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Odontoglossum—continued. 
O. hastilabium (halbert-lipped).* ie large, Izin. across, very 
- fragrant, and numerous; sepals and petals soft creamy-white, 
beautifully streaked with transverse lines of whitish-brown ; 
lip somewhat spear-shaped, white, with a dark rose base; 
spike 2ft., 3ft., or more high, much branched, and many- 
flowered. ummer. Pseudo-bulbs thick, pale green, fluted, 
with rather dark broad leaves. New Grenada, 1843. A 
strong-growing, handsome species. (B. M. 4272; B. O. 7.) 
O. h. fuscatum (brownish). A synonym of O. cariniferwm. 
O. histrionicum (histrionic). A synonym of O. luteo-purpureum 
mulus. 4 
O. Holfordianum (Holford's). A synonym of O. luteo-purpurewm 
mulus. 
O. Horsmani (Horsman’s). fl. light sulphur-colour, with a few 
cinnamon blotches on the sepals; lip broad, wedge-shaped at 
base, with obscure teeth at the rounded outer border. New 
Grenada, 1880. 
O. hystrix (bristly). A synonym of O. luteo-purpureum. 
O. Insleayi (Insleay's). “f jl. from 2in. to 4in. in diameter; 
sepals and petals yellow, or yellowish-green, transversely 
banded with dull reddish-brown, narrow; lip narrow, some- 
what spoon-shaped, bright yellow, dotted near the margin 
with cinnamon; scape tall, branched, bearing from five to ten 
blossoms. Winter. Mexico, 1840, This greatly resembles 
O. grande in habit, but its pseudo-bulbs are more compressed, 
longer, and fluted. Syn. O. Lawrenceanum, of gardens. (B. O. 4.) 
O. I. leopardinum (leopard-spotted). f., sepals and petals 
deep yellow, barred across with bands of reddish-crimson ; lip 
beautifully bordered all around with spots and dots of the same 
dark colour. Mexico, 1876. A very beautiful variety, richer in 
its markings than the type. (R. G. 856.) 
O. I. pantherinum (panther-spotted). fl., sepals and petals 
chestnut-brown, with paler margin; the whole of the lip ara- 
besqued with red and yellow. A fine variety. 
O, I. splendens (shining). fl., sepals and petals rich shining 
brown, tipped with iW: lip large, 3 spotted with 
purple. Mexico, 1868. A very fine form. 
O. Josephine (Josephine’s). A synonym of O. crispum Ander- 
sonianum. 
O. Karwinskii (Karwinski’s). A synonym of 0. leve. 
O. Kegeljani (Kegeljan’s). fl. arranged in a close raceme ;: sepals 
and petals yellow, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, the former incurved 
and marked with two or three red-brown blotches; lip oblong, 
cuspidate, concave, with serrulated margins, the base, apex, and 
margins white, and the rest reddish-brown. Peru, 1878. Nearly 
related to O. triumphans. (B. H. 1877, 10.) 
O. Krameri (Kramer’s).+ fl. of a very pretty violet colour, the lip 
marked and spotted with yellow and purple, and having two lines 
of rich dark brown near the column; sepals and petals ligulate, 
obtuse ; lip somewhat reniform, and deeply notched in front ; 
uncles drooping, freely produced, and usually three-flowered. 
udo-bulbs somewhat flat, with sharp edges, sometimes almost 
spherical, at others ovate, pale green, and bearing but one leaf. 
Costa Rica, Mexico, 1868. A vay pretty, but rare, species. 
(B. M. 5778; B. O. 24; F. M. 1868, ; L H. 562; W. O. A. i. 40.) 
O. K. Smithianum (Smith’s). fi. ivory-white, having a sulphur- 
coloured, reddish-spotted callus on the lip, and an orange trans- 
verse line, resembling two crescents, in front of it. 
O. læve (smooth).* fi. very fragrant when first expanded, 2in. to 
‘2hin. across, numerous, in slightly-branched racemes ; sepals 
and petals cinnamon-brown, banded with yellow, the dorsal 
sepal and petals ascending, the lateral sepals deflexed ; lip white 
and violet, smaller and shorter than the sepals, sessile, fiddle- 
shaped. J. Ein. to 10in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Pseudo- 
bs Sin. to 4in. long, 2in. to 2zin. broad. Guatemala, 1841. 
M. 6265; B. O. 16; B. R. 1844; I. H. 1859, 213.) SYNS. O. 
Karwinskii, O. Reichenheimii (B. O. 15). 
O. Lawrenceanum (Lawrence’s), of gardens. A synonym of 
O. Insleayi. ‘ 
O. lepidum (elegant). fl., sepals and petals at first yellow, after- 
wards 0 AESA With yan Beg edging, the former with 
two or three brown spots, the latter with only one; lip cuneate- 
hastate at base, with a long central claw and a reniform, apiculate, 
front lobe, a brown spot in front of the keels; panicles short, 
many-flowered. Pseudo-bulbs round, rather flat. Columbia, 1884. 
O. Lindenii (Linden’s).* fl. yellow; sepals and petals unguiculate, 
lanceolate, undulated, acute; lip ovate-lanceolate ; crest fleshy, 
glabrous, having four irregular flaps placed below the finger-like 
rocesses of its extremity; scape 2ft. to 3ft. high, with uniform 
lateral arms for more than half its length, each arm bearing from 
five to seven flowers. L. nearly lft. long, erect, ensiform. New 
Grenada, 1852. Syn. O. platyodon. (F. M. n. s. 333.) 
O. Lindleyanum (Lindley’s), AH. yellow, disposed in racemes; li 
white, curiously lobed. J. lanceolate. Teade bilbe flattened. 
New Grenada, 1865. (B. O. 11.) 
O. L. Coradinei (Coradine’s). f. from 2in. to 3in. across; sepals 
and petals pale yellow, with two or three chestnut-brown 
blotches ; lip creamy-white, with a large irregular blotch on its 
Vol. II. 
Odontoglossum continued. 
disk, and a few smaller spots near its base; spike few-flowered. 
(G. C. 187, 1068; W. O. A. ii. 90.) 
O. L. ligulare (strap-like). fl., sepals and petals orange-yellow, 
with two or three large- brown blotches ; lip having an orange 
claw, and a hastate-ligulate, blunt, yellow blade, with a large 
brown blotch on its disk. 1882. A very handsome plant. 
O. L. mirandum (extraordinary). This differs from the type, 
in its stiff, one-sided raceme, well-developed, rhomboid, serrate 
column-wings, lanceolate leaves, and large, plump pseudo-bulbs. 
Columbia, 1 
O. Londesboroughianum (Lord Londesborough’s).* fl. light 
yellow, racemose; sepals and petals oblong, the latter crisped ; 
lip transversely reniform, having on each side of its base a 
small, blunt, narrow, retrorse auricle ; column yellow, wingless, 
bent. Mexico, 1876. Syn. O. oncidioides. (F. M. n. s. 246; 
W. O. A. ii. 82.) 
v Luddemannianum (Luddemann’s). A synonym of O. macu- 
atum. 
O. luteo-purpureum (yellow-purple).* fl. about 24in. across; 
sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate, most frequently rich 
brown or purple, more or less blotched and banded with white 
or light yellow, and having a golden-yellow border; lip white, 
with a brown base, minutely serrate; scape longer than the 
leaves, many-flowered, simple or branched, and from lft. to 
3ft. long. Winter and spring. l. oblanceolate, often of a bronzy 
colour. Pseudo-bulbs conical, slightly compressed, two-leaved. 
New Grenada. A species of robust habit, and extremely variable 
both in size of flowers and in the intensity of their markings ; 
so much so, that hardly two specimens are alike. SYNS. 
O. hystrix, O. lyroglossum, O. radiatum. (B. O. 17.) 
O. 1.-p. amplissimum (very large). A fine variety, with very 
broad sepals and petals, of a clear light yellow, with a few brown 
streaks at the base, and a few large brown blotches on the disk. 
O. 1-p. cuspidatum (cuspidate).* fl. yellow, tinted with rich 
chestnut-brown, and with a white lip, large; se and petals 
rather narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, spreading ; ip ligulate, 
acuminate, wavy, and toothleted, with several ~ 
front of prias square mark in the centre. Co. 
R 0. 10, 1. 
. I.- p. facetum (well-formed). fl., sepals light yellow, with very 
large, rather cinnamon-coloured ee eee 1 bad 
petals lanceolate, straight, with numerous fine teeth, light yellow, 
covered with numerous einnamon- coloured blotches ; lip 
almost circular, short, finely fringed, convolute, undulate, light 
yellow, having a radiating semicircle of keels; column with very 
multifid wings. 
O. L-p. mulus (mule).“ Pa bright yellow, with cinnamon-brown 
spots. New Grenada, 1878. A very fine plant. Syns. O. histri- 
onicum, O. Holfordianum. (G. C. n. s., xix. 469; R. X. O. ii. 160.) 
O. 1.-p. sceptrum (sceptre). fl., sepals larger than the petals, 
deep chocolate-brown, streaked and margined with yellow ; petals 
irregularly lobed at the edges, golden, with two or three large 
chestnut-brown blotches; lip yellow, with serrated edge, dotted 
and blotched with chocolate. New Grenada, 1872. (I. H. 73.) 
O. lyroglossum (lyrate-lipped). A synonym of O. luteo-pur- 
pureum. 
oO. (spotted).* fl. of a soft deep yellow, beautifully 
barred or spotted towards the centre with rich brownish-crimson, 
measuring Sin. to din. across; sepals lan 
- blossoms. 
pring. Pseudo-bulbs short, thick. A lovely 
species, the habit of which is very similar to that of O. cordatum. 
Syns. O. anceps (I. H. 128), O. Luddemannianum (R. G. 1859, 275). 
(B. M. 6455; B. O. 20; B. R. 1840, 30; W. O. A. ii. 52.) 
O. m. polyodon (many-toothed). A synonym of O. m. erosum. 
O. maculatum (spotted), of Hooker. A synonym of O. cordatum. 
O. madrense (Sierra Madre). A synonym of O. mazillare. 
O. marginellum (slightly margined). jl. light ochreous colour, 
spotted with ee ; lip dark e a with a yellow 
margin and yellow-tipped calli. 1883. : 
O. maxillare . fl, sepals and petals white, with a 
large purplish-brown blotch at the base; lip orange, margined 
with white, and having a brown spot in the centre. Summer. 
Pseudo-bulbs light green. Mexico, 1846. A very distinct and 
handsome species. Syn. O. madrense (I. H. 480; W. O. A. 
ii. 71). (B. M. 6144.) i 
O. maxillare (jawbone), of gardens. A synonym of O. nebulosum. 
O. membranaceum (membranous). A synonym of O. Cervan- 
tesii. 
O. Murrellianum (Murrell’s). f., sepals and petals white, 
slightly tinged and spotted with purplish-violet. Columbia, 1875. 
A pretty natural hybrid. 
O. M. cinctum (girded). ,. white, racemose; sepals and petals 
bordered with lilac ; lip with some lilac spots on the front lobe, 
the base with a large yellow callus and some red spots. 1883. 
(R. G. 1101.) 
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