712 ORCHIDES. oncidium. 



TOlunda 5 crenata dente inlermedio labelli parum breviore, columnae 

 nanae alis oblique truncalis. 



Guatemala. Skinnei leg.. 13aleman col. IIc truly calls ii a mosl distinct and remar- 

 kable spccies, ihe smallness of its lip, nhich is DOt haif so long as the lateral sepals 

 being: a singular feature. The leaves are aboui 8" long. ihe flowers the colour of 

 0. crispum. 



Lindl. 1. c, 1843. t, 23: eadem quae supra, ceierum : 

 Folio oblongo — , labello diiplo laliore, quam longo, lobo intermedio 

 nauo Iriangulari, lateralibus rolundatis planis , crista reniforrai crenata, 

 columnae nanae alis subulatis apice glanduligeris. 



22. ONCIDIUM CIMICIFERUM Rchb. fil. Lindl. F. sub 22. p. 9: 



Udontoglossum cimicifcrum Rchb. fil. in Linn., Xen, 849. Fol. Orch. Nr. 43. 

 Cyrlochilum flexuosum 11 BK. LO. p. 210. 

 Oncidinm flcxmsum Lindl. Sert. Orch, sub l. 48. not of Sims. 

 ' A small-flowered species with a great siraggling climbing panicle. Flowers brown- 

 ish with a yellow stain on the lip. We owe to Mr. Rchb. the identification of this 

 wiih ,,HBK,'s" Cyrtochilum flexuosum . which had been previously a mere puzzle. 



Wild in New-Granada ; at the foot of the lofty mountain Paramo de las Achupallas 



between Almaguer and Sa. Cruz. at 9500 ft. — H, and B. ; Venezuela, near Agua de 



Obispo. at 8000 ft. — Funck and Schlim, 1027 ; Merida. at 8000 feet, — Schiim. fld. Rchb. 



C. Walp. Ann, III, p. 359. 0. flexuosim Lindl. Sert, Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. IL 12 : 



Cyrtochilum flexuosum Humb, Kunih, Merida. 5000'. Wagener. 



Lindl. Fol. Odontoglossum cimiciferum Nr. 43, p, 15: 



0. foliis angustis lanceolatis acutis, panicula diffusa volubili, bracteis 



ovalis acutis cucullatis , sepalis unguiculatis, lateralibus lineari-Ianceo- 



latis acuminatis dorsali mullo brevioic erecto, petalis ellipticis acutis, 



labello subiotundo convexo apiculato linea elevata in unguem gibbere 



anleposito pleiodactylo, columna brevi valde clavata auriculis obsolelis. 



A singular small-flowered climbing species much liko some Oncidium, and remar- 



kable for ihe large apparently coloured bracts , seated singly at each Oexure of ihe 



straggling panicle. Flowers brownish, wilh a yellow spot on ihe lip (F. aud S.), 



which much resembles in form some species of Cimex. I am unable to make out 



any auricles on ihe column. Mr. Reichenbach raentions ihem as very short , usually 



obsoleie, ear-shaped and acute. 



Wild in Venezuela; in the province of Truxillo , near ihe Agua de Obispo, ai tho 



height ofBOOOfect, flowering in September— Funck and Schlim, 1027; Moritz 1096b, R. 



Lindl, Serl. I, c, ; Neu-Granadn. Lip ovate. acuto, convex, crested wilh tubercles 



ot the base. Scape several feet high, much branched, with triangular ramiUcations 



eic. to thcm. A mere puzzle without access to thc orig. specimens. 



23. ONCIDIUM COCCIFERUM Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. Ap, 13, 1854. L, F. sub 23, p. 9: 



A species wilh great paniclcs of small brown flowers, Distinguishcd from the 

 lasl by the cresl and by the lateral sepals being ovate and hardly longer than thelip. 



VVild in I'eru ; at the sourccs of ihe Maranon— VVarsccwicz ; Neu-Granada, Mesa 

 Rica, in the province of Ocanna, ai 9000 ft. — Schlira., 30; St, Miguel in the Sierra 

 Nftvada of Sta. Marlha— Purdie in hb. Ilooker, 



Oncidium (Cyrtochila cimicifera) coccifcrum Rclib. fil. Warswcz. Bonpl. II. 101 : 



Aff. 0. cimicifcro Rclib. fil. (flexuoso Lindl, nec Sinis.) sepalis lepalisoue subaequalibus, 

 labello luillibi velulino , carina uirinque tridcntata acuta per discum, verruculis cir- 

 cumstaniibus . gynostemio utrinqne biauriculato. Panicula ampla laxa, dilTusa fracti- 

 flexa (hinc illi Oncid. pulvinaii, illinc illi 0. cimiciferi similis), ramuli 3-5 flori , valde 

 fraciinexi. bractcae triangulae aculae, sepiimam ovnrii pedicellati vix acquanlo?:. tepala 

 transversa ovata apiculaia. laiius unguiculata . lateralia vulgo dorsali aliquid longiora 



