70G ORCIUDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



large Munt lobed lootV. wiih a wa?y line on each side. The flowers appear to bc 

 deep chocolate-red, and to bolong to a lorge sIjowv paniclc. 



VVild in New-Granada— Purdie in hb. Hooker ; in ihe provinco of Ocanna , at 8— 

 9000 ft.— Schlim (tide Rchb.); Venezuela— Fiinck and Schlim, 1433. 



Cf. Wolp. Aim. III. p. 554. Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 279. Ocanna : Paramos. 8-9000'. 

 Januar. Nr. 387. Schlim. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 66. Ocanna. Wagener. 



10. ONCIDIUM HALTER.ATDM Lindl. Orch. Linden, N. 75. Paxt. I. c. Rchb. fll. in Rpl. 

 March 1855. F. I. c. p. 6: 



(A) htteum. Flowers yellow. Middle tooih of crest slrong, prominent. 



(B) fnscnm. Flowers brown, wiih a yellow border lo the petals , and lip. Middle 

 tooih of crest short, rounded. 



This diirers from 0. falcipetolum in ihebase of the lip beinground, not angnlar, and 

 in the cresl consisting of one strong blunt tooth, with an uncertain number of others 

 placed at its sides, but not in front, These nre more numerous in thc brown varieiy, 

 • than in ihe yellow; the former Mr. Reichenbach refcrs to 0. fnlcipetalum (Orch, 

 Schlim.), bul tlie plant I possess frora Mr. Linden numbered 31 is certainly ttiis spe- 

 cies. 0, halteraiura and falcipeialum are niucb alike, andvery flne thouirh hot showy 

 plants, wiih great climbing panides of flowers three inches across. The petals are 

 almost se.ssile. 



Wild in NcAv-Granada ; A. in the forests of Ouindiu at ihe height of 7800 feet. — 

 Linden 1289; B. in the prov. of Ocanna . at the heiglit of 7500 feet. — Schlim, 31 and 

 387: Warscewicz. 



Rchb. fll. Bonpl. III. "66. Die nachst beschriebene Pflanze stimmt fast mit der 

 •Originalbeschreibung. — Pedunculus volubilis infra panicuiatus brachycladus superne 

 racemosus. Bracteae cymbiformes ovaria pedicellaia dimidio aequantes. Sepalum 

 summum unguiculaium cordatum obtusum undulatuni basi uirinque minule quadraio 

 auriculaium. Sepala lateralia longius unguiculata triangulo obtusata. Tepala a basi 

 anguste ligulata brevi obtusangula triangula undulata. Labellum ligulatum angustuin 

 basi uirinque angulatum. Carina anguste rhonibea lateribus lobulaia ante angulos in 

 medio, dein utrinque in basi. Gynostemium gracilentum postice angulalum in vertice ; 

 dentes erecti folcaii appressi in latere; caraera parvula (pro glandula ?) sub rostello ; 

 fovea ovata; pars infrasiigmatica utrinque obtusangula. — Iliillblatter schon kastanien- 

 braun. Tepola auf vordrer Halfte hellgelb (im trocknen Zustande). Ocanoa. Wagener. 



Lindl. 0. Lind. p. 14. 1846: 



Foliis ensiformiiius tenuibus aculis, racemis laxis iongissimis, bracteis 

 cynibiformibus oblusis, sepalis longo unguiculatis supremo cordato sub- 

 rolundo, laleralibus ovatis obtusis, petalis sessilibus ovatis undulatis ob- 

 tusis brevioribus, labello carnoso lanceolato aculo subtus carinalo supra 

 ciisla elevata etiam carinala piibescente nucto basi utrinque dentato ; 

 columna dorso sub apice glaiiduloso alis linearibus rctrorsum falcatis. 

 .,Lpiph. (rom the forests of Quindiu, in ihc province of Mariquita , at the height 



of 7800 feet. Febr, Flowers deep yellow (N. 1289,). A very fine species allied to 0. 



undulatum nnd flcxuosum. Flowers more. than 2 inches across. Leaves thin, scarcely 



an inch broad. 



11. ONCIDIUM DICERATUM Lindl. I. c. sub 11. pag. 6: 



0. panicula volubili, sepalis petalisque subconformibus ovatis, labeJlo 

 obcordato basi dilatato rolundato, cristae callis 4 parallelis (OqO) ad- 

 jeclis verruculis quibusdam utrinque a fronte , columnae alis brevibus 

 carnosis cornutis. 



None of thc Auriculale Microchiles oxcept this has an obcordate lip. The flowers 

 are smaller ihan any in iis seciion, not two inches across , appareniiy dark browa. 



