O, L. Coradinei grandiflorum (large-flowered). /. light yellow, 

 blotched and spotted chestnut-brown, large and handsome. New 

 Grenada, 1887. 



O. L. Kindlesldianum (Kindlesid*s). /., sepals and petals 



white, bordered with yellow. 1885. 



0» Xi. mirandum breve (short), fl. unusually short ; sepals 

 and petals conspicuously blotched purplish-brown ; disk of the 

 front part of the lip flushed sepia. 1885. 



O. Iincianianum (Lucien Linden's), fl. white, blotched with 

 reddish-purple, racemose; sepals and petals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; lip velvety, the epichil oblong-ligulate, cuspidate, with 

 ■crenulate margins; wings of the column linear- aristate, very 

 narrow. Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, attenuated, smooth. Vene- 

 zuela, 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 7.) 



O. luteo-purpureum Hinnus (mule), fl., sepals and petals 



narrower than in the commoner forms, and undulated ; lip sub- 

 rhomboidal, with many-toothed calli. Syn. 0. Hinnus. 



©• ^•-P- magnificum (magnificent), fl. large; sepals chestnut- 

 brown except at base and apex ; petals and lip heavily blotched 

 chestnut-brown. New Grenada, 1887. (W. O. A. vi. 254.) 



O. 1,-p. Vnylstekeanum (Vuylsteke's). /..sulphur, with a few 



blotches of the deepest and richest orange on the odd sepal, the 

 petals, and the lip (which is much dilated at the top); lateral 

 sepals orange, except at their base. New Grenada. A ^-rand 

 vaiiety. The form maculatum has the disk of petals and base of 

 lip whitish-sulphur, the other parts deep yellow, a few con- 

 spicuous, cinnamon blotches being scattered over sepals, petals. 

 and hp. 1884. f , y . 



O. macrospilum (large-blotched), fl., sepals and petals li^ht 

 sulphur, or white and light mauve, with deep blotches of dSrk 

 cinnamon, cuneate-lanceolate, acute; Hp broadly trianirular- 

 cordate, apiculate or acute, with numerous lateral keels Snd a 

 ^t^^^^^^^i^ ^'Y^'Ss oi the column denticulate, entire or lacerate. 

 1885. Probably a natural hybrid. 



O. ' maculatum integrale (entire), fl,, sepals light brown; 

 petals white, transversely barred brown at base ; lip white, 

 with a yellow crest. Guatemala. The type is shown at 

 iig. 'lo. 



**1^^?^®?**^^'^ (Marriott's). t /. large; segments white, 

 spotted pale purple narrow, reflexed at the tips ; crest of the lip 



thosTof'^O ^^a1^^ ^^'^^^^ '' ^^^^ pseudo-bulbs) approaching 



O. miniatum (scarlet), of gardens. A variety of 0. coronarium 

 O. mirandum (extraordinary). A variety of 0, Lindleyanum 



