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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Oncidium—continued. 
odon (two-toothed). fl. brown; lip emarginate, square, with 
“sae —— callus. s outta talon like those of O. macran- 
thum. 1880. ae : 5 
varicatum (spreading).* fl. produced on long, branching 
uae na pi a : N blotched and barred with 
brown; lip orange-yellow. Summer. h. 14ft. Brazil, 1826. An 
easily-grown, Tree-flowering species. (B. R. 1054; L. B. C. 1212.) 
o. dubium (doubtful). jl., upper sepal brown, edged with white ; 
lateral ones white, with obscure purple dots; lip pandurate, the 
front lobe brown, margined with white, lateral lobes streaked. 
with violet. Z. minute, carinate, 2in. to 2}in. long. Plant bulb- 
less, of dwarf habit. (I. H. 1873, 184.) : 
O. elegantissimum (very elegant). fl., sepals brown, with 
narrow, yellow bands; petals broad, with a few yellow spots ; 
lip very bright yellow, the anterior limb beautifully marbled and 
dotted with light brown, and the calli of the base with black- 
oon borders; panicle large, many-flowered. Winter. 
razil (), 1877. [T.] 
O. endocharis (beautiful). A. bright orange, about five; sepals 
and petals cuneate-oblong, acute ; lip ligulate, with a broader, 
rhombic, emarginate blade, with two large lamelle and three 
teeth at the base; raceme slender. 1884, A small species. 
O. Eurycline (Eurycline). A., sepals and petals light reddish- 
ochre, with a ae bars at their base; lip yellow, with a 
brown spot on the isthmus; basal auricles rounded, retrorse, 
narrower than the front blade. J. blunt. 1 
O. euxanthinum (beautiful yellow).* A., sepals and petals small, 
greenish-yellow, banded with brown; lip large, rich yellow ; 
spikes ample, many-flowered. Brazi 869. <A very pretty 
species, with the habit of O. bifolium. (B. M. 6322.) 
„ exasperatum (rough). „. chestnut colour, having asperities 
on the outer aa ene a and petals; lip yellowish, with 
brown bars and an orange callosity. Ecuador, 1871. 
O. excavatum (hollowed).* /l., sepals and petals golden-yellow, 
spotted and blotched at the base with rich bright brown; lip 
golden-yellow, very convex at the base, a little hollowed out in 
lrn 
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Fig. 729. PORTION OF PANICLE OF ONCIDIUM EXCAVATUM. 
front, and excavated with a deep pit in the under side; panicle 
much branched, sometimes bearing upwards of a hundred 
blossoms. l. long, pale green. Pseudo-bulbs large, pale green. 
Peru, 1840. A robust-growing species. See Fig. 729. (B. M. 5293.) 
In a variety Sometimes known as O. aurosum, the flowers are 
dark brown in the centre, and somewhat larger in size than 
those of O, excavatum, 
O. flexu (zigzag).* fl. yellow, spotted with brown, rath. 
small, produced in abundance on a branched panicle 3ft. to att. 
high. Pseudo-bulbs flat, borne at short intervals on a creeping 
stem, two-leaved. Brazil, 1818. A free-flowering species, of easy 
culture. (B. M. 2203.) The variety known as majus has much 
i 
larger flowers, while tha Wen as radiatum has beautiful, 
radiating, purplish-brown lines on the disk. : 
O. Forbesii (Forbes’).* jl. large and very distinct; sepals, petals, 
and lip, with pale yellow edges, broad, the centre reddish-brown, 
except the eye or throat, which is White. November. Brazil, 
1837. A beautiful species, nearly allied to O. crispum, but of 
stronger habit, and with much bandsomer flowers. (B. M. 
O. F. Borwickianum (Borwick’s). A handsome variety, having 
the whole lip bright yellow, with feathered blotches in lieu of a 
wide, brown, one-coloured disk, and a yellow spotted margin. 
1879. (G. C. n. s., xi. 524.) 
O. fuscatum (brown-stalked). A synonym of Miltonia Warsce- 
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Oncidium—continued. a 
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wiczii. * 
O. Gardneri (Gardner’s). fl. brown, with a yellow lip, moder- 
ately large. Very near C. crispum and Forbesii, from which 
it differs in the form and tuberculation of the lip, and the very 
small column-wings” (Lindley). Brazil. 
O. Gautieri (Gautier’s). jl. small, disposed in few-flowered 
racemes; sepals and petals dark brown, lanceolate; lip sub- 
cordate, semi-orbicular, crenulato-undulate, broader than long, 
yellow, with a deep blood-red spot, from which projects a long, 
curved, yellow horn. Jl. linear-lanceolate, coriaceous. Pseudo- 
eae oblong, sulcate, one-leaved. Brazil, 1869. (R. G. 611, 
Fig. 2.) a 
O. globuliferum (globule- bearing). /l. golden-yellow, with red 
spots at the base of sepals, petals, and lip; sepals cuneate-oblong, 
acute; lip sagittate ; peduncles axillary, branched, long or short. 
l. ligulate, small. Pseudo-bulbs small, glaucous, oblong, pro- 
daon E long intervals on the slender, creeping, filiform rhizomes. 
Columbia. 
£ 
0. g: costaricense (Costa Rica). This is considered to be only” 
a 
ocal variety, with smaller flowers. Costa Rica, 1871, 
O. glossomystax (bearded-tongued). fl. light yellow, with a 
few brown blotches, rather large, almost sessile, having two 
pairs of keels on the basilar disk of the lip, all of which are 
covered with white hairs. New Grenada, 1880. 
minute plant, with Iris-like leaves. 
O. graminifolium (grass-leaved), ji. disposed in a 
sub-paniculate raceme; lip yellow, wedge-shaped, 
with rounded angles. (. linear-ensiform, acute, 
erect, shorter than the raceme. Mexico. [C.] 
O. g. filipes (thready). A., sepals and petals brownish, 
clouded; lip emarginate, somewhat lobed; raceme 
nearly or quite as long as the scape. 
59, under name of Cyrtochilum filipes; L. S. O. 48, 
under name of O. filipes.) 
O. g. Wrayæ (Wray’s). 
petals bright yellow, wi eep brown s 
emarginate, somewhat four-lobed. (B. M. 
name of O. Wray.) 
O. indiflorum darge- flowered). 
sembling those of O. macranthum, but the petals 
are more acute, and both the petals and odd sepal 
are more crisp, embellished by a yellow border; 
lip with a spathulate lacinia, and a quite distinct, 
flat callus, totally wanting the keel of the middle 
line; peduncle very large, many-flowered. 
mer. Columbia, 1881. 
species, 
O. gyrobulbon (twisted-bulbed). ff. yellow, with 
dark spots at the base of the lip; inflorescence 
ts; lip 
> o 
A very beautiful but rare 
rich crimson and rose; spikes erect, with several 
moderate-sized blossoms, Winter. 
fleshy, dark green. h. 6in. New Grenada, 1857. 
Lanceanum. (L. & P. F. G. 6.) [T.] 
O. Harrisonianum (Harrison's). fl. yellowish- 
purple, spotted ; sepals and petals linear obtuse; lip 
three-lobed, middle segment emarginate; crest five- 
lobed, downy in the centre; panicle branched, 
many-flowered. Autumn, “. fleshy, linear-oblong, 
acute, recurved. 
leaved. h. lft. Brazil, 1850. (B. R. 1569.) 
O. hastatum (halbert-shaped). fl. yellowish, with 
many brown dots; lip yellowish-white, with a 
darker yellow callus; inflorescence panicled. Mexico. ; 
O. hebraicum (Hebrew). fl. yellow, with dark maroon blotches, 
growing in long, slender, short-branched panicles ; lip having a 
small blotch on each auricle, and a similarly coloured patch 
around and before the crests. I. cuneate-ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs 
oblong, compressed, wrinkled. New Grenada, 1875. i 
O. Hrubyanum (Hruby’s). fl. brown, barred with yellow at the 
bases of the sepals and petals, small, in a dense panicle. 1 
A curious species. 
guineun, 
O. Huntianum (Hunts). A Synonym of O. carthayinense sai — 
f$ 
(B. R. 1841, 
fl. closely re- 
Pseudo-bulb sub-globose, me 
Aw 
. panicled; sepals and 
Ra d 4 
Sum 
panicled. Pseudo-bulbs oblong-pyriform, at length 
becoming twisted. 1869. [C.] 8 ; 
O. hæmatochilum (bloody-lipped). f., sepals and 
petals greenish-yellow, blotched with chestnut; lip 
Z. short, thick, 
A compact-growing species, similar in habit to 0. : 
