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■continued. 



OdontogloBsuni- 



O. Mains (mule). A variety of 0. luteo-purpureum. 



^\>if?^^V^^A^^^^It^^^ (half-White), fl. having the disk of 

 the petala and nearly the whole of the lip white. 1883. A beau- 

 tiful variety, "^«." 



'^fl?.^^**®''®* Germinyanum (Comte de Germiny's). Jl, white, 

 flushed roay.purple on the sepals, and marked with a few rose- 

 purple spot:*, chiefly on the mid-line of the sepals, and one at the 

 apex of the petals ; basal part of the lip broadly margined purple 



«nH"« % ^a\,^]^\' ^^^}''^ ^^^ ®«™® radiating, purple lines 

 and ^ figured^lotch in front, the front lobe spotted purple. 



O^OntogloHSiXxa— continued, 



O. rigidum (ri5:id). jf. bright canary-yellow, on long footstaiki ; 

 sepals and petals oblong, acute ; lip deeper in colour than the 

 other segments, with a long claw and sub-quadrate blade that 

 nas an apiculus m the centre oi the anterior margin ; crest hi- 

 clentate ; column three-angled, green at base, yellow at apex ; 

 inflorescence tall, paniculate. I. linear. . Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 



O. rosGUm (rosy). A synonym of CochUoda rosea. 



O. Rossii majus (larger). A synonym of 0. R, rubescens. 



, ,- /. Targe ; sepals chestnut-brown, 



petals white, with a lobed, chestnut disk and 



Fig. 46. Odontoglossum MACULATtnr. 



O. P» leucoxanthmn (white-and-yellow). *l, of a pure white, 

 except some orange on the crests of the lip. the wings, and the 

 base of the column. 1887. A remaikable form. (G- 0. aer. ill., 

 vol. i., p. 606.) 



O. P. melanocentrum (dark-spurred), fl, white, having the 

 column and the base of the lip blackish-purple. 1885. 



O. P. stupendum (stupendous). /., dorsal sepal with a bright 

 mauve-purple disk, the lateral ones of the same colour on the 

 outer halves, the inner halves white; petals white, with a few 

 mauve spots ; borders of the side lacinise of the lip marked mauve ; 

 column white, orange, and mauve. 1887. 



O. Pollettianum (PoUett's). A variety of O. crispum, 



O. polyxanthum grandiflorum (large-flowered), fl, large; 

 sepals and petals deep yellow, the former marked with a few 

 large, brown blotches, the latter with smaller blotches confined 

 to the base ; lip chocolate-brown, edged whitish, yellow at base. 

 Ecuador, 1887. (W. O. A. vi. 258.) 



0» prionopetalum (serrate-petaled). /., sepals and petals rich 

 yellow, heavily spotted and barred chestnut-brown, the petals 

 deeply serrate ; lip white in front, pale yellow behind, with a 

 large, transverse, brown blotch in the ctntre. Spring. New 

 Grenada. A handsome plant, allied to O, iuteo-purpurewm, 



O. pulchellnm Dormannlanum (Dorman's). /. white, llm, 



to liin. in diameter ; sepals and petals iin. broad. Pseudo- 

 bulbs stronger, stouter, and rounder than in the type. 



Guatemala. 



O. ramosiSSimuxn liliiflorum (Lily-flowered), fl. pale rose- 

 purple, larger than in the type, the sepals and petals less wavy, 

 the basal part marked with some white, ocellated spots. New 

 Grenada. Syn. 0. LiUifiorum (of gardens). 



0» retiisnin (retiise). /., sepals and petals orange-red, tinged 

 yellow, lanceolate, acute ; lip yellow, or the same colour as the 

 sepals and petals, oblong, retiise, bilamellate at base ; panicle 

 branched, 100 to 150-flowered, L linear-lanceolate, papery. 

 Ecuador, 1846. A dwarf, smaU-flowered species. 



0« rbyncbauthnm (beak-flowered), fl.y sepals and petals yellow, 



lignlate, acute, with a brown line and a few brown spots at the 

 base of the petals ; lip with a narrow, acuminate front lobe, two 

 or four keels, and no bristles ; raceme lax. 1887, Thia plant is 

 something in the way of 0, Lindleyanutn, * 



Vol. IV. 





O. R. Smeeanam (Smee's). 



dotted white _ _, .,.,^^ 



mill-base; Up white, with a yellow'caflus? 

 1837. ' 



O. R. virescens (greenish), fl, white, 



spotted green. 

 O. rubescens (reddish). A vnHoty of 



O- Ruokerlannm (Rucker***), A variety 

 of O, crittpvm. 



O. Sanderiauum (Sander's). A variety of 



0. coii^t/'icttitn, 



O. Schroederianum. Thfa !r now re- 



gardt d a.s a form itf O. criKpfnn ; but the 

 plant dpscribyd in U. C, set. iii., vol. ii., 

 p. 364, under thia name, is Mdionia 



Cloiveaii. 



O* spcctatissimuin most splendid). A 



synonym of O, triuniphamt, 



O, Staurastmiu (cross-star). /., pepnls 

 and petals light yellowish-^Teen, with 

 square, sepia-brown blotches ; side lubes 

 of lip obtuse-angled, the middle one li^u- 

 late, acute, white, sepia-brown, and mauve. 

 /. broader than in O. Idndleyanum, 1887. 

 Supposed to be a hybrid between O. 

 Lindleyauum and 0. tripudians. 



O* S. Gravesianmn (Graves*). /., sepals 



and petals ochreous- sulphur, lined and 

 spotted piirpHsh-brown at base; lip white, 

 the centre and some lines and spots at the 

 base purplish-brown, the crests yellow, 

 1887. 



O. stellimicans (glittering star), fl., se- 

 pals and petals clear yellow, lanceolate, 

 stellate, the petals with a brown line at 

 the base, the sepals washed reddish- 

 mauve outside and blotched brownish-purple within ; lip having 

 a wtiU-developed stalk, pandurate, with triangular base and 

 lobes, and a reniform front lobe, some small spots at the base, 

 and a broad-lobed blotch on the stalk. 1884. Natural hybrid. 



O. tripudlans leucoglossum (white-lipped), fl., ground- 

 colour of the lip white. 



O. vlmlnale (twiggy). ^, sepals and petals brown, with whitish- 

 sulphur borders, and linear spots around the margin, which 

 are scarcely visible ; lip light sulphur at base, deep yellow in 

 front, with an angle at each side of the base and the lanceolate 

 anterior part ; column pale green, bordered mauve at top. 

 I. linear, acute, more than 1ft. long. Pseudo-bulbs the size 

 of a large hen's-egg. Columbia, 1865, 



O, Vuylstekeanum (Vuylsteke's). A variety of O. Ititeo-pur' 



pureitm. 



O. Warneri purpuratum (Warner's purple).- A synonym of 



Oricidium Wanieri, 



O. Warnerianum (Warner's). A variety of 0. Jlomtii. 



O. Warscewiczit (Warscewicz*). A synonym of Miltonia 

 Endresii. 



O. Wilckeanum albens (whitish), d. white, blotched and 

 spotted reddish-brown, 2iin. to 3in. across ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute ; petals broadly ovate, very acute, toothed on the margins ; 

 lip pandurate, having a yellow area at the base, the margins 

 crisped. 1886. A handsome garden hybrid, 



O. W. palleus (pale), fl. whitish, blotched with brown. 



Columbia, 1885. A showy variety. 

 O. Williamsianum (Williams'). A variety of O. ffrand*, 



OLE ARIA. To the species described on pp. 481-2, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added: 

 O. dentata (toothed), of Hooker. A synonym of 0. macrodorita. 

 O, macrodonta (large-toothed), fl. white, small. I)afsy-Hke. 



disposed in large, hemispherical corymbs, l. elliptic-oblong, 



undulated, coarsely toothed, somewhat Holly-like in appearance. 



New Zealand, 18S6. Hardy shrub or tree, (u, C. n. s., ixvi., 



pp. 304-5.) SYN. 0. dentata {of Hooker). 

 O. nltlda (shining): fl.-headg white, in close, many-flowered, 



rounded corymbs ; florets fifteen to twenty. I. resembling thoae 



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