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Oncidium—continued. 
O. hyphzmaticum (blood-red). A. blood-red on the outside, large; 
sepals and petals purplish-brown, blotched with a 1 hue of 
the same colour; lip rich deep yellow ; raceme loose, branching. 
Summer. L. solitary, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Pseudo-bulbs 
small, oblong. Ecuador, 1869. 
O. incurvum (incurved).* f. pure white, streaked and blotched 
with lilac and brown, very fragrant, rather small in size; — — 
about 3ft. in height, much branched, bearing an immense number 
of flowers. Autumn and winter. i. pale green, as are also the 
pseudo-bulbs. Oaxaca, Mexico, 1839. A very elegant, dwarf, 
compact-growing, cool-house species. (B. R. 1845, 64.) [C.] 
O. i. album (white). A handsome, white-flowered variety. 1882. 
(1. H. 444.) * 
O. insculptum (carved). fl. of a cinnamon- brown colour, with a 
yellowish-white border, undulated, disposed in large panicles ; 
lip pale yellow at the base. Tropical America, 1872. 
O. Jamiesoni (Jamieson’s). fl. yellow, spotted with violet-purple ; 
upper sepals, and the unguiculate, hastate petals, with basal or 
median purple blotches; lip bright yellow, broad, pandurate ; 
inflorescence large. Peru, 1878 
O. janéirense (Rio de Janeiro). A synonym of O. longipes. 
O. Jonesianum (Jones’).* fl., sepals and petals whitish-ochre, 
with brown blotches, cuneate-oblong, wavy, erect ; lip with small, 
light yellow auricles and a white blade, marked with a few purple 
and brown blotches ; callus of two patellar bodies, the smaller 
one in front, and traversed by a strong keel. (. subulate, thin. 
O. Kappleri(Kappler’s). fl. yellow, brown; column-wings crisp, 
lobed, extended into a toothed, truncated, ligulate appendage at 
the base, resting on a pair of projecting angles. J. ensiform, 
similar to those of O. altissimum. Surinam, 1 
O. Kienastianum (Kienast’s). fl. yellowish-brown at first; petals 
yellow, with numerous brown bars and spots; afterwards, the 
colour deepens, and the stalked ovaries are dark purplish; other- 
wise, the flowers resemble those of O. trilingue. l. and pseudo- 
bulbs similar to those of O. serratum. Peru, 1878. 
O. lamelligerum (ridge-bearing). fl., upper sepal deep brown, 
‘with a yellow border, reniform, wavy, stalked ; lower ones longer, 
stalked, oblong, unequal at base, cuneate on one side, semi- 
hastate on the other; petals yellowish, with brown patches, 
having broad claws, suddenly hastate, oblong, obtuse, undulate, 
complicate, crisp; lip trifid, with remarkable lamellæ, the side 
ones of the anterior retrorse and lobed. Ecuador, 1877. [C.] 
O. Lanceanum (Lance’s).* f. with an exquisite fragrance of 
vanilla ; sepals and petals large, thick, and fleshy, ground-colour 
ellow, tinged with green, barred and blotched with chocolate- 
rown, in some instances almost with crimson; lip large, rich 
á ~ violet in its lower portion, rose above; spike erect, many-flowered. 
large, at first pure 
l. thick, leathery, large, bright green, beautifully spotted with 
reddish-brown. Demerara and Surinam, 1 A very handsome 
lant, considered by some growers to be the best of the genus ; 
it is, however, rarely seen in good condition. (B. R. 1887.) There 
is a most desirable variety in which the lip is pure white. In 
another form (Louvrexianum) the flowers are yellow, prettily 
spotted 57 marbled, the lip deep mauve at the base, white in 
front. [T. 
2 Lansbergii(Lansberg’s). jl. honey-yellow-green, with blotches 
of chestnut colour, three or four in a slender raceme. l. cuneate, 
cordaté-oblong, obtuse, very cartilaginous. Pseudo-bulbs minute, 
+ one-leaved. Venezuela, 1876. 
ellow; spike 10in. 
Fuba ide. 1836. A pretty and curious 
growth. (B. R. 1789.) [C.] 
O. lepidum (charming). fl. yellowish, blotched with brown, dis- 
sed in a large panicle ; lip yellow, purple towards the base. 
Fouad, 1870. A small species. 
O. leucochilum . f., sepals and petals greenish, 
transversely streaked with bands of brown, or, in some 
varieties, deep crimson, or in unison, lanceolate, undulate; lip 
white, but subsequently becoming yellow 
or yellowish ; scapes stout, much branched, bft: to 10ft. in height. 
Winter. Psendo-bulbs two-leaved, large, of a glaucous hue, and 
fluted. Mexico and Guatemala, 1835. Syn. Cyrtochilum leuco- 
ehilum (F. d. S. 522). 
O. 1. Dawsonianum (Dawson’s). jl. large; sepals and petals 
- greenish-yellow, with blackish-maroon s ; lip yellowish-white, 
marked with purplish-violet. Mexico, 1873, A very fine variety. 
O. 1. speciosum (showy). A., sepals and petals sub-elliptic ; lip 
pure white in all its stages. Mexico, 1874. 
O. Limminghei (Limminghe’s). . golden-yellow, richly spotted 
with brown ; lip auricled, blunt, spreading ; peduncle filiform, 
one or two-flowered. l. oblong-acute. Pseudo-bulb ovate, an- 
cipitate. Caraccas, 1868. A very eg ae with habit 
similar to that of a Sophronitis. (F. d. S. 1827.) [C.] 
O. e (tongue-shaped). f. yellow, with a pale lish 
lip, which is pandurate, obtuse, and has three keels on hs baaal 
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Oncidium—continued. 
part, the middle one being much the shortest; panicle lax, at the 
end on a very long, weak scape. Venezuela, 1879. Plant of large 
growth. 
O. litum (daubed). fl., petals brown, with a yellow border; lip 
yellow, blotched with brown on the hinder part, and entirely 
brown in front; the callus consists of a central ligulate body, 
with two blunt front lobes, covered with blunt papille, and on 
each side is a curved line of papillæ. Brazil, 1883. 
O. longifolium (long-leaved). A synonym of O. Cavendishianum 
longifolium. ‘ 
O. longipes (long-stalked). fl., sepals and petals greenish-yellow, 
streaked or suffused with reddish-brown 7.1 broad, — rich 
deep yellow, the crest being prominent, and surrounded by a 
broad, blood-coloured ring; scape slender, few-flowered. Summer. 
l. twin, narrow, fleshy. Pseudo-bulbs in clusters, from a creeping 
rootstock. Organ Mountains. A very dwarf-growing species. 
SYN. O. janéirense. [C.;] : 
FIG. 730. FLOWER OF ONCIDIUM LURIDUM. 
O. luridum (lurid). l. usually of a dull 3 or olive- green, 
blotched or spotted with brown; panicle long, much branched, 
attaining sometimes the length of 8ft. or 9ft., many-flowered. 
l. large, fleshy, with a sharp keel behind, and of a dark green 
colour. Mexico, &c., 1822. A very desirable but not showy 
species. See Fig. 750. (B. M. 3603.) [IT.] i 
O. I. Dodgsoni (Dodgson’s). A splendid but rare variety, having 
orange and yellow flowers, ba with dark brown, and nume- 
rously disposed on much-branched spikes 7ft. long. West Indies. 
O. I. guttatum (spotted). A fine form, producing long spikes of 
valine brown, and red flowers. (B. R. 1555 16.) R 
O. 1. Morreni (Morren’s). fl. pale rose colour, spotted with 
crimson, and tipped with yellow. 
O. 1. roseum (rosy). fl., sepals and petals rosy, mottled with 
white, and bordered with yellow. : 
O. macranthum (large-flowered).* A. from Sin. to 4in. in diameter; 
sepals and petals roundish, oblong, thick, tough, and leathery in 
texture, golden-yellow, tinged with purplish-brown or purplish- 
red, the petals being also often streaked with crimson ; lip hastate, 
thick and fleshy, with a white crest, the middle lobe being yellow, 
and the lateral ones rich purplish-brown ; panicle climbing and 
branched, producing a large number of flowers. Spring and early 
summer. J. narrow, lft. long, bright green. Pseudo-bulbs Sin. 
long, flask-shaped, much ribbed. Central America to Peru, 1867. 
One of the handsomest orchids grown, It has numerous varie- 
ies some being of very second-rate merit. (B. M. 5743; F. M. 
O. macropus (long-stalked), fl. yellowish, with a few transverse 
blotches and bars, panicled. Pseudo-bulbs resembling those of 
0. macranthum. Ecuador, 1 
. maculatum (spotted). The proper name of plant described in 
this work as Cyrtochilum maculatum. ` 
O. Marshallianum (Marshall’s).* fl. from 2in. to 3in. across, of a 
rich golden-yellow, marked with brown spots and blotches. South 
America, 1866. A handsome plant, closely resembling O. crispum, 
but its psendo-bulbs and leaves are pae green instead of reddish- 
brown or bronze-coloured. (B. M. 5725.) 
O. Martianum (Martius). fl., sepals and petals bright yellow; 
lip very large, deep yellow on the upper side, almost white 
underneath. Autumn. Brazil, 1841. very handsome species, 
thrivi best when grown on a block, suspended from the 
roof. O. bicolor (B. R. 1843, 66) only differs from this in the 
petals being spotted.- 
O. Massangei (Massange’s). fl. in a long, racemose icle; 
sepals and petals yellow, blotched with Sainte trai tn just 
above their middle; lip with oblong, truncate, spreading auricles 
at base, and a broad, dilated, bilobed front part, yellow, with 
a a band across the base of each auricle, and at the base of the 
dilated front part, of purple-brown; crest also spotted with 
purple-brown. J. linear, acute, lft. or more long, L4in. broad. 
Central America, 
