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Olearia — continued. 



of O. furfiiracea^ but more ovate, less coriaceous, sinuate- 

 toothed, acute or acuminate, the tomentum more silvery and 

 shining. New Zealand, 1886. A small, hardy tree. (G. C. 

 n. s., xxvi,, pp. 44-5.) 



'♦ Traversii (Travers'). ft. -heads i\n. long, very numerous, on 

 Blender pedicels; panicie*^ numerous, cymose, axillary and 

 terminal, much-branched. I. flat, opposite, oblong- or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuuuuate. quite entire, l|in. to 2Jin. long, glabrous 

 and shining above, silky-downy beneath (as well as the panicles 

 and branches), h, 30ft. to 55ft. New Zealand. 1887. (G. C. 



ser. iii., vol. IL, p. 187.) 



OMFHALODES. 



pp. 482-3, Vol. IL, the 



To the species described on 



following should now be added: 



O. Kramerl (Kramer's). Jt, of a rich blue, about as large as 

 a sixpence, l. ample. Japan, 1882. A beautiful addition to our 

 hardy plants ; it is larger in growth than either 0. LuciUce or 

 0. verna. 



O. verna alba (white). This only differs from the type in 



having white flowers. 



Oncidium— continued. 



O. caloglossum (beautiful-lipped). /., sepals and petals yellow, 

 striped sepia-brown, the stripes confluent in the petals ; lip of 

 brighter yellow, blotched brown in front, the warts of the calli 

 reddish, with numerous brownish-red spots all around ; column 

 light yellow, spotted brownish-red at base, the wings spotted 

 purple. Tropical America, 1885. IT.J 



O. chrysops (golden-eyed). Jl., sepals light brown, cuneate- 



oblong; petals light brown, much broader, somewhat wavy, 



blunt; lip bright yellow, the basilar laciniae small, the isthmus 



very short, the large anterior blade reniform, emar^inate, the 



calli triseriate; peduncle reddish, racemose. L reddish, short. 

 1888. 



O. Ghrysorhapis (golden-needled). /., sepals and petals light 

 siilphur-yellow, the disk spotted dark brown, forming one mass, 

 with extended external processes on the upper sepal and petals ; 

 side lacinife of the lip linear, lobed at top, erect, the claws 

 covered with tumours, the anterior blade reniform. emarglnate, 

 very large ; pedicels three to flve-flowered. I. cuneate-oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, 6in. to 7in. long, l^in. wide. Brazil, 1888. [T.] 



O. crocodlliceps (crocodile's-head). fl. several in a one-sided 



Fig. 47. Oncidium incurvum, showing Habit and detached Flowers 



ONCIDIVM. To the species and varieties described 

 on pp. 483-91, Vol. IL, the following should now be 

 added. Those marked T. are tropical, while those marked 

 C. will thrive in a cool-house. The remainder require an 

 intermediate temperature. 



O. onthoorene (flower-fountain). /. disposed in large, upright. 

 branched spikes ; sepals and petals chocolate-brown, transl 

 veraely barred yellow towards the base, much undulated • lip 

 White. Summer, Peru. A curious species, in habit some- 

 what resembling Miltonia Warsccwiczii, [T,] 



O. aurosnm (golden). A variety of O. excavatxm, 



O. bicolor (two-coloured). A variety of 0. Martiamim, 



O. Branid (Brann's). /. fuscous-orange and greenish-yellow • 

 sepals oblong, reflexed. the lateral ones connate at base ; petals 

 ovate-oblong ; lip three-Iobed. slightly exceeding the sepals and 

 petals, the middle lobe dilated and bilobed ; panicle fleiuous 

 elongated, loosely arcuate-recurved, the lower branches two or 

 three-flowered, the upper ones one-flowered. I, terminal 

 solitary ovate.oblong, half the length of the panicle. 1886. 

 (1^ li. iciOy a-c.) (C-I 





raceme ; sepals and petals greenish -sulphur, striped and blotched 

 cinnamon the sepals llgulate, acute, the petals sub-equal • lip 

 white, with a tuft of yellow hairs at the suVcordate or rounded 

 base, and a velvet callus in front ; anther very largrcomD arable 

 to a bro^ crocodile's head. l. cuneate-oblongf acuTe^ verl 

 1885?^"[C.f '" ^^ ^^"" "Itimately much crinkled Mexfc^ 



O. cruentum (Woody). A synonym of 0. reflexum pelicanvm. 



°i^^°S«.""* (Henchmann's). A sj-nonym of 0. carthajinense 



**Vx*lra?rdinlrr£./- J,f-V°^^"^^ *"'°"'"' ^""all ; lip having an 

 cSn Sip? wuA ♦T^'i*"'' ^^^^y appendage, as long as the 

 of a hind a mu 1^ n ^* °I^*"' ^^^ resembling the foSr fingers 



^thout rhePt,-tf 'T'^,°'i* '^"'^ '='os«<i together ; column 

 without cheeks ; stigma beaked. Brazil. (R. (?. 1250J [T.] 



