714 ORCniDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



§. 2. Equitantia. Lindl. 1. c. 10. 

 Analysis of tlie Species. 



A. Scapus foliis subaequalis, pauciflorus. 



Lflbellum crisia lamellata • , . , 26. iridifolium. 



Labellum crisia incisa. 



barbaia , 27. glossomystax. 



omroisura lacera , .' 28. Pumilio. 



Scapus elongalus. 



Labellum indivisum, crisia maxima hirta hexura 29. henekeni. 



Lnbelli lobi subacquales 



3, lobo niedio acnlo, crisla 30. triquetrum. 



4, lobo mt^dio bilobo, crista lamellaia 31. pulchellum. 



Labflli lobi valde inaequales 



Flores luiei. 

 crisinc lamellis integris. 



Pwnla cuneata relusa 32. Lemonianum. 



„ oboviUa opiculata 33. «» o;»/ij///um. 



crisine Inmellis quibusdam laceris 31. mirabile. 



Flores albi vol rosci 



Scpala di.sjuiicta \ 35. onustum. 



„ laieralia connata. 



apice iibera acuia 36. tetrapetalum. 



apice indivisa obtusa. 



labelli lobus medins sessiiis 37. velutinum. 



labelli lobus medius nnguicullatus 38. variegalum. 



A. Scapus foliis subaequalis, pauciflorus. 



26, ONriDIU.M PUSILI.U.M Rcbb. Dl. Mss. 0. iridifoUum 0. B. K. IIuc: Epidendrum 

 pusilliim L Sp. Pl. 1352 eic. cf. L. 0. p. 202: L. F. siib 26: 



Tbis very conimon plani seems lo occur everywhere wiihin the iropics of .Anierica : 

 l)Ut ollier s(ipcies nre no doubl sometimes iuisUiken for it. Accordmg to De.<courtili 

 it is fuuiid iii Brnzil exclusively on bianches of llie Orunge and Lemon tree, choosing 

 dry plnies exposid lo ihe sun ; bul Mr. S|iruce gaihfred ii on ihe Snpoiilla. The 

 rlaiit Cgiired under ibis name in ihe ..Uomnicnl Hegisier,'' t. 1911. is no douhl quite 

 distiiici as Prof. Reichenbacb has pointed oui (R. Zeit, 1852. p. 697,. See 0. decipieus 

 heretifipr (.Nr. 68). 



V iid in iiopical Amerim ; Me.\ico , province of Mirador — Linden ; Guatemala — 

 Skinner; (iu.Tvnquil, on Iree.s — Janiiesoii ; Peru — Maclean ; N.-Granada — Lobb, 

 Purdie ; Guajniia — i^clipinkurgk ; Binzil. on trees near the Para— Spruce 104, 106. 



Lindl. Uot. Reg. XXIV. (1838). sub t. 38: Brancbes of Orange and Lemon trees 

 only. Very conunon in ilie neighliourhooil of ibe lown of Jesus de Bananal. It pre- 

 fers dry places, exposeJ lo ihe sun. Brazil. Descouililz. — Serl. sub 48: „sc8po 

 siniplici, f:uhbil]oro, labelli maximi crista dupressa quinqueloba apice truncata." — A 

 emali species wiih singularly large flowers for its size oiherwise. The fruit is large, 

 bas six transparcnt wings. 



27. OiNCIDIUM GLOSSOMYSTAX Rchb. fll. in B. Zig. 1852. p. 697. L. F. sub 27. p. 11: 



Very like tbe last, wiih whicb it is no doubt coufounded; the crest consists of 

 fonr lioeor arms, each terminaied hy a lufi of bairs. Apparently Schlim*s 1023 Irom 

 Ocanoa is ibA.£ame. but my solitary flower is not surScieQtiy examinable. 



