704 ORCHIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



5. OiNCIDIUM TBILINGUE Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. I. Nr. 63. II. t. 63. et 1. c. sub 5, p. 4 : 



A large inelegani scrambling plant. Flowers cinnamon-brown , very crisp. Cresl 

 of tiiree dagger-shaped blades , wiih a few callosilies in addition. 



Wild in Peru ; at ihe sources of ihe Marannon— Warscewicz. 



Lindl. Paxt. FI. G. cf. Walp. Ann. III. 554. addendis : 



Of ihe cresl ihe structure is so singular and complicated, that it is difflcult lo de- 

 scribe. In tbis however it is rcmarkable that in fronl of a large quasi-rock elevation 

 there project tbree flat yellow tongues , which are quite peculiar. — Lem. Jard. Fl, 

 III. 217. 



6. ONCIDIUM SERRATUM Lindl. Sert. I. c. el F. I. c. p. 5: 



Flowers very crisp , lower sepals included, cinnamon-brown, with the upper half 

 of tbe peials yellow. The crest consists of six parallel carinae , placed alternately 

 Vs close togeiher. Celuran-wiDgs wedge-shaped, toothletted. Ii bas flowered in M. 

 Pescatore's rich colleciion. 

 Wild in Peru— Mathews, 

 Sert. I. c: 

 Pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis erectis rigidis acutis basi an- 

 gustatis, canaliculatis, paniciila pauciflora brevioribus, sepalis serratocris- 

 patis, dorsali reniformi, lateralibus multo longioribus obovatis patentissi- 

 mis, pelalis ovatis aculis serrato-crispalis conniventibus, labello multo 

 minore hasLato, laciniis acutis inlermedia lineari obtusa media con- 

 stncta lateralibus acuminalis triplo minoribus (crisla depressa crenulala). 

 columnae alls subulalis ascendentibus. — Feru, 



Found by Ruiz and Pavon, among whose drawingst at Lima it was found and copied 

 by Mr. Matihews, who sent the flg, to Sir W, Hooker. Flowers are represen- 

 ted of a cinnamon brown , with the lips of the petals yellow. Lateral sepals more 

 than an inch and *U loug; the petals mesure an inch and quarter , dorsal sepals 

 nearly IVa across. — Liiidl. Paxt. FI. G. 1. c: Flowered wiih Pescatore, Pseado- 

 bulbs oblong , smooth , lerete, each having iwo broad sword shaped leaves at the 

 point, and several others below the pseudobulb. Flowerslem nine feet long, parlly 

 twining, wiih 5 or six laterai branches, each carrying 4 — 6 flowers. near the extrem. 

 Annexed flg, iwice as large as in tbe spec. flg. in Sir Williams Herb,, and 4 limes 

 as in Pescatores collection, Cinnnmon brown with bright jellow in Peruv., in the 

 fresh plant colours of Oncidium luridura, 



7. ONCIblUM FALCIPETALUM Llndl. Orch. Linden Nr. 76. F, 1, c p. 5 : 



A very fine species. wiih a scrambling panicle twenty feet long. Flowers more 

 iban ihree inches in diameter, brown, The angular base of the lip. and a cluster of 

 sbarp tubercles in front of the main ridge of ihe crest clearly disiinguish this; the 

 former are smaller and more numerous in Funck's Venezuela specimen in Sir W. 

 Houker's herbarium, than in Linden's in my possession. 



Wild in Venezuela, Funck in hb. Ilooker ; forests of Merida, at the height of 5— 

 6000 ft. — Linden, 626 : Caracas at 601)0 ft. — Wagener. 



Lindl. Orcli. Lind. p. 14: 



Foliis lanceolatis acutis pergameneis 2—9 nerviis, floribus dense pa- 

 niculalis, bracieis cymbiforniibus oblusis, sepalis breve unguiculatis su- 

 premo subroliindo cordato, lateralibus ovaio oblongis oblusis, petalis 

 sesMlibus brevioribus oblongis cnspis complicalis falcatim recurvis, 

 labello carnoso bastato aculissimo basi utrinque corrugato et lamellis 

 denlatis aucto, columna laevi, alis parvis semiovalis unidentatis, clinan- 

 drio postice mucronato pubescente. 



„Both epiph. and lerr. Irom ihe foresis of Merida at the height of 5000-6000 feet, 

 Aug. Pseudobulbs oval, conipressed , two or three inches long. Siem twenty fcei 



